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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated - June 28, 1914 

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated - June 28, 1914 

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During a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Principe

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Map of alliances in Europe in the start of WW1

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Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia - July 28, 1914

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Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia - July 28, 1914

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After Serbia denied the ultimatum from Austria-Hungary which included things like allowing Austro-Hungarian police to opperate inside of Serbia and dispanding the Serbian military. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia starting World War One

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Russia, Germany and France join the war - July 28 - August 3, 1914 

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Russia, Germany and France join the war - July 28 - August 3, 1914 

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On August 1, 1914 Gemany declared war on Russia and on August 3 of the same year they declare war on France, entering them into the war on the side of Austria-Hungary, the tripple alliance which ended up consisting of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey. Germany's plan was to take out France before Russia could finish mobilizing and then put all their effort into the eastern front. This plan is very similair to the plan Hitler used in World War 2 but the Nazi plan ended up being more succesful on both fronts.

The French border was protected very well meaning it would be difficult for the Germans to invade. Germany, to avoid the French deffence went around it through Belgium and Luxembourg. The invasion of Belgium brought the UK into the war as they were a close ally of the Belgians

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An image of French rushing tactics used in the beginning of the war

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The first battle of Marne - Sep 5 - Sep 12, 1914

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The first battle of Marne - Sep 5 - Sep 12, 1914

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The first battle of WW1 was fought in Marne, Belgium. The battle of Marne was extremely brutal for the French due to their use of outdated rushing tactics, France and Germany both lost over 30,000 men and Britain who played a smaller role in the battle lost around 1,700 men.

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The landing in Gallipoli by the Allied British, French, Australian and Kiwi forces 

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First battle of Gallipolli - April 25, 1915 

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First battle of Gallipolli - April 25, 1915 

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Allied forces landed in Gallipolli, Ottoman Empire on April 25, 1915. The battle of Gallipolli was the first major battle fought on Ottoman soil, over 55,000 soldiers died in the battle more than half of which were Ottoman. The battle was mainly fought between Britain and The Ottoman armies but Britian also had support from Kiwi, French and Australian troops. The battle ultimately ended in an Ottoman victory despit the higher casualties with the Allied forces eventually retreating after 8 months of fighting.

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A picture of the Lusitania before it was sunk in 1915

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128 Americans killed in the sinking of the Lusitania - May 7, 1915

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128 Americans killed in the sinking of the Lusitania - May 7, 1915

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The Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat on its way from New York to Liverpool. The Lusitania was carrying many American internationals with 128 of them dying. The sinking of the Lusitania further turned the American public opinion away from Germany.

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The battle of Verdun was fought by France and Germany with each of them losing over 140,000 men in the fighting at Verdun alone. The battle was fought for 9 months until December of 1916. The battle of Verdun was fought using trench warfare tactics on the western front it was a very important battle in the story of World War One as it was so deadly and because it was a valuable French victory as they succesfully defended their artillery systems, which had been attacked starting the battle.

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A German boat fighting in the battle of Jutland 

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The naval battle of Jutland - May 31, 1916

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The naval battle of Jutland - May 31, 1916

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The battle of Jutland was the biggest and one of the only naval battles in the European theater during World War One as Japan had been taking German colonies in the pacific through naval and air assault. The battle was the first time that the Germans and the British fought eachother using dreadnoughts a new class of armored ships which were extremely expensive and labour intesive to make so when each side lost multiple they decide to not have another naval altercation so large scale through out the war.

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British troops in gas masks at the battle of the Somme

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The battle of the Somme was one of the most deadly and brutal battles of World War One, casualties/deaths from the battle are not fully known but are estimated to combine to over 1,000,000 casualties. Like most battles on the western front the Somme was fought in trenches and lasted for months. The Somme was one of the biggest wins that France took in the war being the biggest territorial gains they had made since the first battle of the Marne

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News paper announcing the declaration of war between the US and Germany

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USA declares war on Germany - April 6, 1917

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USA declares war on Germany - April 6, 1917

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The US declared war on Germany in April of 1917 after severing diplomatic ties in February, 1917. The leaders of the US had been debating on if they should enter the war or stay out of it with conservatives in the US being pro war and the acting president being against joining the war. Eventually the Germans sent a plan to Mexico to invade the US from the south but the UK intercepted it and sent it to the USA this forced Americas hand and they joined in the war.

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Vladimir Lenin making a speech to his supporters during the revolution 

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Russias economy and living standards had been nose diving after the outbreak of the war as the government was putting all the countries resources into the war effort. This angered the general public of Russia with them turning to more extreme idealogies like communism.

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The signing of the treaty by Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and The Ottoman Empire

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Russia sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany - March 3, 1918

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Russia sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany - March 3, 1918

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After the Bolshevik revolution the new Soviet government pulled Russia out of the war in response to public opinion. But if Russia were to stop fighting Germany wanted them to agree to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk which awarded the Germans with massive amounts of Western Russian land. For Russia to truely leave the war they needed to sign the treaty so they agreed and they lost the land that now makes up partial amounts or all of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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US forces beat Germany in the battle of Cantigny - May 28, 1918

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US forces beat Germany in the battle of Cantigny - May 28, 1918

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The battle of Cantigny was the first individual victory for the Americans. This started the American offensive through the forests of France which was one of the most succesful offensives in the war eventually forcing the Germans to surrender. Later in the year on June 2 American troops stopped the German advance of the Marne river at Chateau-Thierry

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Soldiers in a destroyed French forest during the final offensive 

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The tripple entente begin their final offensive - September 26, 1918

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The tripple entente begin their final offensive - September 26, 1918

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The offensive was kicked off at the battle of Meusse-Argone. The offensive brang the fighting to the German border and into the country. Germany eventually read the writing on the wall that they werent going to win.

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Delegates at the signing infront of the train car the armistice was signed in

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Germany sign an armistice in Compiegne - November 11, 1918 

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Germany sign an armistice in Compiegne - November 11, 1918 

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The armistice ended the war on all fronts and is famous and infamous for being signed in a train car in France. This was not the only armistice signed by the tripple alliance during WW1 with all the former tripple alliance countries other than Germany signing armistices prior to the signing of the Compiegne armistice.