Formation of the the Triple Entente
1907
Formation of the Triple Alliance
1882
The First Morrocan Crisis
1905-6
Kaiser’s visit to Tangine
April 1905
Second Morrocan Crisis
1911
The Balkan Crisis
1908-9
The 1st Balkan War
October 1912- May 1913
The Navy Laws
1901
The Dreadnought
1906
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
28th June 1914
Germany’s declaration of war on Russia
1st August 1914
Germany’s declaration of war on France
3rd August 1914
Britain’s declaration of war on Germany
4th August 1914
France’s declaration of war on Germany
5th August 1914
Austria- Hungary’s declaration of war on Russia
6th August 1914
Battle of Marne
6th-10th September 1914
Battle of Verdun
February - December 1916
Battle of the Somme
July - November 1916
Battle of Passchendale
Late July - November 1917
Phase 3 of the Gallipoli Campaign
25th April 1915
Phase 2 of the Gallipoli Campaign
18th March 1915
Phase 1 of the Gallipoli Campaign
19th February 1915
Battle of Jutland
31st May 1916
Sinking of the Lustitania
7th May 1915
Unrestricted submarine warfare
February 1915
The Hundred Days
August 1918
Kaiser’s Abdication
9th November 1918
Armistace
11th November 1918