THE GREAT WAR

THE START OF THE WAR

• Germany invades Belgium and Britain declares war on Germany(August 3-4,1914)
• Austria declares war on Russia(August 5,1914)
• Germany toke Brussels(August 20, 1914)

THE WAR IN 1915

• Germany does unrestricted submarine warfare(January 30)
• British Egyptian troops land on Ottoman shores(February 19)
• British first try shelling then rushing trenches(March 10)
• French launch offensive on German defenses at Lens and Arras, failure(May 9)

THE WAR IN 1916

• A British army surrenders at Al-Kut to the Turks(April 29)
• Battle of Verdun starts(February 22)
• Battle of Somme(July 1-November 18)
• British launch large assault to take Sinai and Israel from the Turks(December)

WAR IN 1917

• British take Baghdad(March 11)
• U.S. declares war on Germany(April 6)
• First American troops land in France(June 25)
• Battle of Ypres(July 31-November 10)

WAR IN 1918

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Russia and Germany(March 3)
• American troops hold the Germans at Belleau(June 1-26)
• Battle of Chateau-Thierry(July 18)
• Hungary separates from Austria(October 17)