Events
28 June: Franz Ferdinand
(Archduke of Austria) is
assassinated in Sarajevo.28 July: Austria declares war
with Serbia.1 August: Germany
declares war with Russia.3 August: Germany declares war
with France. On the same day
the country’s armed forces invade Belgium.29 October: Turkey
enter the war on the German side.25 April: Allied forces land in Gallipoli (Turkey)23 May: Italy declares war on
German and Austrian and
enters the war on the side
of the Allies.19 December: The Allies begin
their evacuation of Gallipoli,
more than 44,000 Allied
soldiers are killed.27 January: Britain introduces
military conscription.1 July: The Battle of the Somme starts-
in just 4 months the British suffered
around 420,000 casualties
French - 200,000 but the
Germans - 500,0006 April: The United States
enter the conflict by declaring
war on Germany.5 December: Germany and
Russia sign armistice agreement.3 March: A treaty is signed with
officially brings an end to the
war between Russia and Germany.4 October: Germany ask the
Allies to sign an armistice agreement.30 October: Turkey surrender
by signing the Armistice of Mudros.9 November: Kaiser William II of
Germany abdicates and Germany is declared a republic.11 November: Germany sign
armistice agreement and the First World War is
officially ended. Fighting on the
Western Front ceases at 11 am.
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