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first year of WW1 events (1914 - 1914)
Shows the events at the start of the first world war.
Created by
Adam
⟶ Updated 17 Oct 2018 ⟶
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Events
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary start to repeatedly invade Serbia but is repeatedly repulsed
Outbreak of war - Germany declares war on Russia
Germany declares war on France
Germany invades neutral Belgium and Britain declares war on Germany and US President Woodrow Wilson declares policy of US neutrality
Battle of the Frontiers begins
Russia invades East Prussia
Japan declares war on Germany and ustria-Hungary invades Russian Poland (Galicia)
Battle of Tannenberg starts
First Battle of Marne starts
First Battle of Masurian Lakes starts
First Battle of Aisne begins
The "race to the sea", trenches appear on September 15
Austro-German attack on western Poland
First Battle of Ypres
Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers
Battle of the Falkland Islands
First German air raid on Britain
Unofficial Christmas truce declared by soldiers along the Western Front
first battle for Ypres ends
Austro-German attack on western Poland ends
The "race to the sea" ends
First Battle of Masurian Lakes ends, which Russia loses
First Battle of Marne hends, halts German advance, resulting in stalemate and trench warfare
Battle of Tannenberg ends, which Russia loses, Germany's greatest success of the war on Eastern Front
Austria-Hungary invasion of Russian Poland (Galicia) ends
Russia's invasion of East Prussia ends
Austria-Hungary's repeated attempts to invade Serbia stops
