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- - - - The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended WW1. The signing took place in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France. Those who were involved during the signing were President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy. Countries from the defeated side such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey were not present as well as Russia who later fought in the side of the Allies. The country that was blamed and forced to take responsibility for WW1 fell upon Germany. The short term effects of the treaty were that the treaty devastated Germany socially, politically, and economically. The Germans were deprived of their pride. In the long term effect, the Treaty of Versailles became a predecessor in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the start of WW2 which occurred only two decades later. This was also due to the anger of the Germans from the punishments of the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to give up almost all their territories and pay $5 billion as reparations.
- - - - Alliance- Another reason of the WWI was the system of alliances that existed.hen World War I began Europe divided between two separate alliance systems. Britain, France and Russia made up the Triple Entente while Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy made up the Triple Alliance. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand also created a major problem. Immediately after the assassination, which was carried out by a Serbian nationalist organization called the Black Hand,
        
        Imperialism- imperialism is the ideology of extending a country's rule over foreign nations, often by military force. Many European countries mostly Britain, France, and Germany wanted to expand their empire and they claimed land that wasn't part of their empire which created tension. The great powers at the outbreak of war are British, French, Austria-Hungary, German, Russia, and the U.S.
        
        Nationalism led to some countries uniting and attacking other countries. Nationalism promoted the expansion of many European countries. Also the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was another cause that led to WWI. The empire's leaders blamed the attack on the Serbian government, citing nationalism as the motive for the shooting. World leaders quickly mobilized. Germany backed the Austro-Hungarian empire, while Russia allied itself with France and Britain after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
        
        Gavrilo Princip was the South Slav nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne,Gavrilo Princip fired the shot that started World War I when he killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
- - - - The Eastern and Western front was the two major fronts. The western front was smaller than the Eastern front. Trench warfare was almost in the Eastern front. Western front was France and Germany and Eastern front had Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and the Balkans. A stalemate is a military situation in which neither side can win a clear victory. The Schlieffen Plan was made for the purpose of avoiding a war on two fronts, one against Russia on the east, and the other against France on the west. The Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. Who won the battle is a matter of debate as it was not decisive but German had more causalities.
        
        The Battle of Verdun, was fought on the Western Front in France. It was one of the longest, bloodiest, and most-ferocious battles of the war. Germany lost the battle. These battles build up the bigger war known as WWI. France, Russia, and Great Britain made up the Triple Entente and the leaders were
        
        Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up the Triple Alliance. The man chiefly responsible for the Triple Alliance was Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany. U.S. joined Britain, France and Russia.The U.S. got brought into war by Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well its attempt to entice Mexico into an alliance to go against the U.S.
        
        An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. Lenin wanted to concentrate on building up a communist state and wanted to pull Russia out of the war. He accomplished this by agreeing to the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk with Germany. Because Russia left the war now Germany only has to fight a one-front war, which was now France and it's Allies.
        
        David Lloyd George
        
        Kaiser Wilhelm II
        
        Red Baron
        
        Tsar Nicholas II
        
        Vladimir Lenin
        
        Woodrow Wilson