enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Russian entry into World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_entry_into_World_War_I

    On July 30, Russia announced a general mobilization in support of Serbia. The following day, on August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, followed by Austria-Hungary on August 6. Russia and the Entente declared war on the Ottoman Empire in November 1914, prompted by Ottoman warships bombarding the Black Sea port of Odesa in late October. [10]

  3. Russia in the First World War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_First_World_War

    The development of the war industry was reflected in the rapid growth in the number of workers: 20% more between 1913 and 1916, thanks to the contribution of women, who increased from 30% to 40% of the working population, [92] and displaced persons from the western provinces, at least when they found work to their liking: in Ekaterinoslav ...

  4. Timeline of World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_I

    Wilhelm II, German Emperor and Nicholas II of Russia communicate via telegram. [5] July 30 Politics: Germany sends Russia an ultimatum. [5] July 31 Politics: Sweden announces neutrality in the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia [6] Politics: Russia mobilizes for war. August 1 Politics: Germany declares war on Russia and mobilizes. [7 ...

  5. Timeline of World War I (1917–1918) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_I...

    In November 1918, the Allies had ample supplies of manpower and materiel to invade Germany. Yet at the time of the armistice, no Allied force had crossed the German frontier, the Western Front was still some 720 kilometres (450 mi) from Berlin, and the Kaiser's armies had retreated from the battlefield in good order.

  6. Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_between_Russia...

    Signing of the armistice between Russia and the Central Powers on 15 December 1917. On 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917, an armistice was signed between the Russian Republic led by the Bolsheviks on the one side, [1] and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire—the Central Powers—on the other. [2]

  7. Causes of World War I - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I

    France's informal alignment with Britain and its formal alliance with Russia against Germany and Austria eventually led Russia and Britain to enter World War I as France's allies. [26] [27] Britain abandoned its policy of splendid isolation in the 1900s, after it had been isolated during the Second Boer War. Britain concluded agreements ...

  8. Timeline of Russian history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history

    French invasion of Russia (1812): The French army entered a deserted Moscow, the high-water mark of their invasion. 14 December: French invasion of Russia (1812): The last French troops were forced off of Russian territory. 1813: 24 October

  9. Eastern Front (World War I) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I)

    In August 1916 Romania entered the war but was quickly overrun by Germany, though Russia helped prevent a total Romanian collapse. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The events of the February Revolution in March [ O.S. February] 1917, caused by food shortages in Russian cities, [ 28 ] began a decline in discipline among the troops.