Timeline

Joseph Cook is elected Australian Prime Minister, and is still in office when war is declared.

Britain declares war on Germany.

Australia declares war on Germany (AEST).

AN & MEF head to German New Guinea.

Andrew Fisher voted new Australian Prime Minister.

The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) joins the Central Powers

HMAS Sydney sinks German vessel Emden.

First troop convoy disembarks in Egypt.

General Birdwood takes command of ANZAC Corps.

Turkish assault on Kantara in a bid to control the Suez Canal.

Troops head to Lemnos Island.

Landings at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula

Anzacs support British and French attacks at Krithia

Truce held at Gallipoli to bury the dead

Battle of Lone Pine and the Nek

Attack at Hill 60, Gallipoli

William Morris Hughes, new Australian Prime Minister

Chantilly Conference. Here, a French/British campaign on the Somme was planned for Spring 1916

Last of the troops evacuated from Gallipoli

General Douglas Haig replaces General John French as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces

Britain enforces conscription for single men aged 18-41

German offensive on Verdun commences

Units start to proceed to the Western Front

Britain introduces universal conscription

Lord Horatio Kitchener drowns, when his vessel struck a mine

Somme campaign commences

Battle of Fromelles

Anzacs attacks towards Pozières

Battle of Romani

Pozières captured

Anzacs try for Mouquet Farm

Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff assume command of military forces in Germany

Attacks at Thiepval

Australian government holds conscription referendum

Attacks at Flers

David Lloyd George replaces Herbert Asquith at Britain’s Prime Minister

Rafa Captured

Germans begin withdrawing to Hindenburg Line

Allies start chasing Germans to Hindenburg Line

1st Russian Revolution, Tsar Nicholas abdicates

Allies attack Gaza

Troops attack Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt

United States of America joins the war on the Allies’ side

Arras Campaign commences

Nivelle Offensive on the Chemin Des Dames

Second Battle of Gaza

French soldiers mutiny. By June more than half military personnel were disobeying commands.

Second Battle of Bullecourt

Battle of Messines commences

Third Battle of Ypres Campaign commences

Battle of Menin Rd

Attacks at Polygon Wood

Battle of Broodseinde

Battle of Poelcappelle

Anzacs attack Passchendaele Ridge

Mounted Units attack Beersheba

Creation of Australian Corps commanded by General Birdwood.

2nd Russian Revolution, Lenin assumes power

Gaza captured

Attacks on El Mughar

Russia declares Armistice with Germany

Jerusalem captured

2nd Australian Conscription Referendum

Germans launch their Spring Offensive. This commenced with Operation Michael over the old Somme Battlefield

Germans capture Peronne and start long-shelling Paris

Battle of Es Salt

Battle of Amman

Germans launch Operation Georgette in Flanders

Australian troops participate in the Lys Offensive, fending off German advances during their Spring Offensive. This included the Battle of Hazebrouck

Australians counter attack at Villers-Bretonneux

Command of Australian Corps passed to General Monash

Germans launch Operation Blücher-Yorck against the Aisne

Germans launch Operation Gneisenau

Battle of Hamel

Allies launch major offensive with the Battle of Amiens

Battle of Albert, including attacks at Chuignes

Attacks at Mont St Quentin

Anzacs occupy Peronne

Attacks at Megiddo

Allies attack the Hindenburg Line at the St Quentin Canal

Allied troops enter Damascus

The Hindenburg Line breached, troops press onto the Beaurevoir Line

Turkey surrenders

Austro-Hungary sues for peace

German Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates

Armistice at 11am

League of Nations created

Treaty of Versailles