2. The "Powder Keg of Europe"
The war begin when Franz Ferdinand was
assassinated in Sarajevo Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was next in line to
become the king and Serbia didn’t want this to
happen so they sent in the Black hand to
assassinate Franz. Exactly a month after the
assassination the Austrio-Hungarian empire with
the help of their ally Germany declared was on
Serbia. The serbs had a packed with Russia who
in turn had an alliance with France and Britain.
Germany and Austrio-Hungarian empire were
the first two countries involved in the war.
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3. The Allies vs. the Central Powers
Central Powers Allies
Germany France
Austria-
Russia
Hungary
United
Bulgaria
Kingdom
Turkey Romania
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4. The Schlieffen Plan
-Whose plan was this and what was it?
On December 1905. the Schlieffen Plan was created by General count Alfred Von
Schlieffen. It was an operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in
response to international tension, had started to mobilize her forces near the German
border. The execution of the Schlieffen plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany
on August 4th, 1913.
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5. Total War
Total war was introduced to britain in May 1915 and lasted until the end of the
war in November 1918. Total war was identified by scholars as a separate class of
warfare. In a total war, there is less differentiation between combatants and
civilians than in other conflicts, and sometimes no such differentiation at all as
pretty much every human resource, civilians and soldiers alike, can be considered
to be part of the belligerent effort.
By the late 1914 the state of deadlock on the western front had become clear to
the governments of the warring countries and to many members of their general
staffs. each side looked for a solution to this deadlock, and the solutions varied in
form and manner.
The Trench Warfare- opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend
from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground.
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6. Key battles of WW1
Gallipoli
The Turks won the battle of Gallipoli. Gallipoli us a
peninsula located in northwest Turkey, between
Dardanelles and the Gulf of Saros. During the first World
War, it gained main importance due to its strategic
location with respect to the Allied force’s eastern front.
-Somme
The battle of Somme encompassed a series of battles for
the British army in the sector of the Western Front south
of Arras and north of the Somme River. The battle
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7. Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who
would change the history of the world as we known it. When Czar Nicholas II dragged
million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became discouraged with their
injuries and the loss of life they sustained.
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8. US entry into the war
Disagreements over territory and boundaries, among other issues, came to a head with
the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by the black hand on June 28,
1914. Exactly one month later, war broke out. On April 6, 1914, the United States
attempted to remain neutral and was a proponent for the rights of neutral states. It
joined its allies - Britain, France, and Russia to fight in the war. During this time
Woodrow Wilson was president.
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