World War I for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
TIME LINE 1914 a June 28 Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Serbia July 6 Germany agrees to support Austria Hun gary against Serbia July 28 Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia Russia begins to mobilize for war August 1 4 Germany declares war on Russia France and Belgium August 2 4 Germany invades Poland Luxembourg France and Belgium Great Britain declares war on Germany August 7 British troops begin landing in France French troops invade Alsace
August 10 13 France and Britain declare war on Aus tria Hungary August 19 United States formally declares its neu trality August 21 Battle of the Ardennes August 23 Japan declares war on Germany August 26 29 Germans stop Russian advance into East Prussia at Battle of Tannenberg August 28 British Royal Navy attacks German posi tions in Battle of Heligoland also known as the Battle of the Bight September 5 Britain France and Russia sign agree ment not to seek separate peace September 6 Allies stop German advance on Paris in 11 Battle of the Marne trench warfare First will soon begin November 1 German naval squadron defeats British squadron off Chilean coast in the Battle of Coronel November 5 Britain and France declare war on Turkey November 11 German drive to the North Sea halted in First Battle of Ypres December 8 German squadron defeated at Falkland Islands December 25 British and German troops fraternize during a Christmas truce near Ypres in Belgium
1915 A February 1 Germany announces beginning of sub marine warfare April May International Congress of Women at the Hague Netherlands seeks ways to end the war April 25 Jan Allied campaign at Gallipoli uary 26 1916 April 22 Germans introduce chlorine gas at Sec ond Battle of Ypres May 7 British passenger liner Lusitania is sunk by German submarine May 23 24 Italy declares war on Austria Hungary August 21 Italy declares war on Turkey September 4 Tsar Nicholas II assumes command of all 5 Russian forces September Germany stops submarine warfare 18 1916 A
