Most people are familiar with World War I but a lot of them do not know how it started. WWI sparked in 1914 and ended in 1918. It was between Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the United States. The Underlying causes of the war was Militarism, Alliance, and Nationalism.…
World War 1 was a huge global battle of the Allied Powers and Central Powers in Europe. It started on the 28th of July 1914 and ended on the 11th of November 1918 and within the 4 years of war, over 16 million people died. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the Austro-Hungary heir) and his wife on the 28th of June 1914 started a chain of events which were to be disastrous. A month later on the 28th on July 1914, Austria-Hungary waged war and invaded Serbia. Russia then came to support Serbia and Germany invaded Belgium while heading to France. Britain then waged war on Germany. The two sides created the Allied powers with Britain, France and Russia, and the Central powers with Austria-Hungary and Germany. As the war went on, more countries joined each side, including Australia. Australians were enthusiastic to help support Britain and join them in the war, but as time passed and many people died, their opinions on war changed. The war ended on the 11th of November 1918 when the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany agreed to an armistice.…
There were many causes of World War I, but the three most important causes were militarism, imperialism, and alliances. World War I started in 1914, and it started off when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This was a global war centered in Europe which started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. After World War I ended more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and about 21 million soldiers were wounded. The two nations that were effected most in the war were Germany and France. Also World War I marked the end of the four imperial dynasties which were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Turkey.…
World War I has a debatable issue about how the war was started. Some believe that each nation started it equally but I believe it was from a different cause. Austria-Hungary’s harsh act against Serbia and Germany’s unneeded declaration of war against Russia and France actually cause World War I. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia to quickly and then Germany declared wars on nations because it was “defending itself” even though it just wanted to gain more territories and use its large military. These rash acts caused the whole world to plummet into the largest war man had ever seen.…
The Treaty of Versailles brought World War I to an end. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in Versailles. The main structure in the treaty was for Germany and her allies to accept the responsibility for causing all the “loss and damage" during the war. The clause of the treaty stated Germany as the antagonist in the war and therefore made Germany responsible for making amends to the Allied nations in payment for the losses and damage they had sustained in the war. The Treaty called for the formation of a League of Nations in which the promise of mutual security would avoid another major world war…
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was drawn up by the Allies and Germany after the First World War. It was made to prevent Germany from starting a war again and to pay back the Allies for the money they had spent. The Germans had hoped that the Allies would treat them fairly in the negotiations for the treaty, but the Allies, in particular France, believed that Germany should be brought to its knees. France was not as satisfied as it would have liked, because Woodrow Wilson, who stood for America in the peace conferences, wanted those in power in Germany to be punished, rather than the German people. In the end, the treaty stated that Germany had to pay £6000,600,000,000 in reparations, they lost a lot of land (including the Ruhr Valley), they were stripped of their aircraft and air force, they only had six battleships and nothing else, they had no modern weapons, and they were only allowed 100,000 soldiers. The western part of Germany called the Rhineland was de-militarized (taken over by British and French troops and controlled by the Allies). Finally, Germany was made to accept that they were the ones who started the war.…
World War I (1914 – 1918) was a global war centered in Europe that involved all the world's economic great powers assembled in two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies consisted of Great Britain, Russia, France, and Serbia, while the Central Powers had Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war was initiated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne, by a Serbian nationalist. This set off a diplomatic crisis and resulted in the involvement of these international alliances. Within weeks, the major powers were at war and the conflict soon spread around the world.…
When World War 1 ended, there was many casualties and damages throughout the four years. Most importantly, it left a doubt on who caused World War 1 and who was going to pay for the damages made. To settle this arguement there was a conference that united twenty seven countries and excluded 5 countries, Russia and the Central Power, called the Paris Peace Conference . The conference took place in Paris, France in June 28, 1919. In the conference, the Treaty of Versailles was created to end conflict between the Allied power and Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was not justified because the Allies blamed Germany for igniting the spark to the war and forced them to pay for all the damages that the war left.…
World War I, also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe. The war drew in all the world's economic great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. America insisted on staying neutral and had the Atlantic Ocean to act as a barrier to not get involved with this war. But it was almost inevitable that America would eventually get involved and America did. America entering the war was a ticking time bomb and when the Archduke was murdered, it blew up and America was ready to fight. The United States abandoned its neutrality, choosing the enter World War I on the side of the Allies because wealthy Americans wanted war to happen, it was economically beneficial to America, and also the Zimmerman Note.…
World War 1 World War 1 started because the Germans were pushing the Austrians to go to war. World War 1 also happened because little countries wanted their independence and countries were competing to have a stronger army and it was known as the Great War because it was one of the largest wars that had happened it started on July 28 of 1914 and the war ended in November 11 of 1918 the war lasted 4 years and many Americans and Europeans were mobilized. The United States stayed out of the war for a while because America didn’t want to take sides in the war and the United States also had the chance to sell military supplies. America didn’t join the war from 1914 and 1917 they just watched.…
World War I began because of increased competition for empires in Africa and Asia, increase of militarism, tension caused by rising nationalism, and shifts in the balance of European power leading to mistrust among nations. Alliances were made between countries by creating powerful combinations that no one would dare attack. The final impetus for war being the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and Bulgaria, against the Allies comprised of Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and later on the United States. The United States exchanged its neutrality for war in 1917 by declaring war on Germany. The war ended in 1918, as Germany and Austria- Hungary were reeling into collapse, standing no chance against the incoming fresh American troops. Governments collapsed, homes, farms, factories, roads, and churches were reduced to rubble, human and material costs were staggering, and all the countries, especially the defeated Central Powers, faced large financial tolls. The United States faced a death toll of almost 120, 000 soldiers and another 200,000 were wounded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties) along with $35 billion in financial costs (Prentice Hall: World History 2011). During the war, there was a production boom which called for technology advances and employment available for women and African- Americans to replace the men out in action. But once the men returned from overseas many women stopped working, swelling unemployment and planting the seeds for the Great Depression. World War I was one of the greatest wars in history with a death toll of an estimated 65,000, 000 soldiers and civilians…
World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. However, World War II was caused by the political and economic instability in Germany, along with the bad conditions of the Treaty of Versailles . When the treaty of Versailles was put into affect, Germany acknowledged responsibility for the war, which also meant agreeing to pay enormous amounts of money for war reparations and losing land/territory to those who won the war . However, Germany agreed to this with a lot of bitterness. During World War II, Germany, as a nation, grew to really dislike the Treaty of Versailles because they thought it was unfair and that they were unable to pay the reparations due to the time period, the Great Depression. In addition, Hitler’s Rise to Power and his alliances in opposition to the Soviet Union. World War I was based on imperialism while World War II was a result of a clash of ideologies . WWI fought mainly to try and acquire territory. As for WWII, it was a battle between Fascism and Communism .…
World War 1 was known as the great war where many countries from all around the world fought for.WW1 was caused Serbia because they killed the Austrian archduke called Franz Ferdinand which made Austria mad and Germany allies with Austria was one of the most chaotic wars in the whole world where many troops from 32 different countries were fighting for their country after that loss from Germany the main 3 US,France,and Great Britain decided to make a treaty where all the war was blamed on Germany and Germany had to pay reparations. Hitler at a young age served for the German army and after the losing the war Adolf thought it was unfair that GErmany had to pay other countries for the war so he decided to revolt on the Treaty of Versaille and…
The First World War began in 1914 . The war started as a normal war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. On July 28, 1914. Something happened between Serbia and Austria-Hungary. It transformed into a global war. Involving 32 nations. 28 of these nations split up and became known as the “ allies “. Who were the Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the US. The others were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. They were known as the central powers. Soldiers fought and died. Death, diseases and chaos was everywhere.…
Within this chaos the people found hope in Adolf Hitler whom told them what they wanted to hear; that he would rebuild Germany and he made people feel like they were getting revenge by blaming Jewish people and punishing them and so came the rise of the Nazi party. I think that if it wasn’t for the treaty of Versailles, Germanys financial matters and the resentment that Germany felt wouldn’t have been as bad because the treaty of Versailles just emphasized the issues that Germany would be faced with, and if the problems weren’t emphasized Hitler would have had less a chance of being in power as he simply used Germanys weaknesses to rise to power. Bibliography Atkinson, J. J. (2002, 12 16). The Treaty of Versailles and its Consequences.…