World War I World War I (also known as the First World War‚ Great War or War of Wars‚ abbreviated WWI) was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world ’s great powers‚[4] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[5] More than 70 million military personnel‚ including 60 million Europeans‚ were mobilized in one of the largest wars
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Minister of Prussia in 1862 and began his campaign for unifying Germany the same year. He managed to unify his country and become Chancellor of Germany in 1871 after years of war and political turmoil. This unification along with the other actions by Bismarck make him fairly responsible for starting WWI but nowhere near entirely at fault. These other actions include creation of strong nationalism in both Germany and other countries as a consequence‚ build up of armaments‚ and the creation of the Dual Alliance
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did Germany lose the War? Germany lost the war for many reasons‚ but the main reason for their loss‚ was their failure to prevent the blockade in 1918. The British naval were biting Germany hard as over a 350‚000 Germans had died from starvation in 1917 and the numbers increased in the next year. Demonstrations and strikes were performed in the northern cities of Germany as many of the civilians demanded an end to the war. There are many reasons why Germany lost World War One. One major reason
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the United States enter World War I in 1917? On June 28th 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian archduke‚ and his wife were murdered by a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip. This assassination triggered declarations of war. Firstly‚ this gave Austria a reason to attack Serbia. This then led to Russia mobilizing their army in order to defend Serbia‚ which then led to Germany executing “The Plan” and attacking France through Belgium. The domino effect continued and war broke out due to a mixture
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On April 6‚ 1917 America officially joined the war‚ with a vote of eighty-two to six in the Senate and three hundred seventy-three to fifty in the House of Representatives (social). America went from neutrality to war within three years. When America claimed to be neutral‚ they also accounted neutral rights to fund either side through loans. The Allied powers ( Britain‚ France and Russia) borrowed two point five billion dollars‚ while the Central powers only borrowed twenty-seven million dollars
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pressure. But there lack of knowledge of war just seemed like an adventure to them when actually it was one of the worst things that could ever happen to them.Furhermore some soldiers fought their country e.g. patriotism and glory also in those days people thought that men who didn’t fight were cowards‚ when infact they just didn’t believe in war like some men were part of the nations brother hood this meant they believe all countries should be friends. In war the conditions were diabolical and wasn’t
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Imperialism is one of the main causes of the First World War. Imperialism is the increasing competition and desire for larger empires. The British empire was by far the largest of the empire in the late nineteenth century. Many leaders during this time saw a race to acquire the last territories open for colonization. This urgency to colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which
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Before World War I kicked off in 1914‚ Britain was on edge. The growing power of the Triple Alliance—Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy—worried Britain a lot. To fight back‚ Britain got cozy with France in 1904 and then with Russia in 1907. This trio‚ known as the Triple Entente‚ stood up to the Central Powers. As the war got going‚ Germany became Britain’s main enemy. The race to build bigger navies and fight over who got what land had already made things tense. Germany’s dream of ruling Europe
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World War I World War I was a constants back and forth battle. In world history‚ it is considered the lethal conflict causing over 38 million casualties. Germany never thought that their attack on July 28th of 1914 would cause four years of world chaos. The Great War revolved around European territory and most thought it would be over with within six weeks. German soldiers went into war with the mindset of being “home by Christmas” only to be stuck in a deadly Trench Warfare for the next four
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This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses‚ see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). "WW1" and "WWI" redirect here. For the album by White Whale‚ see WWI (album). World War I | Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistiblesinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; aVickers machine gun crew with gas masks‚ and German Albatros D.III biplanes
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