How World War 1 began. World war 1 started the country of Austria-Hungary. Shortly after this occurred, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand took place. This assassination took place on behalf of the liberal group of a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. World war 1 began shortly after this took place. Austria-Hungary eventually joined forces with Germany, while Russia, Great Britian, and France fought against them. Eventually Russia pulled out of the war because of the Russian Revolution taking place at the sometime.
1914: Germany declared war on Russia Time line July 28,1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and WW1 begins August 3,1914: Germany declared war on France. August 4,1914: Britain declared war on Germany August 6, 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia
Countries involved in ww1 Germany Italy Austria-Hungary France Russia Britain
Battles The Battle of Mons The First Battle of the Marne The Battle of Tannenburg The Battle of Masurian Lakes The Battle of Ypres Gallipoli The Battle of the Somme The Battle of Flers-Courcelette The Battle of Verdun The Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of Jutland The Battle of Cambrai The Battle of Passendaele The Battle of Caporetto
Weapons Bayonets Flamethrowers Grenades machine Guns Pistols Poison Gas Rifles Tanks
Home front Germans were call Huns Americas renamed sauerkraut liberty cabbage
Cost of the war 125,690,477,000+60,643,160,000= 189,333,637,000
Military Leaders Ferdinand Foch/Robert Nivelle/Henri-Philippe Petain-French Sir John French/Sir Douglas Haig- British Joseph Joffre/Paul von Hindenburg/Erich von Ludendorff-Germany John J. Pershing-Europe
League Nations was an international association for the furtherance of cooperation among nations, the settlement of international disputes, and the preservation of the peace formed after the first World War.
Impact after world war 1 The fighting in World War I ended in western Europe when the Armistice took effect at 11:00 am GMT on November 11, 1918, and in eastern Europe by the early 1920s. During and in the aftermath of the war the political, cultural, and social order was drastically changed in Europe, Asia and Africa, even outside the areas directly involved in the war. New countries were formed, old ones were abolished, international organizations were established, and many new and old ideologies took a firm hold in people's minds.