The War to End All Wars - 1914 |
| June 28th |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria/Hungary is assassinated |
| July 28th |
Austria/Hungary declares war on Serbia |
| August 1st |
Germany declares war on Russia |
| August 3rd |
Germany declares war on France |
| August 4th |
German troops enter into neutral Belgium |
| August 4th |
Great Britain declares war on Germany |
| August 10th |
Beginning of the Austrian invasion of Russian Poland |
| August 15th |
Russia invades East Prussia |
| August 18th |
The United States declares itself neutral |
| August 22nd |
Great Britain’s Expeditionary Force arrives in France |
| August 23rd |
Battle of Mons - British & Germans |
| August 26th |
Battle of Tannenberg – Germans & Russians |
| September 6th |
Battle of Marne – German invasion of France halted |
| September 12th |
First battle of Aisne |
| October 1st |
Battle of Albert |
| October 14th |
First Canadian Troops arrive in Britain |
| October 15th |
First battle of Ypres |
| November 2nd |
Russia declares war on Turkey |
| November 5th |
Britain & France declare war on Turkey (after Turkey joins the Central Powers) |
| December 21st |
First German night bombing raid on Britain |
| December 25th |
Germans & Allies celebrate an unofficial Christmas truce at the Western Front trenches |
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The War to End All Wars - 1915 |
| January 24th |
Battle of Dogger Bank |
| March 18th |
Naval attack by the Allies on the Dardanelles |
| April 17th |
John McCrae earns the rank of Lieutenant Colonel |
| April 22nd |
2nd Battle of Ypres where Germans use deadly Chlorine gas |
| April 23rd |
John McCrae arrives at Ypres battlefield |
| May 3rd |
Field surgeon John McCrae writes the poem “In Flanders Fields” at the battle front |
| May 7th |
German U-boats sink the Lusitania |
| May 23rd |
Italy declares war on Austria/Hungary |
| May 25th |
Canadian troops succeed as Germany abandons Ypres offensive |
| May 31st |
First Zeppelin raid on London, England |
| June 1st |
John McCrae transfers to Number 3 General Hospital at Boulogne |
| September 11th |
First tank demonstrated to military leaders of Great Britain |
| October 12th |
Edith Cavell executed |
| December 8th |
The poem In Flanders Fields published for first time in PUNCH magagzine |
| December 19th |
Sir Douglas Haig becomes the new BEF commander |
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The War to End All Wars - 1916 |
| March 9th |
Germany declares war on Portugal |
| May 31st |
Battle of Jutland |
| June 5th |
Lord Kitchener killed at sea |
| July 1st |
Battle of Somme |
| August 29th |
Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff |
| September 15th |
Great Britain’s first use of tanks at Flers-Coucelette |
| October 24th |
Verdun – the French recapture Douamont |
| November 24th |
Somme offensive ends |
| December 6th |
Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister |
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The War to End All Wars – 1917 |
| April 6th |
United States declares war on Germany |
| April 9th |
Battle of Arras and battle of Nivelle |
| April 12th |
Vimy Ridge captured by Canadian army |
| April 16th |
2nd battle of Aisne |
| April 17th |
French tanks used for first time in battle |
| June 7th |
British battle at Messines |
| June 25th |
U.S. troops arrive in France |
| June 29th |
Greece declares war the Central Powers |
| Oct 12th |
British offensive at Passchendaele |
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The War to End All Wars – 1918 |
| January 5th |
John McCrae is 1st Canadian ever appointed as Consultant Physician to British Field Armies |
| January 8th |
Wilson announces 14 points Peace Program |
| January 28th |
John McCrae dies of pneumonia & meningitis |
| January 29th |
John McCrae buried with full military honours at Wimereax, France (plot 4, row H, grave 3) |
| March 21st |
German spring offensive begins |
| May 27th |
3rd battle of the Aisne begins |
| July 4th |
Battle of Le Hamel |
| July 15th |
2nd battle of the Marne |
| July 20th |
Germans retreat from the Marne |
| August 8th |
Amiens offensive |
| August 21st |
Allied breakthrough at Albert |
| October 5th |
Allied forces capture the Hindenburg Line |
| November 9th |
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates |
| November 11th |
Armistice |
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Post World War I – 1919 |
| January 12th |
Paris Peace Conference |
| June 28th |
Treaty of Versailles signed |
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