explanation about world war 1

1. WW1
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of
1914. The fighting ended in late 1918 in western Europe and by 1922 in eastern Europe.
This conflict involved most of the world's great powers,[1] assembled in two opposing
alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[2] More
than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in
one of the largest wars in history.[3][4] More than 15 million people were killed, making it
also one of the deadliest conflicts in history.[5] The war is also known as the First
World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of World War II),
and the War to End All Wars.
The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to
the throne of Austria-Hungary, is seen as the immediate trigger of the war, though long-
term causes, such as imperialistic foreign policies of the great powers of Europe such as
the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian
Empire, the British Empire, France, and Italy played a major role. Ferdinand's
assassination at the hands of a Yugoslav nationalist resulted in Habsburg ultimatum
against the Kingdom of Serbia.[6][7] Several alliances that had been formed over the past
decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; as all had
colonies, the conflict soon spread around the world.

2. The conflict opened with the German invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg and France;
the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia and a Russian attack against Prussia. After the
German march on Paris was brought to a halt, the Western Front settled into a static
battle of attrition with a trench line that changed little until 1917. In the East, the
Russian army successfully fought against the Austro-Hungarian forces but was forced
back by the German army. Additional fronts opened after the Ottoman Empire joined
the war in 1914, Italy and Bulgaria in 1915 and Romania in 1916. The Russian Empire
collapsed in 1917, and Russia left the war after the October Revolution later that year.
After a 1918 German offensive along the western front, American forces entered the
trenches and the German armies were driven back in a series of successful allied
offensives. Germany surrendered on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918.
By the war's end, four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian
and Ottoman Empires—had been militarily and politically defeated, and the last two
ceased to exist.[8] The revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire,
while the map of central Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states.
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The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict.
The European nationalism spawned by the war, the repercussions of Germany's defeat,
and of the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of World War II
in 1939.[10]