WW1 Timeline - Anahi Montes by Anahi Montes

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

85271am — 2025-03-24 16:58:13 UTC

Franz and his wife sophie where killed by bosnian serb nationalists gavrilo princip people suspected that serbia is responsible

Austria hungary declares war on serbia

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:03:00 UTC

On July 28th Austria declares war on serbia marking the beginning of World War 1

Russians are defeated at battle of tannenberg

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:07:06 UTC

On the eastern front Germans defeat Russia and take over 92,000 prisoners.

Germans stopped at first battle of marine

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:10:32 UTC

germans invasion towards France was stopped as German troops where forced into the north side of the marine river.

christmas truce Observed on Western Front

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:13:48 UTC

The sound of christmas across no mans land encourages troops from both sides to exchange greetings making a truce for a small while

Turkish army disarms it's American troops

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:16:27 UTC

The turkish army segregated and disarms its american troops with the fear that Christian Americans are aiding the russian in the fight

Germans use poison Gas

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:20:23 UTC

In the second battle of ypres the Germans open assault with a chlorine gas attack over 10,000 allied troops are effected with half of them being killed

Serbia is invaded by Germany, Austria and Bulgaria

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:24:08 UTC

the central troops cross the Danube river followed by serbian retreat making their way to the Albanian border

Germans begin battle of verdun with heavy artillery

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:26:57 UTC

Germans being the battle while France is determined to defend it's national pride and honor this battle would continue for the rest of the year

Submarine warfare is suspended

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:30:12 UTC

after the sinking of a ship in March 24 Woodrow Wilson threatened to break off relations with Germany in response calls of their campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare

The battle of the Somme begins

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:35:01 UTC

In an effort to draw German troops away from verdun The allies mount a major offensive that opens with large altriallry that lasted five days

British use tanks for the first time at Somme

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:37:43 UTC

36 tanks where shipped and used in the battle of flers-courcelette near Somme however malfunctions and crew inexperience caused tanks to be less effective.

Armenian massacres denounced in reichstag

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:42:03 UTC

The release of the massacres in Armenian hit the public causing outrage and alarm a year later these events where addressed by the German government

U.S president Wilson is reflected

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:45:20 UTC

He was elected after democrats ran the slogan "he kept us out of war" Charles evans wa s also in the election but lost to Wilson

U.S is alerted about the Zimmerman telegram

85271am — 2025-03-24 17:51:15 UTC

intercepted weeks earlier by the british intelligence service and the U.S is alerted by Zimmerman telegram. In the message German minister Arthur Zimmerman promised the return of Texas new Mexico and Arizona to Mexico if they side with Germany