causes
militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism are some long term cause of WW1
M stand for Militarism
A stand for alliances
I stand for imperialism
N stand for nationalism
The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand outraged Austria-Hungary and Austria-Hungary was furious and, with Germany's support, declared war on Serbia on July 28.
member of Young Bosnia who sought an end to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina and he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the Archduke's wife.
warfare
new gas make it easy to take out a lost of people at once.
total war is a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved
Trench Warfare was a combat using trenches as a defense against the enemy.
rationing allow each person to have only a fixed amount of a particular commodity
propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
No Man's Land is the term used by soldiers to describe the ground between the two opposing trenches.
Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived. They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed
On the Western Front, the war was fought by soldiers in trenches
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War and won
they had suffered and been forced to redirect reserves away from Verdun to the Somme. However, this came at a cost to the Allies.
It is said that the French lost over 360,000 and the Germans nearly 340,000. To relieve the pressure being felt by the French, the British launched the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
The United Kingdom, France and Russia Paris and London, and the Anglo-Russian Entente
The Triple Alliance was an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
U.S. Entered World War I. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I and have more than 2 million solider
Lenin wanted to concentrate on building up a communist state and wanted to pull Russia out of the war
Effect
The big four was composed of Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau of France
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
President Woodrow Wilson helped encourage self-determination of the European nations during WW1 America had wanted to rule themselves and break away from England
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes
The Paris Peace Conference opened on January 18, 1919, with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish Germany and meet the goals of the various Allied Powers.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of the war
Prime Minister of France Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Lloyd George, and President of the United States Woodrow Wilson formed the "Big Four published.