Outbreak of WW1 Timeline

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Period: _____

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Austria-Hungary blamed
the Serbian government for
organizing the
assassination.

The Schlieffen Plan was

meant to defeat France
quickly by sneaking
through Belgium.

June 28, 1914

Aug 1, 1914

A Bosnian-Serb
radical
assassinates
Austria-Hungarys
archduke Franz
Ferdinand.

Germany declares
war on Russia.

July 28, 1914

Austria-Hungary
declares war on
Serbia.

Aug 4, 1914
Germany invades
neutral Belgium.

Aug 3, 1914
Germany declares
war on France.

Japan wanted Germanys

Pacific colonies.

Aug 23, 1914

Japan declares
war on Germany,
joining the Allies.

Aug 4, 1914
Britain declares
war on Germany.

1839 Treaty of London

Britain promised to d efend
Belgian neutrality.

Italy abandoned the Triple

Alliance because the Allies
promised territory spoils.

May 23, 1915

Italy declares war
on Austria-
Hungary, joining
the Allies.

Apr 6, 1917
USA declares war
on Germany,
joining the Allies.

Oct 29, 1914

Feb 24, 1916

Turkey enters the

war on the side of
the Central
powers.

USA receives the

Zimmermann
Telegram,
revealing German
schemes against
neutral America.