WW1 - Timeline 1
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 26 fev 2021
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Created byCaleb Cummings
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Serbia. June 28, 1914Austro-Hungaria invades Serbia July 28, 1914Germany declares war on Russia August 1, 1914Germany declares war on France, invades Belgium August 3, 1914Germany declares war on France, Great Britain declares war on Germany which brings in all of its territories into the war, Canada, Australia, etc. The United States declares neutrality. August 4, 1914Battle of Mons, first major action of the British vs. the Germans August 23, 1914Battle of Taninburg, Germany defeats Russia, first major battle on the Eastern frontAugust 26-30 1914Battle of the Marne, trench warfare, French push back Germany September 5-10, 1914Battle of Ypres in Belgium, blocked the Germans from French ports October 14-November 22, 1914The Ottoman Empire enters the war, Black Sea raids, Ottoman Empire attacks Russian ports October 29, 1914Britain suffers its first civilian casualties at home in the war as the German Navy bombards coastal towns, killing 40 and wounding hundreds December 21, 1914A Christmas truce occurs between German and British soldiers in the trenches. Shooting stops as the soldiers exit their trenches. December 25, 1914January 1 - March 30, 1915
Allied offensive in Artois and Champange, French victoryJanuary 19, 1915
German zepplins bomb British townsGermany declares British waters a war zone on February 4, 1915, targeted merchant ships, Great Britain delcares a blockadeFirst British passenger ship is sunk by German U-boat, Americans killed March 1, 1915March 11, 1915
Britain announces blockade on German portsGerman use of poison gas, Second Battle of Ypres April 22-May 25, 1915April 26, 1915
The Secret Treaty of London, Italy agrees to join the AlliesThe Lusitania is sunk, by German sub 1,962 Americans dead, German dipolomatic crisis May 7, 1915Italy declares war and attacks Austro-Hungary May 23, 1915Battle of Warsaw, German victory against Russia August 4, 1915Tsar Nicolas takes control of the military September 5, 1915Sir Douglas Haig replaces John French command of the British military December 19, 1915September 22, 1915
Largest British attack of 1915, first use of British gas in Champhange
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