WWI TIMELINE AND MAP by IVANNA GALLARDO

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:43:56 UTC

The outbreak of World War I was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo.

Outbreak of World War I (1914)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:51:09 UTC

After the assassination, there were a bunch of different alliances and treaties that made it necessary for major European countries to declare war on each other. Germany, the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Ottoman empire (the Central Powers) were fighting each other, while the allies (France, Russia and the UK) were against each other.

Western Front and Trench Warfare (1914-1918)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:53:26 UTC

The war rapidly got to be characterized by trench fighting on the Western Front. Stalemates and horrendous conditions within the trenches got to be symbolic of the conflict. Fights just like the Fight of the Somme and the Fight of Verdun brought about in enormous human death.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare (1917)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:55:23 UTC

Germany started to attack all kinds of ships, from military to civilian, and they even sank a British ocean liner called the "Lusitania". This caused the US to join the war in the Allied side.

Russian Revolution (1917)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:57:05 UTC

In 1917, the Russian Revolution ended the Romanov rule and Bolsheviks took over. This caused Russia to leave the war. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918 marked Russia's formal exit from the conflict.

Entry of the United States (1917)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 18:59:03 UTC

The Lusitania's sinking and Germany's resumption of unrestrained submarine combat motivated the Allied States to join the conflict on the side of the Partners in April 1917. American association had a notable effect on the adjust of control.

Treaty of Versailles (1919)

ivgallardo — 2023-10-24 19:00:08 UTC

The Versailles Treaty of 1919 marked the end of World War I, but it didn't stop there. Germany was hit with a ton of punishments, from counting regional losses to reparations, which helped set the stage for the geopolitical issues that would lead to WW2.