World War 1

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World War 1

Duration: 1914-1918
Main Participants: Allied Powers (France, Britain, Russia, later the U.S.) vs. Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire)
Key Trigge: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, which led to a chain of alliances drawing countries into the conflict.
Overview: Known as "The Great War," WWI was a massive global conflict that marked one of the first uses of modern warfare, including trench warfare, machine guns, tanks, and chemical weapons. It was primarily fought on the Western Front (France and Belgium) and the Eastern Front (Russia).
Death Toll: Estimated at 16 million, with millions more wounded.
End of War: The war ended on November 11, 1918, with Germany signing an armistice. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 officially concluded the war, imposing heavy reparations and restrictions on Germany, which later fueled grievances leading to WWII.
Interesting Facts:

*Tanks were introduced by the British in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme, changing battlefield dynamics.

*Soldiers spent months in wet, disease-ridden trenches, leading to conditions like "trench foot."

*Christmas Truce (1914): In a rare moment of peace, soldiers from opposing sides briefly ceased fire on Christmas Eve and even exchanged gifts.

*Legacy: WWI reshaped national borders, dissolved empires (Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, Russian), and set the stage for major geopolitical changes, including the rise of the United States as a global power and the League of Nations' creation to prevent future conflicts.

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