WW IWW I

Dominik HažDominik Haž

Basic facts

• 1914-1918

• Also known as the Great War or The War to end all wars

• First global military conflict

• About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded

Reasons

• Rivalship between Great Britain and Germany

• Rivalship between Germany and France

• End of the Austrio-Russian alliance

• Rise of new alliances: Allies (Great Britain, France and Russia) and Central Powers (Germany and Ausria-Hungary)

1914

• 28th June - Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip

• 28th July - Austria declares war on Serbia• 1st August - Germany declares war on France• 3rd August - Germany declares war on Russia• 4th August - German invasion to Belgium, Great

Britain declares war on Germany• September - first Battle of the Marne, German drive

stopped 25 miles from Paris

1915

• February - German submarine blokade of Great Britain

• April - Germans first use gas at second Battle of Ypres

• 7th May - Lusitania sunk by German submarine (1198 lost)

• May – Italy passes from Central Forces to Alliance

• 6th September - German and Austrian „Great offensive“ on Eastern Front – conquers all of Poland and Lithuania, Russians lost 1 million men

• 14th October – Great Britain and France declare war on Bulgaria

1916

• February – Battle of Verdun – Germans and French each lose about 350000 men

• May – British-German naval Battle of Jutland

• July-November – Battle of the Somme – Great Britain first use tanks

• 27th August - Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary

1917

• 6th April – USA declares war on Germany• October – Russian revolution – armistice and

negotiations with Germany• October-December – Battle of Caporetto on Italian

Front – Italians retreat• November – On Western Front Battles of Arras,

Champagne and Ypres• 7th December- USA declares war on Austria-

Hungary

1918

• March-June – Great offensive by Germans• June – Battle of Chateau-Thierry – French and

Americans stop Germans• July-August – Battle of the Marne-start of Allied

offensive• September – British offensive in Palestine• 4th October – Germans ask for armistice• October – British armistice wit Turkey• 11th November – end of war

Technology

• Trenches were defended by mines, machnie guns and artillery

• First were used tanks, aircraft and gas (as weapons)

Field Marshal Douglas Haig

• 1st Earl Haig• Commander of British

Expeditionary Force Battle of Somme and 3rd Battle of Ypres

• One of the most controversial commander in British history

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