KENZIE HOLTKAMP 5/15/12 PERIOD:1B

Conscription introduced in Britian. Battle of Verdun and Jutland starts. First use of tanks at the somme. Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister. USA declared war on Germany. Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo. Austria declared war on Serbia. Germany declared war on Russia. Britain declared war on Germany. Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles. Italy declared war on Germany and Austria. The Germans captured Warsaw from the Russians. Battle Loos starts. Timeline The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and Germany. Germany broke through on the Somme. Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One.

Leaders of WWI Ferdinand Foch He had many successes and was placed in charge of the French Northern Army. In 1918 he was promoted to Allied Supreme Commander. He was very successful and received credit for the victory over Germany. He wanted to make the recovery of Germany's army impossible. Foch died in 1929.

Sir Douglas Haig By 1914 Sir Douglas Haig already had plenty of military experience, when he became Lieutenant General and control of the first Army Corps of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). In December of 1915, Haig became Commander-in- Chief of the BEF. While under major pressure, he led his forces into battle at Verdun and Somme. He died in 1928.

Joseph Joffre In 1911 Joseph Joffre was assigned chief of staff. In 1913 he carried out his plan 17 and invaded Lorraine and Aedennes in Germany. At the time of World War I he took command of the French Army. After he was blamed for losses at the Western Front and Verdun he was replaced by Robert Nivelle in He was then promoted to Marshall of France, and died in 1931.

John J. Pershing In 1917 he was assigned Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. After the war he was highly critical of the Treaty of Versailles, and became the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in 1921.

Henri-Philippe Petain Henri-Philippe Petain joined the French Army in At the outbreak of World War I he was scheduled to retire. Instead he took part in the Artois Offensive. Joseph Joffre sent Petain to command the French troops at Verdun in Petain cared more for the lives of his soldiers and improved their living conditions. He was then arrested for treason. He served the rest of his life in prison, where he died in 1951.