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World War I Timeline

Fill in the gaps of this timeline covering major events or campaigns in The First World War. Impossible to cover everything, but please comment.
Does not include the Pacific theatre
Only the first declaration or act of war of each party given
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Last updated: October 19, 2018
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Num
Date
Event
Answer
1
28 June 1914
Assassination of Archduke _____ _________
Franz Ferdinand
2
28 July 1914
______-_______ declares war on ______
Austria-Hungary Serbia
3
1 August 1914
_______ declares war on ______
Germany Russia
4
2 August 1914
_______ invades __________
Germany Luxembourg
5
3 August 1914
_______ invades ______
Germany France
6
4 August 1914
_______ declares war on _______
Britain Germany
7
7 Aug - 6 Sep 1914
Battles of the _________: German advance through Belgium into France halted at river Marne
Frontiers
8
17 Sep - 19 Oct 1914
Race to the ___ as each side tries to prevent encirclement by the other (indecisive)
Sea
8.5
19 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1918
_______ _____ dug in from North Sea to Swiss frontier and moved little
Western Front
9
24 Oct 14 - 30 Oct 2018
________ Campaign between Russia and Central powers results in victory to Central powers with successive treaties ceded during 2018
Caucasus
10
28 Oct 1914
_______ ______ bombs Russian Black Sea ports.
Ottoman Empire
11
19 Feb 15 - 9 Jan 1916
_________ Campaign results in victory to Ottoman Empire and retreat of British and French invasion forces to Egypt
Gallipoli
12
7 May 1915
Sinking of the _________ with many US citizens on board
Lusitania
Num
Date
Event
Answer
13
4 Oct 1915
________ declares war on ______, partly to regain land lost in the second Balkan War
Bulgaria Serbia
13.5
21 Feb - 18 Dec 2016
Battle of ______. First use of chemical warfare. Zone rouge still too contaminated for use; 2007 a mine killed two workers decontaminating
Verdun
14
31 May - 1 Jun 1916
Battle of _______. Britain stunned by no naval victory.
Jutland
15
1 Jul - 18 Nov 1916
Battle of the _____. If it was an Allied victory, it cost 1,224,000 lives from both sides
Somme
16
6 April 1917
___ declares war on _______
USA Germany
16.5
31 Jul - 10 Nov 1917
Battle of _____________ to retake a key Belgian town (alternative name) from this ridge.
Passchendaele
17
3 March 1918
Russia signs Treaty of ____-_______ to halt Central powers’ advance
Brest-Litovsk
18
21 Mar - 18 Jul 1918
______ Offensive in West as Central powers try to win with troops freed from Caucasus before USA can mobilise
Ludendorff
20
8 - 12 Aug 1918
Battle of ______ begins fully turning back of German western forces
Amiens
21
8 Aug - 11 Nov 1918
_______ ____ Offensive as Allies retake almost all of French losses and advance into Belgium
Hundred Days
22
9 Nov 1918
________ abdicates
Kaiser Wilhelm II
23
11 Nov 1918
_________ signed at Redonthes, France at 11am.
Armistice
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