Mapping and Timeline

WWI - Timeline

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- 1914- June 28: Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo
- The Great War breaks out
- August 23: Germany invades France
- The British Blockade
- 1915
- The "Lusi

tania" was sunk by a German U-boat
- April: Italy joins the war
- War in the trenches
- London attacked from the air by German Zeppelins

- 1916- Battle of Verdun- Battle of Jutland
- Battle of the Somme
- 1917
- Germany's unrestricted u-boat warfare
- The USA joins the war
- Russia leavs the War

- 1918- Germany's last offensive
- The Battle of

the Argonne Forest
- The First World War ends
- Treaty of Versailles

The blockade was a navel blockade conducted by the Allied powers during world war1. Prussia took over most of Germany and Lippe took the least. There was only about 3 free cities around Germany. The government ordered the Royal Navy to immediately cut the flow of raw materials and foodstuff to Germany.

This map shows Haig’s plan – the army would break through the enemy lines, then the infantry and cavalry would sweep on past Bapaume.