WWI timeline - Timeline

First Trenches of the Western front are dug

First German Zappelin air raid on England

Germany 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's

Geramny's sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail out to fight again.

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.