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28th June 1914
Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand
assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian
anarchist Gavrilo Princip.
5th July 1914
Kaiser William II promises German
support for Austria against Serbia.
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On July the 28, 1914, one month to the day after
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his
wife was killed by a Serbian nationalist in
Saraje vo.
The weapons they used were rifles, machine
guns, tanks and planes.
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after Austria-Hungary had declared
war on Siberia, Germany declared
war on Russia. As the sun rose two
serious demands were made by
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19:00, Germany asked if France
would stay out of the waiç if
Germany and Russia went to war.
They wanted an answer by 13.00 the
next day (18 hours later). Two days
later Germany declared war on
France.
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3rd
of August 1914
Germany declares war on France and
invades Belgium
On the
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3
of August 1914 Germany declared war on
France and invaded Belgium. They did this because
they wanted to implement the Schlieffen plan. The
Schlieffen plan is a tactic that Germany had been
planning long before 1914. German men crossed the
Belgian frontier and attacked Liege. This created the
battle of Liege. They advanced to Liege in a right
flanking move which was designed to defeat the
French as a result of this Britain declared war on
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4th August 1914
Britain declares war on Germany.
23 August 1914
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August 1914 Japan (at
the time led by Okuma
Shigenobu) joined World War 1 on
the side of the allied forces. They
joined the war to get more money
(as they knew the aLlies would
win), they thought they would
keep seized enemy positions and
they had a treaty with Britain in
1902. Their most important role
in the war was seizing the sea
lanes.
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Battle of Marne started.
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On the 5th of July, Kaiser Wilhelm
promised the Germans that he
would support Austria against
Serbia. The promise Kaiser made
was an important moment leading
up to the outbreak of World War 1.
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First battle of Ypres.
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29th
of October 1914
Turkey joins Germany
On the 29t1 of October 1914 Turkey
joined Germany because they wanted
revenge on the Balkans for their defeat in
the Balkan war. They were also enemies of
Britain and Russia because Britain and
Russia did not allow Turkey oil. On the
of November 1914 Russia declared war on
Turkey and on the 5’ of November Britain
and France declared war on Turkey. This
is how Turkey came to participate in the
war in the central powers.
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29th October 1914
Trench warfare started to dominate
Western Front.
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25th
December 1914
On Christmas eve all of the soldiers
stopped fighting and sang carols. They
also played games and they were friends
over Christmas. They did all of this on
No man’s land. No man’s land is a place
of peace and quiet. On no man’s land
they placed all the dead bodies. It was
called No man’s land because it does not
belong to anyone. On Christmas day
they heard the German trench singing
to a band. Also the Germans and
Britain’s went to No man’s land to play
some football. After Christmas day they
went back to their trenches to have war
again.
January 19 1915
Britain suffered from it’s
first air raid. Two German
zeppelins dropped bombs
on Great Yarmouth and
Kings Lynn in the eastern
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coast of England. The
zeppelin a German airship, was invented by Germans in
1900. One zeppelin turned back after mechanical
problems but the other two zeppelins sucseeded in
bombing costal towns of England.
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19th February-l5th March 1917
In order to fight the war, the U.S. had
to mobilize an army. World War 1
was also known as ‘The Great War’.
When Germany began violating
neutral rights, the issue was life and
death. The British began to prepare
their plan of attack which began in
early April 1917. The United States
joined the allies in 1917.
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10th March 1915
Stalemate on the Western Front.
25th April 1915
Battle of Gallipoli In Turkey.
7th May 1915
The British passenger ship, the
Lusitania, is sunk by a German U-Boat’s
torpedoes.
3lth May 1915
The first Zeppelin raid on London.
1915
Women take up men ‘s jobs at home,
such as working on trains and buses.
27th January 1916
Conscription introduced in Britain.
21st February 1916
The Battle of Verdun begins.
31th May 1916
The Battle of Jutland.
1st July 1916
Start of the Battle of the Somme.
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David Lloyd George becomes the
British Prime Minister.
1916
Over a million casualties in 10 months.
19th Febr uary 15th March 1917
The Great German wfthdrawal begins!
6th April 1917
The United States join the war to assist
Britain and its allies.
17th July 191 7
British Royal Family change their
surname to Windsor
31st July 1917
Third Battle of Ypres (also known as the
battle of Passchendaele)
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Britain launched a major offensive on
the Western Front.
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allowed to vote. The women
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Germany launches a major offensive on
the Western Front to win the war
before the US arrive.
8th August 1918
On 8th of August 1918, Britain and their
allies pushed Germany into retreat.
There is a code name for the retreat
{Black day of the German army).
Britain and their allies set off a series of
explosives to force the Germans to go
into retreat. Because of all the
explosives the bulk of the Germans were
injured and killed. On this day in 1918
the allies launched a series of offensive
operations against Germany.
August
8th
1918
On August 8th 1918 the battle of
Amiens began. The allies tried
to push the enemy back. This
event was later described as
the black day of the German
army. The plan was to attack
the enemy in a “big push” and
eventually break through the
Hindenburg line (which was the
German defensive line). By the
end of the battle Germany had
retreated and signed the
armistice that signalled the end
of the
war.
8th
of August 1918
Germany retreat
On the 8th of August 1918 the Allied
powers push Germany into retreat. It was
known as the “black day of the German
army.” The second battle of Ameins
begins. Thousands of the Germans
surrender. The German trenches are
breached. Canadian and Australian troops
(plus 600 tanks) shatter German forces
and reach the Hindenburg line. (The
Hindenburg line was a German defensive
position of world war 1). The German men
retreat.
The Germans defeated in late
summer
August 1918
Germany was defeated in late
summer. The Germans had built
the world’s largest artillery gun
and they used it for fighting the
other countries. By June 1918, the
German Army had been severely
weakened by the large number of
casualties.
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of the eleventh month we observe a two minutes
silence to remember those who died in the war.
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lost so they asked their enemy for
peace.
9th November 1918
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