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World War I Timeline

World War I Timeline. Pre-1914 - 1918. Pre 1914. France signs humiliating treaty after defeat in the Franco Prussian War France loses Alsace and Lorraine Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser of Germany. Pre 1914. Nicholas II (Romanov) becomes tsar of Russia

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World War I Timeline

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  1. World War I Timeline Pre-1914 - 1918

  2. Pre 1914 • France signs humiliating treaty after defeat in the Franco Prussian War • France loses Alsace and Lorraine • Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser of Germany

  3. Pre 1914 • Nicholas II (Romanov) becomes tsar of Russia • Russo-Japanese War results in disastrous loss for Russia • Bloody Sunday massacre in St. Petersburg

  4. 1914 • Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo • Austria declares war on Serbia • Russia mobilizes • Germany declares war on Russia

  5. 1914 • Germany declares war on France • Invades neutral Belgium • Britain declares war on Germany • Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

  6. 1914 • Ludendorff and Hindenburg defeat Russians at Tannenberg • First Battle of the Marne halts German invasion of France • Trenches dug • Western front created

  7. 1914 • Christmas Truce • Unofficial truce among soldiers along the Western Front

  8. 1915 • War becomes Total War with German Zeppelin raid on GB • German blockades Britain – any ship is a target

  9. 1915 • Allies begin 9 month battle for Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli • Thousands of British and Australians killed

  10. 1915 • U-Boat sinks British passenger liner, Lusitania • 128 Americans die • Germans claim munitions on board

  11. 1915 • British use poison gas near Loos, but shifting winds cause 60,000 British casualties • Allies begin withdrawal of troops from Gallipoli

  12. 1916 • Longest battle, Verdun, ends in a draw with 1 million casualties • Battle of the Somme, first use of tanks by British • Woodrow Wilson re-elected, “He kept us out of war.”

  13. 1917 • Zimmerman Note is discovered • Germany urged Mexico to enter war against U.S. – would regain lost territory • German resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

  14. 1917 • Tsar Nicholas II abdicates • Provisional government set up • President Wilson asks for declaration of war • U.S. passes Selective Service Act

  15. 1917 • First wave of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrives in France • Doughboys

  16. 1917 • Americans fire first shots in the war • Bolshevik socialists led by Lenin overthrow Kerensky’s provisional government • Russia signs armistice with Germany

  17. 1918 • Flu epidemic begins – kills more people than the war • Americans stop Germans at Chateau Thierry • Baron von Richthofen (Red Baron) killed in air dog-fight

  18. 1918 • Tsar Nicholas and family are murdered by Bolsheviks • Allied forces push Germans back into retreat

  19. 1918 • Germans mutiny and desert • Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates • Nov. 11, 1918 (11:00 am) – armistice • War is over

  20. 1918 • Pres. Wilson sails to Paris • Treaty of Versailles • 14 Points • Harsh punishment for Germany

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