World War I in Europe

The "Rape" of Belgium

Battle of the Marne (September 6-10, 1914)

Battle of Tannenberg (August 26-30, 1914)

Ottoman Empire enters war on side of Central Powers (October 24, 1914)

The Armenian Massacre (1915)

Battle of Gallipoli (February 1915--January 1916)

Sinking of Lusitania  (May 7, 1915)

 Battle of Verdun (February 21-- July 1916)

Battle of the Somme (July 1--November 13, 1916)

February Revolution (1917):  Tsar Nicholas abdicates and the Romanov dynasty ends; power passes to a provisional government.

United States declares war on Germany (April 1917)

Bolshevik Revolution (November 8, 1917)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Feb. 1918)

Armistice Day (November 11, 1918)