The Great War, 1871–1923
WWI timeline and maps
The Great War, 1871–1923 told in 15 chapters on an interactive situation map, with 29 dated maps and 68 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the index: every chapter, map and place as its own page.
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The chapters
Alliance system before WWI
CHAPTER 1 · AUG 1907
Bosnian crisis and the Balkan Wars
CHAPTER 2 · AUG 1913
July Crisis and outbreak of WWI
CHAPTER 3 · JUL 1914
Schlieffen Plan and the Marne
CHAPTER 4 · AUG 1914
Trench warfare on the Western Front
CHAPTER 5 · DEC 1914
Gallipoli and the widening of WWI
CHAPTER 6 · NOV 1915
Verdun, the Somme and Brusilov
CHAPTER 7 · NOV 1916
Blockade and U-boat war in WWI
CHAPTER 8 · JAN 1917
WWI outside Europe
CHAPTER 9 · MAY 1917
WWI in 1917, the year of crisis
CHAPTER 10 · NOV 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and WWI
CHAPTER 11 · APR 1918
Spring Offensive and Hundred Days
CHAPTER 12 · AUG 1918
Armistice and the end of WWI
CHAPTER 13 · NOV 1918
Treaty of Versailles
CHAPTER 14 · FEB 1919
Europe’s new borders after WWI
CHAPTER 15 · JUL 1923
WWI maps by year
MAY 1871JUL 1878SEP 1882JUN 1890JAN 1894APR 1904AUG 1907OCT 1908DEC 1912AUG 1913JUL 1914AUG 1914SEP 1914NOV 1914NOV 1915DEC 1916APR 1917NOV 1917MAR 1918JUL 1918OCT 1918NOV 1918JUN 1919AUG 1920JUL 1923NOV 1914DEC 1915APR 1917NOV 1918
Battles, events and sites of memory
● Agadir Crisis● Anglo-German naval arms race● Anglo-Russian Convention● Arab Revolt● Armistice at Compiègne● Assassination of Franz Ferdinand✕ Battle of Amiens✕ Battle of Cambrai✕ Battle of Caporetto✕ Battle of Dobro Pole✕ Battle of Jutland✕ Battle of Kumanovo✕ Battle of Liège✕ Battle of Megiddo◆ Battle of Passchendaele✕ Battle of Sakarya✕ Battle of Tanga✕ Battle of Tannenberg✕ Battle of Verdun✕ Battle of Warsaw✕ Battle of the Falkland Islands✕ Battles of the Isonzo● Bread Peace with Ukraine● British blockade of Germany✕ Brusilov Offensive● Buchlau bargain● Chinese Labour Corps◆ Chlorine gas attack at Ypres● Christmas truce● Congress of Berlin● Convoy system◆ Deir ez-Zor and the Armenian genocide◆ Destruction of Louvain● Fall of Bucharest● February Revolution✕ First Battle of Ypres✕ First Battle of the Marne● First Moroccan Crisis◆ First day on the Somme● French fleet visit to Kronstadt✕ Gallipoli campaign● Germany’s blank cheque✕ Gorlice–Tarnów offensive● Greek landing at Smyrna◆ Greek–Turkish population exchange● HMS Dreadnought● Italian invasion of Libya● July Ultimatum● Kiel mutiny◆ Kilkis and the civilians● Last casualties before the Armistice✕ Nivelle Offensive● Occupation of the Ruhr● October Revolution✕ Operation Michael✕ Second Battle of the Marne◆ Serbian retreat through Albania✕ Siege of Adrianople● Siege of Scutari✕ Siege of Tsingtao● Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk● Signing of the Treaty of Versailles◆ Sinking of the Lusitania◆ Spanish flu pandemic● Sykes–Picot Agreement● Treaty of Frankfurt● Treaty of Lausanne● Upper Silesia plebiscite
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