Timeline Game of WWI Participants: USA, Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Serbia, Russia, Italy, France, and Japan. Each country begins with a certain amount of wealth and power. Each amount of influence is represented by a gem. This is the amount each starts with: Serbia: 2 Austria-Hungary: 6 Russia: 8 Germany: 10 France: 9 Great Britain: 10 Ottoman Empire: 4 Italy: 5 Japan: 8 USA: 10 Once a year, at any point, your table may choose to veto one of the effects on the timeline. However, other tables may choose to use their veto to cancel your veto. 1914 June 28 Serbian Gavrilo Princip kills Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1 gem from Austria-Hungary to Serbia) July 28 August 1 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia Germany declares war on Russia Italy declares itself neutral Germany makes a secret alliance with Ottoman Empire August 3 Germany declares war on France August 4 Germany’s von Schlieffen Plan attacks Belgium to get to France: France is surprised (2 gems from France to Germany) Britain declares war on Germany August 6 American President Woodrow Wilson’s wife dies Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia Serbia declares war on Germany August 11 France declares war on Austria-Hungary August 12 Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary August 21-23 Battle of the Ardennes (1 from Britain to Germany, 1 from France to Germany) August 23-30 Battle of Tannenburg (2 from Russia to Germany) August 24-September 30 Great Allied Retreat (1 from France and Britain each to Germany) August 25 Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary August 27-Nov 7 Battle of Tsingtao: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Tsingtao in China. (1 from Germany to Britain and Japan each) Sept 4-13 First Battle of the Marne. The German advance on Paris is halted, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. (1 from Germany to France) Oct 9-Nov 1 Austria-Hungary conquers Belgrade, Serbia’s capital (1 from Serbia to Austria-Hungary) Oct 19-Nov 22 The First Battle of Ypres ends the race to the sea. Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk. Nov 1 Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire Nov 2 Britain begins naval blockade of Germany Nov 5 France and Britain declare war on Ottoman Empire Dec 22-Jan 2 The Russians win the Battle of Sarikamis, (Germans give 1 to Russia) 1915 Jan 19 The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place (1 from Britain to Germany) Jan 31 Battle of Bolimov: Germans use first poison gas of the war against Russia (1 from Russia to Germany) Feb 4 German unrestricted warfare begins Feb 19 Gallipoli: bloody fighting in Ottoman Empire in which Australians and British charge their soldiers into machine guns, barbed wire, and certain death (2 from Britain to Ottoman Empire) May 7 Lusitania is sunk! 122 Americans die among the 1,000+ passengers. Germany is embarrassed and stop attacking British civilian ships for two years (1 from Germany to Britain) May 11 Armistice called at Gallipoli just to bury the dead May 23 Italy joins the Triple Entente! Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary Sept 1 Germany temporarily stops unrestricted submarine warfare Sept 8 Russian czar Nicholas II fires his top general and leaves to lead the war against the Germans himself Oct 14 Bulgaria agrees to join the Central Powers (+1 to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire) 1916 Feb 21-end of 1916 Start of the Battle of Verdun (1 each from Germany, France, Britain) April 29 British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia (1 from Britain to Ottoman Empire) May 31 Battle of Jutland (draw between Britain and Germany) July 1-end of 1916 Battle of the Somme (1 each from Germany, France, Britain) Sep 15 Tanks introduced in The Somme: Dec 7 Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister of Great Britain 1917 Feb 1 Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign started Feb 28 Zimmerman Telegram: German foreign minister sends message to Mexico, promising parts of America to it if Mexico would join Germany in fighting USA, if war broke out— British get ahold of the note and tell Woodrow Wilson. Americans are furious! Germany is embarrassed (1 from Germany to America) April 1 USA declared war on Germany April 16 France launched an unsuccessful offensive on the Western Front (1 from France to Germany) July 31 Battle of Paeschendale/Third Battle of Ypres: bloody awful fight in which Americans, British, and French defeat a major German offensive of the war. (1 from Germany to USA, France, and Britain each) February Russia’s Revolution: Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne and a Provisional Government is set up: Germany takes advantage of the chaos to take over even more of Russia (2 gems from Russia to Germany) Oct 24 Battle of Caporetto – the Italian Army was heavily defeated (Italy gives 1 to Austria-Hungary) Dec 4 Armistice between Germany and Russia signedGermany smuggles Vladimir Lenin into Russia by train: very quickly he initiates the Bolshevik Revolution. Huge civil war starts in Russia: Reds vs. Whites. Russians drop out of the war: Germany claims sooooo much of Russia (all but 1 gem from Russia to Germany) 1918 July 15 Second Battle of the Marne started. Start of the collapse of the German army Summer Austria-Hungary dissolves: Hungary demands sovereignty and its own government (split up gems between empire)—Hungary is no longer a part of Central Powers April 21 The Red Baron is killed! Canadian pilot behind him while Australian troops below, all shoot at him, and he is killed before his plane crashes. Big disappointment to the Germans (1 from Germany to Britain) Sept 19 Turkish forces collapsed at Megiddo (Ottoman Empire gives 2 to France) Oct 4 Germany asked the Allies for an armistice Oct 18 Alvin York kills 20 Germans and captures 132 more at Argonnes Forest by himself. This gets mass attention and he earns the Congressional Medal of Honor. (1 from Germany to America) Oct 29 Germany’s navy mutinied (Germany lose 2) Oct 30 Turkey made peace Nov 3 Austria made peace Nov 9 Kaiser William II abdicated Nov 11 Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. 1919 Jan 18 Paris Peace Conference Since 1918 Spanish Flu (all nations lose 1)