This assignment will be a little different than the usual. I’ll be using a timeline format, covering the main facts, battles, and history of the war.
June 28, 1914
Archduke of Austria Assassinated
The Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie are are assassinated by a Serbian nationalist while traveling in Sarajevo. This sparked violence against the Serbian people.
July 28, 1914
WWI Begins
World War I officially begins when Austria declares war on Serbia. Austria starts to bomb Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
September 6, 1914
Battle of the Marne Begins
The Germans try to capture Paris, but are stopped by the British and French.
November 5, 1914
Ottoman Empire gets involved
France and Britain declare war on the Ottoman empire.
April 25, 1915
Second Battle of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres takes place. The Germans use chlorine gas on the Allied forces.
May 7, 1914
The Lustiania sinks
The Germans sink the British Lustiania, almost 1,200 people are killed.
February 21, 1916
Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun begins. This is one of the longest and bloodiest battles in the war, over 300,000 are killed over the span of 10 months.
July 1, 1916
Battle of the Somme
In the first day of this battle, over 20,000 British soldiers are killed.
April 6, 1917
U.S. Enters the War
The U.S. declares war on Germany.
November 20, 1917
Tanks
Tanks are first used in large-scale combat by the British.
September 26, 1918
Battle of Meuse-Argonne
This is the last battle in the war. The Allied British and German forces drive out the Germans.
June 28, 1919
Treaty of Versailles
The Allies and Germany sign a peace agreement, ending the war.
The First World War had a large impact on the world. It saw the collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, the Ottoman empire, and the Russian empire. It was extremely sad, as all wars are. If it was avoided, over 8 million more soldiers would have survived.
