WW1 Timeline (Jordan Richards)

"Above, a French officer stands near a cemetery with recently dug graves of soldiers killed on the front line at Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe on the Champagne front, eastern France December 19, 1916."

Picture: REUTERS/Collection Odette Carrez (11/21/2015)

"The legendary Krupp's Big Bertha, a German 42cm howitzer of the type used to crush the Belgian fortresses in 1914."

Online source: http://www.worldwar1.com/pharc005.htm (11/21/2015)

"American railroad artillery detachment posed on a 14in. rail gun near Bassons, Gironde, France after the war."

Online source: http://www.worldwar1.com/pharc005.htm (11/21/2015)

"Europe, 1914"

Source: https://guyaneseonline.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/europe-in-1914.jpg (11/21/2015)

"Germany going through Belgium to get to Paris rather than going through the Front Lines"

Source: http://castinet.castilleja.org/users/pmckee/wwi/SchlieffenPlan1905.gif (11/21/2015)

WW1 Timeline (Jordan Richards)

1890 (Reinsurance Treaty Dissipation)

1904-05 (Russo-Japanese War)

1898-1912 (Anglo-German Naval Arms Race)

1894 (Dual Alliance)

1529 (Treaty of Zaragoza)

(1870-71) Franco-Prussian War

(22 April, 1529) The Treaty of Zaragoza was a treaty signed between Spain and Portugal that allowed each other to claim colonies without fighting between themselves, allowing them to get rich and expand quickly.

(10 April, 1898 - 21 May, 1912) Germany made four fleet acts between 1898 and 1912 to make a larger navy. The build-up of the German navy that was supposed to be 2/3's of Britain's navy frightened Britain (Anglo-German Naval Arms Race) into making an even larger navy because they thought that Germany might be able to come out on top of all the other empires and take control of everything.

(8 February, 1904 - 5 September, 1905) The Russo-Japanese war was a major component of World War 1. In the war between Russia and Japan, Russia managed to lose its Baltic and Pacific Fleet. This caused Russia to give up on the East and focus back on Europe, re-kindling the fighting between Austria-Hungary.

(4 January, 1894) A secret alliance was formed between Russia and France that guaranteed support to either side in the event of an attack from (or supported by) Germany.

This alliance was renewed and strengthened twice in its time (1899 and 1912).

(1 January, 1890) Wilhelm II decided not to renew the Reinsurance Treaty between itself and Russia that was created (19 June, 1887) by Otto von Bismarck the previous chancellor.

When the treaty was dissolved it opened up several possibilities for Russia, discussed on the next slide.

(19 July, 1870 - 10 May, 1871) A war between France and Prussia (The empire before the German Empire) were France suffered an embarrassing defeat. France was left to pay Germany a large sum of money for Germany's loses and even lost some of its territory.

The war also caused The French to get a much deeper feeling of hatred and revenge towards The Germans.

1914 (July Ultimatum)

1904 (Entente Cordiale)

1905-12 (Moroccan Crises)

1908 (Bosnian Crisis)

1907 (Anglo-Russian Entente and Triple Entente)

1914 (Assassination of Franz Ferdinand)

(8 April, 1904) Britain decided to form an alliance with France (and eventually Russia), becoming the Entente Cordiale, a powerful force. This was mainly because they opposed Germany becoming a dominate empire.

(28 June, 1914) Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was murdered at the hand of a Serbian nationalist terrorist group. Archduke Franz Ferdinand's death as a spark plug that set off the explosion that Militarism, Nationalism and Imperialism had fundamentally caused.

(23 July, 1914) Austria-Hungary gave Serbia several almost impossible demands to prevent war between them after the assassination, however, it wasn't Serbia's fault, it was merely terrorists from Serbia. Austria-Hungary however, only wanted war with Serbia and didn't care, as long as it had a reason to fight. Serbia was unable to satisfy Austria-Hungary's demands and went to war. Not long after, Serbia was invaded by Austro-Hungarian troops, starting WW1.

(March, 1905 - May, 1906) and (April, 1911 - 30, March 1912) The Tangier Crisis(1905-06) and The Agadir Crisis(1911-12) were two international crises located in the Moroccans. Both of these crises were provocations from Germany in an attempt to cause sour relations between France and Britain after their recently formed Entente Cordiale. Surprisingly, the plan backfired and relations actually improved between France and Britain.

(31 August, 1907) Britain and Russia sought to improve relations and formed an entente together.

Seeing as Russia and France had an entente, and Britain and France also had an entente, they all joined together and became the Triple Entente, a main force in WW1.

(October, 1908) Austria-Hungary's announcement of the annexation(transfer of land, politically) of Bosnia and Herzegovina put the balance of Europe into shambles. Russia has attempted to make a deal with Austria, where they would be able to have Constantinople if they didn't deny them Bosnia and Herzegovina, but was denied. Russia was humiliated and stepped down.

1916 (First Tanks)

1915 (Germans Limit Submarines)

1914 (Russia Mobilizes)

1914 (Germany Invades Belgium)

1915 (The Lusitania Sinks)

1915 (Germans Shell Allied Powers)

(30 July, 1914) Russia begins to move its large army to aid its ally, Serbia, against the Austro-Hungarian soldiers. Inevitably, after Russia - a great power, gets involved, the others follow.

Germany attacks Russia to protect Austria. France then attacks Germany as part of the Franco-Russian Entente. Germany then invades Belgium to reach France. Britain then fights Germans in Belgium to defend Belgium because of the Treaty of Washington and to aid France before the fight reaches France.

(18 September, 1915) Kaiser Willhelm, finally responding to the international outcry for sinking several passenger ships (including the Lusitania) limits their submarines warfare access in an attempt to keep the Americans happy and out of the war. This greatly annoys the Germans though, as it lets the Americans make a great profit of the war by trading supplies freely and unrestrictedly.

(15 September, 1916) The British use the first tanks in battle, the tanks were only good at taking down barbed wire and clearing a path for soldiers to traverse through. The tanks are still not powerful enough to be used by themselves though, unlike what their creators thought.

(4 August, 1914) Germany invades Belgium in an attempt to bypass Frances main defenses and circumnavigate through Belgium, where it ends up struggling even more.

(22 April, 1915) The germans shell the Allied front lines, the shells had large amounts of chlorine, marking the first use of a large amount of chemicals in a war or battle. Although it was a huge success, The Germans didn't take the initiative and the Allied lines recovered.

(7 May, 1915) Germans, using a submarine, managed to sink a large passenger ship with 1198 people on board. This greatly angered the Americans as it had 128 Americans on board.

1917 (Zimmerman Telegram)

1918 (Battle of Chateau-Thierry)

1918 (Russia withdraws)

1917 (U.S Enters WW1)

1918 (First American Fight in the War)

1917 (Submarines Brought Back)

(6 April, 1917) Congress grants authority to enter the war and declares war on Germany, taking the side of the allied powers with France, Britain, and Russia.

(3 June, 1918) The Americans start an attack on Germans stationed at Chateau-Thierry. This battle later merged into a much larger battle called the "Battle of Belleau Wood".

The Battle of Cantigny is attack America participated in, in WW1. Though the battle wasn't that big, the Americans did well and moved onto bigger battles against the Germans.

(25 February, 1917) Britain obtains the "Zimmerman Telegram" which was a deal proposed by Germany to Mexico. The contents of the deal was that Mexico would get larger parts of Americans land as long as they provided backing in the fight with American and Germany, Mexico declined.

After Americans found out about what the Germans has tried, they started getting support from the American public in the war, they were incredibly irritated that Germany would have the audacity to try and involve the western world.

(3 March, 1918) With a new government emerging after revolutions in 1917, Russia no longer has a reason to be in the war and signs a peace treaty with Germany. This is really bad because Germany no longer has to focus on the Eastern Front and can focus all of its forces on the Western Front (Putting lots of pressure on Britain, France and America).

(1 February, 1917) Germany brings back their submarines into European waters. This unrestricted access annoying the American and finally bringing them into the war.

1918 (Battle of Belleau Wood Ends)

1919 (The Treaty of Versailles)

1918 (Battle of St. Mihiel)

1918 (Kaiser Wilhelm Abdicates his German Throne)

1918 (Armistice of 11 November 1918)

1918 (Battle of Belleau Wood)

(9 November, 1918) Finally, sealing Germany's fate, the Kaiser abdicates his throne to Friedrich Ebert and flees to the Netherlands(Holland). After this, Germany is lost at what to do and will have no chance at winning WW1 now.

(28 June, 1919) The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty between Germany and The Allied Powers that was signed at the Paris Peace Conference. This treaty ceased the fighting between Germany and The Allied Powers meaning that Australia no longer had a part in the war.

(26 June, 1918) The battle of Belleau Wood finallys ends, some 20 days later. This battle had an innumerable amount of American casualties (Over 10,000) and the area changed hands 6 times in the battle that went for 20 days. Something remarkable about this battle was that it was the closest Germans got to Paris in WW1. The battle only ended when all the Germans had finally left the field.

(12 September, 1918) This battle was incredibly interesting because over 300,000 Americans participated in the battle in a direct assault on German Front Lines. The commander on the Americans side that orchestrated such a large scale attack was General Pershing.

(6 June, 1918) American Marine Corps start an attack on Germans at Belleau Wood, the Germans being on the other side of a wheat field. Americans take massive casualties in this battle.

(Armistice of 11 November 1918) The Armistice of the 11th of November, 1918, was an official cease of fire between Germany and the Allied Powers which stopped all fighting on the western front. The Armistice was signed in Paris at 11 Am, 11th of November, often refereed to as "The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month."

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