The First World War, also known as the Great War, b was a warlike confrontation, occurred mainly in Europe, which began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice. After six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference, on June 28, 1919 the allied countries signed the Versailles Treaty with Germany, and others throughout the following year with each of the defeated powers. More than nine million fighters and seven million civilians lost their lives, an extraordinarily high number, given the technological and industrial sophistication of the belligerents. It is considered the fifth deadliest conflict in the history of Humanity.c Such was the convulsion that caused the war, which paved the way for great political changes, including numerous revolutions with a character never seen before in several of the nations involved.
It received the qualification of World Cup, because it involved all the great industrial and military powers of the time, 7 divided into two opposing alliances. On the one hand was the Triple Alliance, formed by the Central Powers: the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. Italy, which had been a member of the Triple Alliance together with Germany and Austria-Hungary, did not join the Central Powers, since Austria, against the agreed terms, was the aggressor nation that triggered the conflict.8 On the other hand, it was the Triple Entente, made up of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire. Both alliances underwent changes and there were several nations that would end up entering the ranks of one or the other side as the war progressed: Italy, the Empire of Japan and the United States joined the Triple Entente, while the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria they joined the Central Powers. In total, more than 70 million military personnel, of whom 60 million were Europeans, mobilized and fought in the largest war in history to date.
Until the beginning of World War II, this war was called the Great War or simply World War, the latter expression that in Germany began to be used from its beginning (Weltkrieg), although it only became widespread in France (Guerre Mondiale) and in the Kingdom United (World War) in the 1930s, while in the United States the name was imposed from the moment of its intervention, since there it was originally known as the European War.
Although the imperialism that the powers involved had been developing for decades was the main underlying cause, the trigger for the conflict occurred on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo with the assassination of Archduke Francisco Fernando of Austria. Its executioner was Gavrilo Princip, a young Serbian nationalist. This event sparked a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia and the various international alliances forged over the past decades were invoked. In a few weeks, all the great European powers were at war and the conflict spread to many other geographical areas.
On July 28, the Austro-Hungarians started hostilities with the attempted invasion of Serbia. While Russia was mobilizing, Germany invaded Belgium, which had declared itself neutral, and Luxembourg on their way to France.
It received the qualification of World Cup, because it involved all the great industrial and military powers of the time, 7 divided into two opposing alliances. On the one hand was the Triple Alliance, formed by the Central Powers: the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. Italy, which had been a member of the Triple Alliance together with Germany and Austria-Hungary, did not join the Central Powers, since Austria, against the agreed terms, was the aggressor nation that triggered the conflict.8 On the other hand, it was the Triple Entente, made up of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire. Both alliances underwent changes and there were several nations that would end up entering the ranks of one or the other side as the war progressed: Italy, the Empire of Japan and the United States joined the Triple Entente, while the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria they joined the Central Powers. In total, more than 70 million military personnel, of whom 60 million were Europeans, mobilized and fought in the largest war in history to date.
Until the beginning of World War II, this war was called the Great War or simply World War, the latter expression that in Germany began to be used from its beginning (Weltkrieg), although it only became widespread in France (Guerre Mondiale) and in the Kingdom United (World War) in the 1930s, while in the United States the name was imposed from the moment of its intervention, since there it was originally known as the European War.
Although the imperialism that the powers involved had been developing for decades was the main underlying cause, the trigger for the conflict occurred on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo with the assassination of Archduke Francisco Fernando of Austria. Its executioner was Gavrilo Princip, a young Serbian nationalist. This event sparked a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia and the various international alliances forged over the past decades were invoked. In a few weeks, all the great European powers were at war and the conflict spread to many other geographical areas.
On July 28, the Austro-Hungarians started hostilities with the attempted invasion of Serbia. While Russia was mobilizing, Germany invaded Belgium, which had declared itself neutral, and Luxembourg on their way to France.
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