{"id":38348,"date":"2018-11-10T03:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T03:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/10\/from-first-shot-to-the-silence-of-peace-timeline-of-world-war-i\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:33:22","slug":"from-first-shot-to-the-silence-of-peace-timeline-of-world-war-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2018\/11\/10\/from-first-shot-to-the-silence-of-peace-timeline-of-world-war-i\/","title":{"rendered":"From first shot to the silence of peace: Timeline of World War I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 Unleashed by an archduke\u2019s assassination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/WorldWarI\" target=_blank>World War I <\/a>gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the world marks 100 years since the fighting stopped, here is a look at some key moments in WWI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1914<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 28: Serb teenager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Gavrilo-Princip\" target=_blank>Gavrilo Princip<\/a> kills Austrian Archduke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Franz-Ferdinand-Archduke-of-Austria-Este\" target=_blank>Franz Ferdinand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aug. 1: Germany declares war on Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aug. 3: Germany declares war on France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aug. 4: Germany invades Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aug. 23: Japan declares war on Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September: Battle of the Marne stops the German advance in France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct. 29: Ottoman Empire enters the war<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November: Beginning of trench warfare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dec. 25: Unofficial Christmas Truce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Franz.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Franz.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Franz.jpg.jpg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Franz.jpg.jpg?resize=768,497 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this June 28, 1914 photo, the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand, center right, and his wife Sophie, center left, walk to their a car in Sarajevo. This photo was taken minutes before the assassination of the Archduke and his wife, an event which set off a chain reaction of events which would eventually lead to World War I. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1915<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February: German U-boat campaign marks first large use of submarines in warfare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April: Allied troops land in Gallipoli , Turkey, a defining moment for Australian, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 22: First use of a chemical weapon , chlorine gas, near Ypres, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 7: British ship Lusitania sunk by German U-boat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WWI-SUB.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WWI-SUB.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WWI-SUB.jpg.jpg?resize=300,181 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WWI-SUB.jpg.jpg?resize=768,464 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The U Boat 139 sank the Lusitania in an unknown location. The British liner sank on May 7, 1915,  off the southern coast of Ireland. About 1,150 men, women and children, perished, 114 of which were Americans. Among those Americans who perished were Charles Frohman, Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Elbert Hubbard. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 23: Italy enters war, against Austria-Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October: Bulgaria joins war, on side of Central Powers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1916<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feb. 21: Battle of Verdun begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 9: Germany declares war on Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 1: Battle of the Somme begins, with first mass use of tanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aug. 27: Romania enters war, is invaded by Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sept. 4: British take Dar es Salaam in German East Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October: Soldier Adolf Hitler wounded<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dec. 23: Allied forces defeat Turkish in Sinai Peninsula<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/graph.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/graph.jpg.jpg 512w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/graph.jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WWI death toll compared with other modern conflicts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1917<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 6: United States declares war on Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April: Battle for Vimy Ridge , defining moment for Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July: Last Russian offensive ends in failure, as revolution nears; inconclusive Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct. 15: Spy Mata Hari executed by French firing squad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct. 26: Brazil declares war, joining Allied Powers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December: Battle of Jerusalem<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/08\/american-doughboys-in-world-war-i-depended-on-foreign-weapons-technology-us-navy-might\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marines2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">American doughboys in World War I depended on foreign weapons technology, US Navy might<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country\u2019s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1918<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 3: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends Russia&#8217;s involvement in the war on the Eastern Front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 21: Legendary German fighter pilot known as the Red Baron shot down and killed near Amiens, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June: Battle of Belleau Wood , defining moment for U.S. military<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 21: German submarine fires on Cape Cod, only attack on mainland U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sept. 26: Battle of the Meuse-Argonne begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct. 30: Ottoman Empire signs armistice with Allies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oct. 31: Dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Empire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nov. 9: Germany&#8217;s Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nov. 11: Germany signs armistice ending the war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unleashed by an archduke\u2019s assassination, World War I gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple 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