WWI: The Basics

WI THE BASICS THE BEGINNING JUNE 28TH 1914 AUSTTZIAN ArRCHDUKE FRANZ FERDWAND Is ASSASSINATED BY SETZBIAN FAWATIS GAVRILO PrRNCIP. ONE MONTH LATER, AUSTTZIA DECLARES WATZON SETZRIA IT ALL STATZTS HETRE. RussIA IS ALLES WITH SERZBIA GERMANY is ALLIES WITH AUSTTZIA FRANCE AND BRITAIN ATRE ALLIES WITH MAY 23120 1915 ITAU SOINS THE ALLIES. RussIA BrRITAIN HAS THE BACKING OF THE ENTIZE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, AND JAPAN. You CAN SEE WHETZE THIS IS HEADED. APRIL 6TH 1917 THE US SOINNS THE ALLIED FORCES THE ENDING JANUARY 8TH 1918 PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON MAKES HIS "FOURTEEN POINTS" SPEECH TO CONGRESS. THE SPEECH LAYS OUT IN DETAIL THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE WAR AND PROVIDES A GUIDELINE FOR THE GOVERNENCE OF POST WAR EUROPE. HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT THIS SPEECH SERVED AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES. OCTOBER 4TH 1918 VIA TELEGRAPH, GERMAN CHANCELLOR MAX VON BADEN REQUESTS AN ARMISTICE BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE ALLIED POWERS. NOT TRUSTING HIS INTENTIONS, WILSON STATES THAT THE ALLIES WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH A NON-DEMOCRATIC GERMANY. FIGHTING CONTINUES. OCTOBER 9TH-NOVEMBER 4TH 1918 GERMAN NAVAL COMMAND ORDERS AN ATTACK ON BRITISH FORCES IN THE NORTH SEA. BELIEVING IT TO BE A SUICIDE MISSION, THE GERMAN NAVY REVOLTS. NOVEMBER 11TH 1918 IN A RAILCAR PARKED NEAR THE TOWN OF COMPEIGNE, AN ARMISTICE TREATY IS SIGNED. THE TREATY STATED THAT ALL HOSTILITIES WERE TO STOP 6 HOURS TER ITS SIGNATURE, AND THAT GERMANY REMOVE ITS MILITARY FROM ANY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. THIS CAME INTO EFFECT ON THE I/TH HOUT, OF THE I1TH DAY, OF THE I|TH MONTH, HENCE, THE TRADITIONAL || AM MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSETZVED ON VETERANS DAY REMEMBERANCE DAY, OR ARMISTICE DA4. THE COST TOTAL CASUALTIES: ALLIES VS. CENTRAL POWERS 800 THOUSAND ALLIED MILITARY DEATHS 5.7 MILLION ALLIED CIVILIAN DEATHS CENTRAL POWERS MILITARY DEATHS 97 MILLION 900 THOUSAND CENTRAL POWERS CIVILIAN DEATHS CIVILIAN DEATH TOLLS DO NOT INCLUDE DEATH FROM FAMINE OTDISEASE HIGHEST DEATHS AS A % OF POPULATION SERBIA LOST MORE THAN 16% D OF THEITZ TOTAL POPULATION DUE TO WORLD WAR/. CO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE HAD NEATZLY 3 MILLION TOTAL UVES LOST DUE TO WOTRLD WAT, MAKINGTHEM SECOND TO RUSSIA IN TOTAL LIVES LOST. CREATED BY: bowercreative.com