World War I
"The Great War" at a glance
Countries Involved
| Allied Countries Great Britain Canada United States Australia New Zealand Russia | Allied Countries cont. France Greece India Italy Serbia South Africa | Central Powers Countries Germany Bulgaria Austria-Hungary Ottoman (Turkey) Empire |
Romania, Belgium, Montenegro and Portugal were “Neutral Countries” also caught up in the conflict.
Timeline Of Events
| June 28, 1914 - Gavrilo Princip, who has ties to the Serbian terrorist-type group the Black Hand, assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. July 28, 1914 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. August 2, 1914 - Ottoman Empire and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance. August 4, 1914 - Germany invades Belgium. President Woodrow Wilson declares that the United States is neutral. Britain declares war on Germany. August 10, 1914 - Austria-Hungary invades Russia, opening the fighting on the Eastern Front. August 26-30, 1914 - Battle of Tannenberg, Prussia. September 12, 1914 - First battle of the Aisne in France begins, marking the beginning of trench warfare. November 3, 1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. November 5, 1914 - Great Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire. April 22-May 25, 1915 - Second Battle of Ypres, marking the first wide-scale use of poison gas by Germany. May 7, 1915 - A German U-20 submarine sinks the British passenger ship, the Lusitania; 1,198 are killed, including 128 Americans. June 1915-November 1917 - Battles of the Isonzo, Italy. 1915 - Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli peninsula, Ottoman Empire. | February 21-July 1916 - Battle of Verdun, France, the war's longest battle, with almost a million casualties. May 31-June 1, 1916 - Battle of Jutland, North Sea near Denmark - a sea battle between British and German navies. July 1, 1916-November 1916 - First Battle of the Somme River, France. The British introduce the tank. April 6, 1917 - The United States declares war against Germany after the interception and publication of the Zimmermann Telegram and the sinking of three US merchant ships by German U-boats. June 26, 1917 - American troops begin landing in France. November 20, 1917 - Battle of Cambrai, France. December 3, 1917 - Russia signs an armistice with Germany. March 3, 1918 - Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending hostilities with the Central Powers and withdrawing Russia from this war. March 21-April 5, 1918 - Second Battle of the Somme River. September 29, 1918 - Bulgaria signs an armistice. October 30, 1918 - Ottoman Empire signs an armistice. November 3, 1918 - Austria-Hungary signs an armistice.November 11, 1918 - Germany accepts the armistice terms demanded by the Allies, ending the war. June 28, 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed at the Palace of Versailles, France. |
Philadelphia City Hall celebrating Armistice Day, November 11, 1918.
Estimated Cost of WWI
(for each of the major countries involved)
(for each of the major countries involved)
| Country Russia Germany Great Britain France United States Canada Belgium | Troops Deployed 12,000,000 11,000,000 8,905,000 8,410,000 4,355,000 619,500 267,000 | Killed 1,700,000 1,773,700 908,371 1,357,800 126,000 66,655 13,716 | Wounded 4,950,000 4,216,058 2,090,212 4,266,000 264,000 172,950 44,686 | War Cost in Dollars $22,293,950,000 $37,775,000,000 $35,334,012,000 $24,262,583,000 $22,625,253,000 $1,665,576,000 $1,154,468,000 |
Global WWI Losses
| Military Casualties 9,720,450 | Military Wounded 19,769,102 | Civilian Casualties 8,865,650 |
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
Composed by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae at the battlefront
on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
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