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During the war, the U.S. mobilized over 4.7 million military personnel and suffered the loss of over 116,000 soldiers. [1] The war saw a dramatic expansion of the United States government in an attempt to harness the war effort and a significant increase in the size of the U.S. Armed Forces.
The United Kingdom declares war on Germany, automatically including all dominions, colonies, etc. of the British Empire including Canada, Australia, and British India. [20] Politics: The United States declares neutrality. August 5 – 16 Western: Battle of Liège. The Germans besiege and then capture the fortresses of Liège, Belgium. August 5
- June 28, 1914. Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated.
- July 28, 1914. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.
- August 2-7, 1914. Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.
- August 10, 1914. Austria-Hungary invades Russia.
The United States declares war on Germany. In his address to Congress four days earlier, U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson had cited Germany’s practice of unrestricted submarine warfare and the “Zimmermann Telegram” as key reasons behind the abandonment of his long-standing policy of neutrality.
- Battle of Mons: August 23, 1914. The first European clash since 1815’s Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Mons takes place in Mons, Belgium, with a British Expeditionary Force that numbers about 75,000 fighting an estimated 150,000 Germans in an attempt to hold the Mons-Conde Canal.
- Battle of Tannenberg: August 26-August 30, 1914. Dubbed the Battle of Tannenberg by the victorious Germans in revenge for the 1410 conflict in which the Poles crushed the Teutonic Knights, this would be the country’s biggest win against Russia along the Eastern Front.
- First Battle of the Marne: September 6-12, 1914. The First Battle of the Marne marks an Allied victory about 30 miles northeast of Paris, where the French army and British Expeditionary Force stop Germany’s swift advance into France.
- First Battle of Ypres: October 19 to November 22, 1914. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Warwckshire regiment being transported by English busses from Dickebusch to Ypres, November 6, 1914, during the First Battle of Ypres.
Oct 29, 2009 · During the four-year conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the...
Timeline of significant events related to World War I, from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 to major battles during the war, including the series of final confrontations on the Western Front in 1918 known as the battles of the Meuse-Argonne.
