Events
First Trenches of
the Western front
are dugFirst German Zappelin
air raid on EnglandGermany declares a submarine blockade of
Great Britian. Any boat approaching
England is considered a legitimate target.The self-avowed Russian holy man, Rasputin,
is murdered by reletaves of the Tsar'sGeramny's sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail out to fight again.Periods
Second Battle of Ypres marks the first
use of chemical weapons.The longest battle of the war, the Battle of Verdun, is faught to a draw with an estimated one million casualties.The Battle of Jutland, the only major naval engagment of the war is fought with no clear winner.Two waves of influenze kill more people than the war did.Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and memebers of his entourage are murdered by the bolsheviks.
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