1914:
1. Germany invades Belgium.
2. Britain declares war on Germany- because the Germans have invaded Belgium they feel like there too close for comfort.
3. Japan joins the Allied forces: Ottoman Empire soon joins the Central Powers.
4. War spreads to the seas.
Germans invade Belgium Britain declares war on Germany
1. Women take up men's jobs.
2. Stalemate continues on the Western Front- warfare in tense’s as poisons gas is used to break the western line.
3. The Lusitania passenger liner is sunk, with 1,200 lives lost.
4. London attacked from the air by German Zeppelins.
Women take up men’s jobs Lusitania ship sinks with 1,200 people dead
1. Conscription for men aged between 18 and 41.
2. A million casualties in ten months: Germany aims to 'bleed France white'.
3. At sea the Battle of Jutland takes place.
4. Armed uprisings in Dublin: the Irish Republic is proclaimed.
sea battle of Jutland
armed uprising in Dublin
1917
1. German Army retreats to the Hindenburg Line.
2. United States joins the war and assists the Allies.
3. Tank, submarine and gas warfare intensifies.
4. Royal family change their surname to Windsor to appear more British.
U.S. joins the war to help assist the allies Germans retreat to the Hindenburg line
1. Germany launches major offensive on the western front- despite the minor Intel the Germans had failed to break the allied lines and in effect this meant that the war was coming to its end game.
2. Allies launch successful counter-offensives at the Marne and Amiens.
3. Armistice signed on November 11, ending the war at 11am.
4. In Britain, a coalition government is selected and women over 30 succeed in gaining the vote.
Armistice signed on November 11th major offensive on western front
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