Major Events in World War One
Major events in world war onein chronalogical order.
Major events of World War One
Ø 1914 western front August 3rd war started with the invasion of Belgium.
o June 28 Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.
o September 5-10 a stalemate developed due to trench warfare.
o Supplies quickly run out of both sides.
o Attempts to out flank fail on both sides.
o Race for sea by Germany fails.
o Trenches quickly constructed.
o Peace conferences fail
o Re- supply of both sides keeps the war going.
o August to September Russian forces are defeated at the battled in Tannenburg and Masurian lakes.
o Tsar is advised that he must pull his troops out of World War One.
o Ottoman Empire is attacked in a mid summers offensive by the allies to put Germanys ally out of the war.
Ø 1915 is characterized the year of trench warfare on the eastern front.
o On the eastern front the armies of Germany and Austria attack Russia in a mid summer offensive to keep Russia out of the war on the eastern front.
Ø 1917-1918-1919
o February 23rd revolution in Russia.
o April 6th The United States comes into WW1
o 24th Bolshevik revolution in Russia
o January Lenin declares Bolshevik government in Russia. The Russia civil war begins.
o January Wilsons 14 point plan is presented.
o Kaisershlacht German offensive in Western front.
Peace negotiations begin in the treaty of Vers
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