Key Events of WW1 - Year by Year by jkdrisner

1. Lead up to the War

jkdrisner — 2013-02-10 21:22:28 UTC

1914

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1915

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1916

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1917

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1918

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Kordel

2013-02-13 15:25:03 UTC

January 8 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issues his Fourteen Points to peace.

Mr. Driz / Timeline of events leading up to ww1

jkdrisner — 2013-02-13 15:25:05 UTC

Kordel

2013-02-13 15:25:34 UTC

March 3 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, which is a peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers.

January 12th 1915, Franny

2013-02-13 15:31:22 UTC

The United States House of Representitves

rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.

Nathan

2013-02-13 15:31:52 UTC

On 11th November the leaders of both sides held a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice was signed at 6am and came into force five hours later

Meagan

2013-02-13 15:32:36 UTC

The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. Turkey signed an armistice at the end of October, Austria-Hungary followed on November 3.

that guy: How to defend against German submarines?

2013-02-13 15:33:11 UTC

• May 10:Britain introduces the 'convoy system' to protect shipping.

Kordel

2013-02-13 15:35:00 UTC

The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims (15 July – 6 August 1918) was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during WWI. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces and including several hundred tanks overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank. The German defeat marked the start of the relentless Allied advance which culminated in the Armistice about 100 days later. Thus the Second Battle of the Marne can be considered as the beginning of the end of the Great War.

that guy :p/1917

2013-02-13 15:35:30 UTC

• May 26: First US troops arrive in France.
• July 1 -18: The Kerensky Offensive, an initially successful Russian assault which ends, after a German counter offensive, with a 150 mile retreat by July 23.
• July 2: Pershing requests a million men.
• July 11: Pershing revises his estimate: requests 3 million men.
• July 31 - November 18: The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) begins, a British campaign against the Germans.

Meagan

2013-02-13 15:36:52 UTC

March 21

Germany launches Spring push, eventually mounting five major offensives against Allied forces, starting with the Battle of Picardy against the British

that guy : key dates of 1917

2013-02-13 15:37:15 UTC

• December 1: First meeting of the Allied Supreme War Council, including Britain, France, Italy and the US.
• December 8: The British capture Jerusalem, ending 673 years of Turkish/Ottoman rule.
• December 15: Russia and Germany sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk.

1915, Franny

2013-02-13 15:37:52 UTC

German u-boats sunk almost 5,000 ships with nearly 13 million

, losing 178 boats and about 5,000 men in combat .

September 15, 1916

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Battle of the Somme

(1916-1918) One ofthe most costle battle in modern wartime. Over 1 million men died from both sides. The British introduced tanks for the first time on the Somme battlefield against the Germans. Some of the
40 or so primitive tanks
advanced over a mile into

enemy linesbut were too

slow to hold their positions during the German counterattack and subject to mechanical breakdown.

June 28th /sydney

2013-02-13 15:40:03 UTC

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip.

Shortly after the assassination Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Germany supporting Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia and Russia supported Serbia prepared for war, beginning the First World War.

that guy : some more key dates in 1917

2013-02-13 15:41:56 UTC

• February 6 - March 16: Operation Alberich, where German troops withdraw 25 miles to the Hindenburg line.
• February 24: The UK releases The Zimmermann Telegram to the US: it contains a German offer to Mexico, proposing an alliance against the US.
• March - July: The February Revolution convulses Russia, damaging the armies willpower and ability.
• March 15: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates.
• April 2: Wilson's war address to the US Congress.
• April 6: The US declares war on Germany.
• April 9 - May 16: Battles of Arras and Vimy Ridge, in which the BEF and CEF launch attacks in support of the Nivelle offensive.

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Nathan

2013-02-13 15:44:00 UTC

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWdeaths.htm

Shelby July 1915

2013-02-13 15:45:17 UTC

July 13-15: The German 'Triple Offensive' begins, aiming to destroy the Russian army.
July 22: 'The Great Retreat' (2) is ordered - Russian forces pull
back out of Poland (currently part of Russia), taking machinery and equipment
with them

that guy : 1917 - US enter the war

2013-02-13 15:46:18 UTC

Battle of Jutland, 1916

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The greatest naval battle of the First World War. Jutland had all the
ingredients to be a great British naval victory

shelby 1915

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April 22: Poison Gas is first used on the Western Front, in a German attack on Canadian troops at Ypres.

Meagan

2013-02-14 15:00:01 UTC

When 1918 opened, change was in the air. The defeat of Russia meant that large numbers of experienced German soldiers were now free to move to the western front, while for the allies an increasing number of American troops were arriving in Europe.

that other guy/1917

2013-02-14 15:03:55 UTC

that guy/1917

2013-02-14 15:07:52 UTC

March 11 1915, Franny

2013-02-14 15:10:24 UTC

Britain announces blockade of German ports.

tiarra august 27 and 29th

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• August 27: Romania declares war on the Central Powers.• August 29: Falkenhyn dismissed from German command, mainly due to the continuing failure at Verdun. He is replaced by Hindeburg and Ludendorff; they now ontrol almost all German and Austro-Hungarian forces on the Eastern and Western Fronts.

Nathan

2013-02-14 15:11:44 UTC

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425

May 23 1915, Franny

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Ignoring treaty agreements with the Central Powers, Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

August 4 1915, Franny

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Germans capture Warsaw

tiarra September 3

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• September 3: United army of Germans, Turks and Bulgarians invades Romania, led by Mackensen, undermining any Romanian hopes of success; Mackensen eventually captures Bucharest.

tiarra juse 4 - october 17

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• June 4-October 17: The Brusilov Offensive, an initially successful assault which shatters the Austrian army. (EF)

lexie december 18

2013-02-14 15:21:58 UTC

US President Woodrow Wilson requests statementes of war objectives from warning nations in peace note.

August 1st - 6th/sydney

2013-02-14 20:48:07 UTC

war was declared between germane to France, Great Britain to Germany,Austria-Hungary and Russia declared war on Germany

October 19th/Sydney

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Battle Of Ypres begins

December 24th/Sydney

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unofficial Christmas truce

November 3rd/Sydney

2013-02-14 21:00:18 UTC

The United Kingdom announces that the North Sea is a military area, effectively creating a blockade of goods into Germany.

2013-02-14 21:09:12 UTC

CAUSES OF WW1

jkdrisner — 2013-02-15 23:47:03 UTC

M - MILITARISM

A - ALLIANCE SYSTEM

I - IMPERIALISM / INDUSTRIALIZATION

N - NATIONALISM

These are considered the 4 causes of WW1

, They are all interralleted and together they provide the stage for war.