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World War One Timeline on the beginning, major events, and end of what has been known as the Great War. World War 1 inflicted hitherto unseen violence on Europe and entangled the entire planet in the conflict—the first time a war was so far-reaching.
From Naval History and Heraldry Command. An interactive World War I timeline of events with descriptions, videos, and photos.
- June 28, 1914. Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.
- July 28, 1914. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.
- August 2-7, 1914. Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.
- August 10, 1914. Austria-Hungary invades Russia.
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- World War I Begins. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The Lusitania Sinks. On May 7, 1915, a German submarine sank the British ocean liner Lusitania, resulting in the deaths of nearly 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
- Germany’s U-Boat Submarine Warfare Resumes. In March 1916, a German U-boat torpedoed a French passenger ship, the Sussex, killing dozens of people, including several Americans.
- The Zimmerman Telegram. Meanwhile, in January 1917, the British intercepted and deciphered an encrypted message from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhart.
- Let’s know more about WWI through a timeline! Commonly known as the First World War (WWI), the Great War was a conflict between the European territories of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy.
- Key Events of World War I.
- June 28, 1914: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The intensified form of nationalism amongst the Balkans led to the start of World War I through the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 by a member of the ‘Black Hand’.
- The Gallipoli Campaign (17 February 1915 - 9 January 1916) The Gallipoli Campaign was an operation by the Allied Powers against the Ottoman Empire to control the sea route from Europe to Russia through the Dardanelles and to capture Constantinople.
May 21, 2013 · Experience the history of World War I, “The Great War,” through an interactive timeline and map available on the American Battle Monuments Commission’s (ABMC) website. This new visual interactive timeline and map is the latest in digital initiatives released by ABMC.
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Apr 25, 2013 · How long did World War I last? Who fought whom? Journey through the story of the Great War with our Interactive WWI Timeline, covering the world events of 1914‑1920.
