WORLD WAR I CASULTIES

Entente & Allied	Killed	Wounded	Missing / pow
Belgium	13.716	44.686	34.659
British Empire	908.371	2.090.212	191.652
France	1.375.800	4.266.000	537.000
Greece	5.000	21.000	1.000
Italy	650.000	947.000	600.000
Japan	300	907	3
Montenegro	3.000	10.000	7.000
Portugal	7.222	13.751	12.318
Romania	335.706	120.000	80.000
Russia	1.700.000	4.950.000	2.500.000
Serbia	45.000	133.148	152.958
USA	116.516	204.002	4.500

28 June	Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, are killed in Sarajevo by the Serb Gavrilo Princip.
23 July	Austria-Hungary delivers an ultimatum to Serbia.
25 July	Serbia agrees to all but two of Austria-Hungary's demands.
28 July	Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
30 July	Russia orders general mobilization.
1 Aug	Germany declares war on Russia.
2 Aug	German troops enter Luxembourg.
	Germany demands free passage through Belgium.
3 Aug	Germany declares war on France.
4 Aug	Germany invades Belgium.
	Britain declares war on Germany.
	USA proclaims neutrality.
5 Aug	Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
6 Aug	Serbia declares war on Germany
	German troops capture Liège, Belgium.
7 Aug	Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary.
10 Aug	France declares war on Austria-Hungary.
12 Aug	Montenegro declares war on Germany.
	Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary.
14 Aug	German and French troops begin the Battle of the Frontiers which will last until 6 Sep.
	French troops enter Lorraine.
20 Aug	German troops capture Brussels, Belgium.
21 Aug	German troops capture Charleroi.
22 Aug	German troops defeat the French in the Battle of Morhange-Sarrebourg.
	The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) arrives in France.
	Battle of Battle of Charleroi begins.
	Battle of Namur begins.
23 Aug	Japan declares war on Germany.
	Battle of Mons begins.
25 Aug	Austria-Hungary declares war on Japan.
	Battle of Le Cateau begins.
26 Aug	The Battle of Tannenberg begins.
28 Aug	Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium.
	The British Navy defeats the Germans in the Battle of Helgoland Bight.
30 Aug	German troops capture Amiens.
31 Aug	German troops defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
3 Sep	Paris is placed in a state of siege and the government is transferred to Bordeaux.
5 Sep	Britain, France and Russia signs the Treaty of London, promising not to make separate peace with the the Central Powers.
	First Battle of the Marne begins.
14 Sep	First Battle of the Aisne begins and the trench war begins.
	French troops recapture Amiens and Rheims.
22 Sep	The German cruiser Emden bombard Madras.
1 Oct	Battle of Arras begins.
10 Oct	German troops capture Antwerp, Belgium.
14 Oct	Canadian Expeditionary Force arrives in Plymouth.
15 Oct	Battle of Ypres begins.
29 Oct	Turkey joins the Central Powers and its navy attack Odessa.
1 Nov	Russia declares war on Turkey
	The German Navy defeats the British in the Battle of Coronel.
5 Nov	Britain and France declare war on Turkey.
	Cyprus is annexed by Britain.
8 Dec	The British Navy defeats the Germans in the Battle of the Falkland Islands
16 Dec	German ships bombard Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby on east coast of Britain.
21 Dec	German air raids on Britain.
25 Dec	Christmas Truce on the Western Front.

24 Jan	The British Navy defeats the Germans in the Battle of the Dogger Bank.
18 Feb	German submarine blockade of Britain begins.
19 Feb	The British Navy begins an attack on the Dardanelles.
8 Mar	Battle of Neuve Chappelle begins.
11 Mar	Britain announces blockade of German ports.
22 Mar	Russian forces capture Przemysl.
22 Apr	Second Battle of Ypres begins.
	German troops use poison gas against Canadian troops at Ypres.
25 Apr	Britsh forces land at Gallipoli.
26 Apr	The secret Treaty of London is signed by Italy, Russia, France and Britain promising parts of Austria-Hungary to Italy if she enters the war against the Central Powers.
1 May	US steamer Gulflight sunk by German U-boat.
2 May	A large Austro-Hungarian German offensive begin in Galicia.
7 May	The British liner Lusitania (carrying not only 173 tons of ammunition, but also close to 2.000 passengers, including US citizens) is sunk by a German U-boat.
9 May	Battle of Aubers Ridge begins.
15 May	Battle of Festubert begins.
23 May	Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
31 May	First German Zeppelin raid on London.
3 June	German troops recapture Przemysl.
4 June	German aircraft bomb English towns.
15 June	British aircraft bomb Karlsruhe.
22 June	German troops capture Lemberg.
23 June	First battle of the Isonzo begins.
26 June	Battle of the Argonne begins.
9 July	German Southwest Africa surrenders to the British forces.
18 July	Second battle of the Isonzo begins.
6 Aug	British forces land at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
19 Aug	Arabic is sunk by German U-boat.
22 Sep	Second Battle of Champagne begins.
3 Oct	Anglo-French forces land at Salonika.
6 Oct	Austro-German forces attack Serbia.
14 Oct	Bulgaria declares war on Serbia.
15 Oct	Britain declares war on Bulgaria.
17 Oct	France declares war on Bulgaria
18 Oct	Third battle of the Isonzo begins.
19 Oct	Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria
18 Nov	Fourth battle of the Isonzo begins.
20 Dec	British forces begin withdrawal from Gallipoli.

13 Jan	Austro-Hungarian troops capture Cettinje, Montenegro.
2 Feb	Britain introduces conscription.
19 Feb	German Kamerun surrenderes to the British Forces.
21 Feb	Battle of Verdun begins.
18 Mar	Russian troops begin offensive at Lake Naroch.
20 Apr	Russian troops arrive in France for service on the western front.
29 Apr	The British forces at Kut-el-Amara surrenders to the Turkish troops.
9 Mar	Fifth battle of the Isonzo begins.
	Germany declares war on Portugal.
15 Mar	Austria-Hungary declares war on Portugal.
10 May	Battle of Asiago begins.
31 May	Battle of Jutland begins.
4 June	Russian troops begin "Brusilov's offensive".
1 July	Battle of the Somme begins.
6 Aug	Sixth battle of the Isonzo begins.
27 Aug	Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
29 Aug	Italy declares war on Germany.
	Germany declares war on Romania.
30 Aug	Turkey declares war on Romania.
1 Sep	Bulgaria declares war on Romania.
14 Sep	Seventh battle of the Isonzo begins.
15 Sep	Tanks used in combat for the first time, by the British forces at Flers-Courcelette (the Somme).
4 Oct	Austro-German forces attack Romania.
18 Oct	Eigth battle of the Isonzo begins.
1 Nov	Ninth battle of the Isonzo begins.
6 Dec	Austro-German forces capture Bucharest, Romania.

11 Mar	British forces capture Baghdad.
15 Mar	Czar Nicholas of Russia abdicates.
17 Mar	British troops capture Bapaume.
	French troops capture Roye and Lassigny.
6 Apr	USA declares war on Germany.
7 Apr	Cuba and Panama declare war on Germany.
9 Apr	Battle of Arras begins.
12 May	Tenth battle of the Isonzo begins.
20 May	Mutinies begin in the French army.
7 June	Battle of Messines begins.
10 June	Battle of Ortigara begins.
13 June	German aircraft bomb London.
25 June	First US troops of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrive in France.
22 July	Siam declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.

3 Mar	The Central Powers and Russia signs peace treaty at Brest-Litovsk.
21 Mar	Large German offensive launched in the west with the Battle of Picardy.
9 Apr	Battle of the Lys begins.
27 May	Third Battle of the Aisne begins.
9 June	Battle of the Matz begins.
15 July	Second Battle of the Marne begins.
6 Aug	Second Battle of Amiens begins.
21 Aug	Second Battle of Bapaume begins.
26 Aug	Battle of the Scarpe begins.
26 Sep	Second Battle of Cambrai begins.
28 Sep	Battle of Flanders begins.
	Battle of St. Quentin begins.
30 Sep	Bulgaria surrenders.
6 Oct	Second Battle of Le Cateau begins.
17 Oct	Battle of the Selle begins.
24 Oct	Third Battle of the Piave begins.
28 Oct	Mutiny in the German port of Kiel.
30 Oct	Turkey surrenders.
1 Nov	Battle of Sambre begins.
4 Nov	Austria-Hungary surrenders.
9 Nov	Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates.
11 Nov	Germany surrenders.

Central Powers	Killed	Wounded	Missing / pow
Austria-Hungary	1.200.000	3.620.000	2.200.000
Bulgaria	87.500	152.390	27.029
Germany	1.773.700	4.216.058	1.152.800
Turkey	325.000	400.000	250.000

Central powers	Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman Empire).
Entente	Britain, France, Russia (other nations fighting on the side of the Entente are referred to as Allied and Associated Powers)

31 July	Third Battle of Ypres begins.
7 Aug	Liberia declares war on Germany.
14 Aug	China declares war on Germany and Austro-Hungary.
17 Aug	Eleventh battle of the Isonzo begins.
3 Sep	German troops capture Riga.
24 Oct	Battle of Caporetto begins.
26 Oct	Brazil declares war on Germany.
6 Nov	October Revolution in Russia. Lenin comes to power and becomes the USSR.
20 Nov	Battle of Cambrai begins.
7 Dec	USA declares war on Austria-Hungary.
15 Dec	The Central Powers and Russia begins peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk.