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War OneWorld War
One (1914-1918)-Known at the time as "The Great War,"
and as "The World War," this conflict was the greatest
military battle in history up to that time. Only the
successor conflict known as World War Two would surpass
the First World War in ferocity, death, and the fall of
nations and regimes.
While the spark
that lit the European powderkeg was the assassination of
Archduke
Franz Ferdinand,
the actual reasons for war had been brewing for decades
before that fateful murder in the summer of
1914.
An
American machine gunner from the 115th Machine Gun
Battalion, 30th Division sitting on the lip of a
trench.
Predecessor
Conflicts: (Prior conflicts related to World War One
)
The
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
The
Bosnian Annexation and
Crisis
(1908-1909)
Albanian
Insurrection (1910)
Agadir
Incident (1911)
Italo-Turkish
War
(1911-1912)
First
Balkan War (1912)
Second
Balkan War (1912)
Assasination
of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
(July, 1914)
Successor
Conflicts: (Related conflicts occurring at a later
time)
World
War Two
DATES OF
CONFLICT:
BEGAN:
July 28, 1914--World War One began with the Austrian
declaration of war against Serbia.
ENDED:
November 11, 1918-The signing of the armistice
between Germany and the Allies ended World War
One.
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Allies
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Central
Powers
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China,
Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, South Africa, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Serbia. Greece, Russia, United States, Romania,
Montenegro, Portugal
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Versus
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Germany
Ausria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman
Empire
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SOURCES:
1.
Kohn, George C. Dictionary
of Wars.
New York: Facts On File Publications.
1986.
