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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. 28 July 1914 !* . ,—*:— Austria declared war on Serbia Russia attacked 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. 1 A t uust 1914 :! ti • I I I lLjj On the ofAugust 1914 four days after Austria-Hungary had declared war on Siberia, Germany declared war on Russia. As the sun rose two serious demands were made by of July 1914 at t Germany. On the 3]s 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. ]St 3rd of August 1914 Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium On the rd 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 - Germany. 4th August 1914 Britain declares war on Germany. 23 August 1914 rd On the 23 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. *tsI 41’ L ,- 4 6th September 1914 Battle of Marne started. 1914 October 5 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. I 1 8th October 1914 First battle of Ypres. A. 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. 4 * .1 29th October 1914 Trench warfare started to dominate Western Front. I 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 I__I_._. 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. s’/.:: r. — The great German war 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. I 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. 4-4 - ‘C 4 I 7th December 1916 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) ** ‘• 4 %, . — [lb. 6th November 1917 Britain launched a major offensive on the Western Front. P ec-e444-t,.e-r Pe-o-c& ‘ oLetLore Ra ff3, k,wfr’a4’ frk€/ ArvL,e of ErzL, If v’-L-e4 cQffo-waø Epr ac 1-k-& Yrotht’t’ C&&raf Yke ArwL&e/ I94rO kf 1-p-r&ry At’w#o-LL’ od P&r$,<zi41, frroii& frke I2 of Fert&rj. 6tI February 1918 Before 1918 women weren’t allowed to vote. The women only got the vote because they helped in the war. They were doing men’ s jobs in the war and they had the vote for a thank you. 1- Fe4-ra-ry 1.qis r 1-k- vrL WW) woi’-e-’ oLSJt- kcwe *k-e/ r k’t- fv vo-1-c A ofr Ao-L44,e,/ c,a-LLe4 -/-k-e- S ffroj e-’H-e4’ y&trte,o1 o-fe4. Thej ovckL€ M Pc’ 6 Th-j W€v/ joL 0-f- et- free Th-e c,OLO-LA-rc’ *ko rere,setoL’ f-ke/ 0* /t4r0WV, ‘ w’ffro-g C,C4’ ere/ f2-t/(-rf2-te/, 4iC/ w4 rC-e- P t-rp’tL’ re-reh-C4’ OL 9 A%J) wk-L’/t’ re reee4’ p-i-r %-tj repree1tL’ k-o-e ttsi4’ g re-e- 21st March 1918 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. (AS’ n.,, nsn ta.tis. na,z A((A(S r,S’,,.’ ... - ,M1ST1CE SIG”4ED T iiiiOHT TAKES EFTECTG A,M. TODAY: NEWS S OFFICAL -. -. tMt E’ - - E IWORLI) WAR ENDS- ARMISTiCE SIGNFA); KAJSERIS OUT GERMAN REVOUYYI IPEACE • — tn tAt* SL T A •_(jtIA$ S’SUP 1 245 l, k4.ri Wa1nt., *skiAl 1G — J1..*JSNAmrt th( ss A5KThGTU 4•. TA’ASSS’SAAIA(A - A — _. — — - . - - —. DP 1 As- “j —‘ -. - —‘‘A S\j- -. ‘A’ -FR 8I5I FLEFS FO I1OLL-fl ni MLI — In the early hours of this day Germany came upon the decision of asking the Al I i es for an armistice. Just three days later sent a telegraph to Woodrow Wilson in Washington bC. asking for an armistice. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we observe a two minutes silence to remember those who died in the war. 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