World War I/Russian Revolution Timeline

  • Submarine

    Submarine
    A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation both on the surface and underwater, evolving from early, hand-powered designs to modern nuclear-powered vessels with advanced capabilities.
  • Georges Clemenceau

    Georges Clemenceau
    Georges Clemenceau was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War.
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.
  • Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin
    Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death.
  • Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill
    Winston Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire
    barbed wire, fence wire usually consisting of two longitudinal wires twisted together to form cable and having wire barbs wound around either or both of the cable wires at regular intervals.
  • Gavrilo Princip

    Gavrilo Princip
    Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb and member of the Black Hand resistance group, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The assassination is considered the immediate cause of World War I.
  • Flame Throwers

    Flame Throwers
    Flamethrowers are military assault weapons designed to project a stream of burning fuel, like flammable oil or thickened gasoline, against enemy positions, fortifications, and bunkers.
  • Airplanes

    Airplanes
    An airplane, an aeroplane, often shortened to plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations.
  • Battle of Chra

    Battle of Chra
    the Battle of Chra, was a brief but significant engagement during the Togoland Campaign of World War I, where British and French forces clashed with German Polizeitruppen near the Khra River and village.
  • Battle of Tepe

    Battle of Tepe
    The Battle of Tepe on August 25, 1914, was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign of World War I.
  • Tanks

    Tanks
    Tanks are heavily armored, tracked combat vehicles designed as a primary offensive weapon in ground combat, offering a balance of firepower, armor, and mobility.
  • Battle of Verdun

    Battle of Verdun
    The Battle of Verdun, a brutal 10-month-long World War I engagement fought from February 21 to December 18, 1916, saw the French successfully repel a major German offensive aimed at the fortress city of Verdun and its surrounding fortifications, resulting in immense casualties on both sides.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme
    The Battle of the Somme was a major First World War battle on the Western Front, a joint operation by British and French forces aimed at relieving the French fortress of Verdun, resulting in immense casualties and a stalemate.
  • Battles of Ardennes

    Battles of Ardennes
    The Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.