1. By Sarah Paulson

2. 1914 1915 June 28, 1914- The Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sofie were assassinated by Serbians in Seravejo. August 1-3, 1914- Germany declares war on Russia and France; WWI begins. September 14, 1914- German troops advance into France and are stopped at First Battle of the Marne. July 28, 1914- Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia August 29, 1914- Russian army defeated by German general Paul von Hindenburg at The Battle of Tannenberg. May 7, 1915- Sinking of the Lusitania; a German submarine sinks the British ship called Lusitania. World War I Timeline

3. 1916 1917 1916 1918 February-June, 1916- Battle for Verdun, France. July-November 1916- Battle of the Somme. April 6, 1917- The United States declares war on Germany. May 31, 1916- Naval Battle of Jutland in the North Sea. March 16, 1917- Russian Czar Nicholas II renounces throne; provisional government takes over Russia. (Communism) March 3, 1918- Russians sign the treaty of Brest Litovsk and drop out of the war. World War I Timeline

4. 1918 1919 March 21, 1918- Germans begin Operation Michael, their last offensive in France. September 12-14, 1918- The Americans capture Saint-Mihiel salient at the Battle of Saint- Mihiel. June 28, 1919- World leaders sign the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ends the war. July-August, 1918- The Allies put Germany on defensive during Second Battle of the Marne. November 9, 1918- Germany collapses in revolution; Kaiser Wilhelm II gives up his throne and escapes the country. World War I Timeline

5. The Russians

6.  Russia’s Mobilization of 1914 was one of the causes of World War I.  Mobilization is an act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency.  After Serbia, one of Russia’s allies, went to war, Russia started partial mobilization.  Germany wanted to stop the mobilization, and when Russia refused, demanded the neutrality of France, another ally of Russia. This was on August 1, 1914.

7.  France mobilized after war was declared on Russia, and two days later (August 3, 1914), Germany declared war on France.  Russian Mobilization was one cause of the war because of this.

8.  Twenty-six days later, on August 29, 1914, Russian army was defeated by German general Paul von Hindenburg at The Battle of Tannenberg.  There were two different Russian armies that invaded East Prussia at the same time. Alexander Samsonov was the general of the second army, with General Rennenkampf leading the first.  The loss at this battle was the worst for Russia, and they didn’t ever fully recover. General Samsonov

9.  The loss at Tannenberg made the government look weak, especially after the Czar was put in charge of the army.  On March 16, 1917, the Russian’s emperor, Czar Nicholas II, abdicated, renouncing his throne.  With Nicholas II no longer in charge, provisional government takes over Russia.  Russia’s government became Communism.

10.  Provisional Government is the name of the government Russia had when Czar Nicholas II abdicated, but it is basically Communism.  Communism is basically eliminating private property. It is a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed.  This changed the lives of a lot of people, and eventually started a Civil War in Russia. Grand Duke Michael, first President of Russian Provisional Government

11.  On March 3, 1918, the Russians signed the treaty of Brest Litovsk and dropped out of the war.  The Russians then go into Civil war, which leads to the Russian Revolution.