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Europe Plunges Into War (The Great War Begins (Nations Take Sides (It was…
Europe Plunges Into War
A Bloody Stalemate
In the fall of 1914, the war turned into a stalemate. The northern part of France where the war was being fought became known as the Western Front.
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Setting The Stage:
In 1914, Europe was divided into two rival camps; one alliance being the Triple Entente which was composed of Great Britain, France, and Russia. While the other alliance called the Triple Alliance was composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. These pledges were never broke which caused such a destructive war by Austria-Hungary’s declaring war against Serbia.
The Great War Begins
Nations Take Sides
It was now 1914, the war was very separated with Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side (Central Powers) with Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire joining later.
The other side of the war consisted of Great Britain, France, and Russia (Allies). In time, Japan would later join along with Italy switching sides to the Allies.
During the summer of 1914, soldiers would march to battle not knowing what they were getting themselves into. Little did they know this war would last must longer than they anticipated.
Few knew what was in store with one of them being Britain’s foreign minister, Sir Edward Grey who said, “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”
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Russia began to move in towards Austria-Hungary and Germany because of their Declaration of War against their ally Serbia. Because of this, Germany felt very threatened and wanted to declare war. They did exactly that on August 1st.
Now that Germany declared war on Russia, they reached out to France (their ally). Then, 2 days after Germany declared war on Russia, Germany also declared war on France. Soon afterward, Great Britain declared war on Germany. Now, most of Europe is under war.
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