Soldiers going into battle during the first World War
The timeline of the first World War.
Timeline[]
1914 June 28th[]
Francis Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo.
1914 July 5th[]
Kraiser William II promised German Support for Austria against Serbia.
1914 July 28th[]
Austria declared war on Serbia.
1914 August 1st[]
Germany declared war on Russia.
1914 August 3rd[]
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.
1914 August 4th[]
Britain declared war on Germany.
1914 August 23rd[]
The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France.
1914 August 26th[]
The Russian Army was defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.
1914 September 6th[]
Battle of the Marne began.
1914 October 18th[]
First Battle of Ypres.
1914 October 29th[]
Turkey entered the war on Germany's side. Trench Warfare stared to dominate the Western Front.
1915 January 19th[]
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place.
1915 Febuary 19th[]
Britain bombared Turkish forts in the Dardanelles.
1915 April 25th[]
Allied troops landed in Gallipoli.
1915 May 7th[]
The Lusitania was sunk by a German U Boat.
1915 May 23rd[]
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria.
1915 August 5th[]
The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians.
1915 September 25th[]
Start of the Battle of Loos.
1915 December 19th[]
The Allies started the evacuation of Gallipoli.
1916 January 27th[]
Conscription introduced in Britain.
1916 Febuary 21st[]
Start of the Battle of Verdun.
1916 April 29th[]
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia.
1916 May 31st[]
Battle of Jutland.
1916 June 4th[]
Start of the Brusilov Offensive.
1916 July 1st[]
Start of the Battle of Somme.
1916 August 10th[]
End of the Brusilov Offensive.
1916 September 15th[]
First use en masse of tanks in the Somme.
1916 December 7th[]
Lloyd Goarge becomes British Prime Minister.
1917 Febuary 1st[]
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare campeign began.
1917 April 6th[]
USA declared war on Germany.
1917 April 16th[]
France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front.
1917 July 31st[]
Start of the Third Battle of Ypres.
1917 October 24th[]
Battle of Caporetto-the Italian Army was heavily defeated.
1917 November 6th[]
Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front.
1917 November 20th[]
British Tanks won a victory at Cambrai.
1917 December 5th[]
Armistice between Russia and Germany signed.
1917 December 9th[]
Britain captured Jerusalem from the Turks.
1918 March 3rd[]
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany.
1918 March 21st[]
Germany broke through on the Somme.
1918 March 29th[]
Marshall Forch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front.
1918 April 9th[]
Germany started an offensive in Flanders.
1918 July 15th[]
Second Battle of the Marne started. The start of the collapse of the German Army.
1918 August 8th[]
The advance of the allies was successful.
1918 September 19th[]
Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo.
1918 October 4th[]
Germany asked the Allies for the armistice.
1918 October 29th[]
Germany's Navy mutunied.
1918 October 30th[]
Turkey made peace.
1918 November 3rd[]
Austria made peace.
1918 November 9th[]
Kaiser William II abdicated.
1918 November 11th[]
Germany signed at armistice with the Allies-the official date of the first World War's end.
1919 January 4th[]
Peace conference met at Paris.
1919 June 21st[]
The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled.
1919 June 28th[]
The Treaty Of Versailles was signed by Germans.