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The Great War 😖 (World War 1), 🤨:!?:, 👺☠- Coggle Diagram
The Great War 😖 (World War 1)
How it ended
All nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated
On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war.
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918
Importance
Created numerous new nation-states
Encouraged independence movements in Europe's colonies
Huge advances in technology, which would transform the way that people all around the world travelled and communicated, in particular, in the years after the conflict.
Causes
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Militarism
World War 1 began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914
An international conflict
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey
Allies: France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States.
Began in 1914 - 1918
How it ended
The Allied Powers claimed victory
It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
More than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike were dead.
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