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WORLD WAR - I (TREATY OF VERSAILLES) |
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Date-wise Events |
June 28, 1914: Assassination
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of
Austro-Hungarian empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia
July 28, 1914: Begining of the World War - I, when
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
See the
ww-I timeline attached
November 11, 1918: Armistice day; fighting ceases at 11am
May 07- June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles drafted and
signed
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Description |
- It was a Global warfare involving
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China
and off the coast of South and North AmericaBut centred in
Europe.
- A small conflict became a
big warfare and soon Germany, Russia, Great
Britain, and France were all dragged into the war.
- Despite the death of millions of soldiers
in brutal conditions, neither side had gained any
advantage.
- Angered by attacks upon its ships in the Atlantic,
USA also declared war on Germany in April,
1017.
- In November, 1917, Russia pulled out of the war because
of the Bolshevik Revolution at home.
- A deadly outbreak of influenza, in
1918, took heavy tolls on soldiers of both sides.
- Eventually, the governments of both Germany and
Austria-Hungary began to lose control.
- The fighting ended in the late fall of 1918, after the
member countries of the Central Powers signed armistice
agreements one by one. But the final end of the war was
achieved only after signing of the treaty of
Versailles.
- Germany, under the Treaty of Versailles, was
severely punished with strict sanctions.
- Some historians believe that the excessive
punishment of Germany had actually actually planted
the seeds of World War II, rather than
foster peace.
- India Gate in New Delhi was built as a
War Memorial to commemorate the
death of 90,000 Indian soldiers, who were killed in
the North West Province during the First World War and the
Afghan Fiasco of 1919.
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