World War I Battles: Timeline For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe’s western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited the war. Trench warfare and the early use of tanks, submarines and ...
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Although the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914 is often cited as the first event leading directly to World War 1, the true build up was much longer. As well as growing public support for a confrontation—which varied but ultimately grew in the period before—thetreaties and diplomatic r...
This World War I timeline lists significant events and developments from the mid-1800s to the Treaty of Versailles. It has been written and compiled by Alpha History authors. Background 1839 April 19th: The signing of the Treaty of London, a multi-national agreement that acknowledges and guaran...
History : World War 1 Timeline Quiz Quiz *Theme/Title: World War 1 Timeline * Description/Instructions This quiz will outline some of the major events of World War 1. This includes how the war began and ended. Find out who entered the war when and how it affected other countries.Group...
1 Aug 1914 Erwin Rommel was posted to the 124th Infantry Regiment of the Wüttemberg Army. [Erwin Rommel | CPC] Germany declared war on Russia while its troops violated the neutrality of Luxembourg. [AC]2 Aug 1914 German troops crossed the frontier into France. [AC] In France, the ...
After ten months of border skirmishing in the dispute Chaco region, Paraguay declared war on her northern neighbour Bolivia. The chief object of this declaration was to force a policy of strict neutrality on the part of Chile, Peru and Brazil, who all served as useful sources of supply to ...
USS R-1 completed its participation in fleet exercises off Central America. [R-1 | CPC] USS R-5 completed war games in the Gulf of Fonseca in Central America. [R-5 | CPC]10 Apr 1923 Germany Daimler Airways inaugurated the first scheduled air-service between London, England, United Ki...
27 Jul 1929 Switzerland The "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", commonly known as the Geneva Convention, was signed in Geneva, Switzerland. [Geneva | CPC]30 Jul 1929 Taiwan Eizo Ishizuka was named the governor-general of Taiwan. [CPC]...
1 Jul 1917 The last Russian offensive of the Great War began. Under the command of General Aleksei Brusilov the South West Army Group attacked with twenty-three divisions (mainly comprising Finns, Siberians and Poles - the Russian being mostly unreliable). At first the offensive went well ...