'World War I - The Great War'

' orbit struggle I (WWI) was a global struggle c arriveed in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly cal conduct the world war or the Great fight from its occurrence until the perish of World war II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It composite all the worlds extensive powers, which were assembled in dickens opposing alliances: the associate (based on the three-bagger Entente of the fall in demesne, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the deuce-ace Alliance of Ger legion(predicate), Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as AustriaHungary had taken the offence against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war). These alliances both organise (Italy fought for the Allies) and expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately, more than 70 one thousand million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More th an 9 million combatants were killed, mostly because of technological advancements that led to enormous increases in the lethality of weapons without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility. It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the mien for various policy-making changes, such as revolutions in many of the nations involved.\nLong-term causes of the war included the imperialistic foreign policies of the vast powers of Europe, including the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the fairy Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, the French Republic, and Italy. The black lotion on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the rear of Austria-Hungary, by a Yugoslav nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia was the proximate trigger of the war. It resulted in a Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia.[10][11] Several alliances make over the anterior decades were invoked, so, within weeks, the ma jor pow... '