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World War 1

An international Conflict
One of the deadliest conflict in the history

Timeline

The Russo-
Japanese War
(1904 - 1905)
Because Russia wanted to expand to
the Pacific, they had sent many
soldiers to Korea. The Japanese
recognized this threat so they
attacked first at Port Arthur in China
which made the Russian retreat. This
had made the Russian turn their
ambition westward, especially in
Balkans

The Balkan Wars


(1912-1913)
The Balkan war is a war that happened
when countries separated from the
Ottoman Empire. This led to Germany's
need to invade Serbia since it left
Ottoman Empire.

Archduke Francis
Assassinated, WW1
started (1914)
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz
Ferdinand was murdered. This led to a
series of war declarations because of
Austrian's anger upon the
assassination. One month after the
assassination, Austria declared war on
Serbia, which marked the start of WW1.

Battle Of Verdun (1916) USA joined the war against


Germany (1917)
The battle of Verdun occurred On February 3, 1917, America
in a town called Verdun in decided to sever the
France where the French fought diplomatic relation with
the German. This is the Germany. On April 6th, 1917,
bloodiest and most ferocious USA declared war on
battle of the war. Germany.
End of WW1 (1918)
Germany signed the Armistice in Compiegne to end WW1

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