World War One

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TIMELINE

1914

June

28th

Austrian

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

July

5th

Kaiser

William II promised German support for Austria in war against Serbia

July

28th

Austria

declared war on Serbia

August

1st

Germany

declared war on Russia

August

2nd

Germany

invaded Luxembourg

August

3rd

Germany

declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the

Schlieffen Plan.

August

4th

Britain

declared war on Germany

August

6th

Austria-Hungary

declared war on Russia, Serbia declared war on Germany

August

7th

British

Expeditionary Force (BEF) arrived in France

August

11th

France

declared war on Austria-Hungary

August

23rd

BEF

started retreated from Mons. Germany invaded France. Japan declared war on

Germany

August

25th

Japan

declared war on Austria-Hungary

August

26th

Russian

army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.

September

6th

Battle

of the Marne started

October

18th

First

Battle of Ypres

October

29th

Turkey

entered the war on Germany’s side. Trench warfare started to dominate the

Western Front.

December

24th -25th

Unofficial

Christmas truce between German and British forces on the Western Front

1915

January

19th

The

first zeppelin (airship) raid on Britain

February

19th

Britain

bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles

April

25th

Allied

troops landed in Gallipoli, Turkey

May

7th

The

British liner “Lusitania” was sunk by

a German U-boat (submarine)

May

23rd

Italy

declared war on Germany and Austria

August

5th

Germany

captured Warsaw (Poland) from the Russians

September

25th

Start

of the Battle of Loos

December

19th

The

Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli

1916

January

27th

Conscription

introduced in Britain

February

21st

Start

of the Battle of Verdun

April

29th

British

forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia

May

31st

Battle

of Jutland (Denmark)

June

4th

Beginning

of the Brusilov Offensive

July

1st

Beginning

of the Battle of the Somme

August

10th

End

of the Brusilov Offensive

September

15th

Tank

used en masse at the battle of the Somme

December

7th

David

Lloyd George became British Prime Minister

1917

April

6th

USA

declared war on Germany

April

16th

France

launched an offensive on the Western Front

July

31st

Beginning

of the Third Battle at Ypres

October

24th

Battle

of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated

November

6th

Britain

launched a major offensive on the Western Front

November

20th

British

tanks won a victory at Cambrai (France)

December

5th

Armistice

(truce) between Germany and Russia signed

December

9th

Britain

captured Jerusalem from Turkey

1918

March

3rd

Treaty

of Brest-Litovsk signed between Russia and Germany.

March

21st

Germany

broke through on the Somme

March

29th

Marshall

Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front

April

9th

Germany

started an offensive in Flanders, Belgium

July

15th

Second

Battle of the Marne began. German army starts to fall apart

August

8th

The

advance of the Allies was successful

September

19th

Turkish

forces collapsed at Megiddo

October

4th

Germany

asked the Allies for an armistice

October

29th

Germany’s

navy mutinied

October

30th

Turkey

made peace

November

3rd

Austria

made peace

November

9th

Kaiser

William II abdicated

November

11th

Germany

signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World

War One.

Post-war

– 1919

January

4th

Peace

conference met at Paris

June

21st

The

surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled.

June

28th

The

Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans.

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PROPAGANDA

Date Created: 1914

From the University of British Columbia

War Savings Pledge

From the Library Company of Philadelphia

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QUIZZES

World War I Propaganda Practice

World War One Quiz

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF WAR

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I

From National Library of Scotland

First World War. German Taube-plane hunted down by a French plane with a machine gun. France, 1914.

From Nationaal Archief

British gun going to its position, Battle of Flanders, Ypres, Belgium, 1914

From National Library of Scotland

German soldiers firing at a Belgian war plane. Belgium, 1915.

From Nationaal Archief

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FLASHCARDS: Causes and Key Terms

Causes, Practices, and Effects of World War 1

World War 1 Flash Cards

WW1

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BBC News Report

BBC 2014 report where they cover the Archduke's assassination as they would if it happened today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-AjF3dYBXA&feature=youtu.be (Enclavar)