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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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