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Chronology of World War I Major Milestones 1914–1918
A compact chronological sweep of the First World War from the assassination in Sarajevo to the November 1918 armistice. It lists dates and actions including declarations of war, major battles, naval engagements, political shifts, and the entry of the United States into the conflict. It notes key moments such as the Somme, Verdun, Gallipoli, Russia’s revolutions, and Germany's defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria
Sarajevo
Bosnia
William of
Germany
Folowing
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Russia
France
Cirey
Schwidden
Luxemburg
Belgium
Great Britain
Paris
Wilson
Belgian
Italy
Altkirch
Liege
Portugal
Montenegro
Japan
Kiaochow
Poland
Brussels
East Prussia
Tsingtao
Helgoland
Allenstein
Amiens
la Fere
Marne
Antwerp
Bordeaux
Lemberg
England
Pathfinder
North Sea
Aisne
Soissons
Jarossau
Przemysl
Ghent
Yser
Turkey
Emden
Warsaw
Belgrade
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Whitby
Aviona
Albaani
Marsa
Win. Payal
North
Seg
Hungary
la Bassee
Suez Canal
Tarnow
Galicia
Dardanelles
Lodz
Smolnik
Plock
Bielsk
Champagne
Mazurian Lake
Evelyn
German War Office
Carib
Dardanelles Entrance
Dardanelles Straits
Prins Fitel Friedrich
Newport News
Carpathian
Ypres Canal
Ypres
Tolmino
Vosges
Argonne
Lublin
Bernstorff
Hesperian
London
United States
Dumba
Vilna
Kaiser Wilhelm
West Front
Bulgaria
Sofia
Mackernsen
Edith Cavell
Constantinople
Mitau
Ancona
Bagdad
Ford
Europe
Congress
Dublin
Kut-el- Amara
Trentino
Danish
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Dubno
Sir Roger Casement
Somme
David Lloyd George
Baltimore
Kuropatkin
Riga
Delville Wood
Bulgars
Macedonia
Fleury
Roger Casement
Thiaumont
Isonzo
Monte Sabatino
Monte San Michele
Bitlis
Mush
Isonzo River
Goeritz
Stanislau
Doiran
Saloniki
Nottingham
Salmouth
Maurepas
Armenia
Roumania
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
von Falkenhayn
Carpathians
Dobrudja
Roumanian
Tutrakan
Orsova
Silitria
Corso
von Mackensen
Gallia
Franconia
Nantucket
Massaret
Stanza
Bapaume
Alexander Ribot
Healdron
General Murray
Holy Land
Gaza
United States Senate
House
Vimy Ridge
Douaumont
Handremont
Chillette Wood
Verdun
Carso
Fort Vaux
Kingdom of Poland
Arabia
Cardinal Mercier
Transylvania
Volohynia
Ancre
Blaucourt
Monastir
Aegean Sea
Bucharest
Turnu-Severin
Jassy
Herbert Asquith
Prahova
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichstag
Aristide Briand
Robert Georges Nivelle
Lloyd George
Baron Burian
Count Czernin
U. S
Guatemala
War Department
Senate
General Pershing
Constantine
Greece
Libert
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Michaelis
Catha
Kerensky
War Industries Board
Pope Benedict
Korniloff
Udine
Lansing
Navy Department
Jacob Jones
Jerusalem
Allenby
Goeben
Breslau
Toul
Tuscania
Bolo Pasha
Reval
Pskov
von Hertling
Brest- Litovsk
Odessa
Plave
Foch
Chateau Thierry
Fismes
Archangel
Vesle
Peronne
St. Mihiel Salient
Alies
Hindenburg Line
Balkans
St. Quentin
Holland
Lille Andiburn Douni
Hills Froune Argonne
Cambrai
le Cateau
Prague
Bohemia
Thiest
Oise
Valenciennes
Haig
Scheldt
Tagliamento
Versailles
Friedrich Wilhelm