World War One: Events
World War One: Events
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1. 1914
a. 6/28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by Princip
b. Think about the symbolism: Nationalist killing heir to A-H throne
c. 7/28 – Austrian gunboats assault Belgrade (Serbia)
d. War declared by the major powers
e. 8/4 – Germany invades Belgium
f. Germany defeats Russian army at Tannenburg
g. 8/30 – Paris bombed by Zeppelin
h. 9/5-9/9 – First Battle of the Marne halts German advance - “Digging in”
i. 10/30-11/24 – Battle of Ypres stops German attempt at occupying Channel
* A-H & Serbia Worksheet
2. 1915
a. Britain blockades Germany (Neth., Denmark, Sweden)
b. London bombed by Zeppelin
c. 2/18 - Germany begins sub blockade of GB and France
d. Ottoman Empire begins genocide of Armenians
e. 4/22 – 5/25 – Second Battle of Ypres
i. First use of poison gas (French: xylyl bromide - irritant, not to kill)
iii. Chlorine, Phosgene, Mustard gas
iv. Gas masks (makeshift ones used first)
f. 4/25 – Allied forces land in Gallipoli, Turkey (3/22/1916 – they leave)
g. 5/7 – Lusitania (British ocean liner) sunk, 1198 die, 128 US citizens
i. Hearst’s “yellow journalism”
h. 5/22 – Italy joins Allied powers and declares war on Central Powers
i. 9/1 – Germany issues “Arabic Pledge” – no more sinking of unarmed liners
3. 1916
a. 2/21 – Battle of Verdun
b. Germany issues “Sussex Pledge” – stop unrestricted sub warfare
c. Battle of Jutland – only major naval battle – Germany retreats, mutual losses
d. 7/1 – 11/18 – Battle of the Some
i. British/French offensive – 1.1 million killed on all sides
ii. 9/15 – First use of tank by Great Britain
4. 1917
a. 1/22 – Woodrow Wilson’s last offering to be negotiator or peace
b. 2/1 – Germany resumes unrestricted sub warfare
c. Zimmerman telegram – gets US involved in war
d. 3/11 – Brits capture Baghdad
e. 3/15 – Provisional Government takes control (Kerenksy)
f. 4/5 – German withdrawal after Verdun
g. 4/6 – US declares war on Germany
h. 7/6 – T.E. Lawrence – takes charge of Arab revolt against Turks
i. 7/31 – Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele)
j. 11/7 – Bolshevik Revolution
k. 11/8 – Balfour Declaration (British Palestinian state)
l. 12/9 – British take control
m. 12/15 – Armistice between Russia and Germany ends fighting on the E. Front
5. 1918
a. Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” – idealistic basis for peace? (worksheet)
b. 3/3 - Russia surrenders to Germany in Treaty of Brest Litovsk
c. 7/15-8/7 – Second battle of the Marne – last German offensive
d. 7/16 – Nicholas II executed by Bolsheviks
e. 9/28 – German navy mutinies when ordered out to sea
f. 10/3 – Ottoman signs armistice/ 11/3 – A-H signs armistice
g. 11/7 – Revolution in Germany, 11/9 – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates, Germany a republic
h. 11/11/1918 – Germany signs armistice
6. 1919
a. January – Paris Peace Conference
i. League of Nations founded
b. 6/28 – Treaty of Versailles signed by Germany (Article 231)
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