The Great War

=The Great War (28/07/1914-08/12/1918)=

Date:
28th July 1914 - 8th December 1918

Locations:
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, off the coast of N. America and S. America.

Result:
Axis victory.

End of the French, Russian, Austro-Hungarian Empires.

Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East.

Establishment of the United League of Nations.

Belligerents:
The Allies- French Empire, British Empire, White Russian Empire, other smaller nations.

The Axis- The German Empire, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Red Russia, The Ottoman Empire, other smaller nations.

Casualties:
Military- 19,000,000

Civilian- 5,000,000

Wounded- 40,000,000

Total- 64,000,000

Timeline:
7 Nov 1917-

Russian civil war breaks out which pulls Russa from the Great War.

Nov 1917-

Russia's White army hist hard against the revolutionary Red army.

Dec 1917-

More victories for the White army as they push the revolution out of Moscow and St. Petersburg. British siege of Jerusalem fails. Ottomans start pushing British forces back east.

Jan 1918-

Germany concerned about the White army's progress in Russia re-opens the eastern front with Russia.

Feb 1918-

Germany's armies storm into unprepared Russia.

Mar 1918-

Luddendorf's offensive on the western front paralysis the Allies. Britain's Europe army is crippled.

Apr 1918-

As the western front cools down Germany uses idle troops to re-enforce the eastern front.

May 1918-

British forces are pushed out of Mesopotamia by the Ottomans. German forces advance further into Russia. The White army fights on two fronts. Red army suffers great casualties.

Jun 1918-

Italians join the Axis forces and invade France. France, now fighting on two fronts with no foreign aid, falls back further into the nation.

Jul 1918-

White Army, flanked by both the German army and the Red army, falls back to the Zashchita Line around Moscow for a final stand.

Aug 1918-

The siege of Paris begins.

Sep 1918-

Ottoman Empire seizes Crimea from White Russia, Siege of Moscow begins. Paris goes under major bombardment.

Oct 1918-

The Red army breaks through Moscow's defences. The German army continues to push the White army in to the Urals.

Nov 1918-

France surrenders in order to keep owner ship of Paris in a deal with Germany as a city state.

11 Nov 1918-

The Armistace.

Dec 1918-

Final resistance of the White army in Russia is crushed. White Russia surrenders.