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World War I 1914 - 1918  Kyle, Nicole, and Tanner World War I aka "The Great War" spanned from 1914 to 1918. In this war 93 percent of the worlds population was affected and 28 nations fought on six different continents! Some of the causes of the First World War are, Imperialism, an Arms Race, and Nationalism. This war was so big they were involved in a draft. The formation of Alliances was also a big __step__ forward in this war for these countries. The two large alliances in this war were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Italy. The Triple Entente was made up of Britain, France, USA, Greece, Romania and Japan. Another way smaller countries were beginning to go to war was because of them being satellites, these were countries that become allies with larger nations so that they have protection.

The French weren't just in this war because of an alliance. They also wanted revenge on Prussia for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The Balkan Penn. was also a part of this war they were considered the "Tinder Box of Europe." This war was actually started because the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assasinated on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia by a Serbian with the name of Gavrilo Princip. He was part of the Black Hand, this was a Serbian terrorist organization. Kaiser William II of Germany wrote a "blank check"and let them buy whatever they needed.

The outbreak of the war itself came because of the invasion of Serbia by Austria on July 29,1914. Now Germany, came up with a plan called the Schlieffen Plan, this was the plan to cross through Belgium to get the France's capital city, Paris. While this was going on Russians were planning to invade the country of Germany and head straight for Berlin. Trench Warfare was the latest and greatest when it came to fighting battles, in between the Trenches of both sides was a place called No-mans land, and this is where no man wanted to be. There was no protection or coverage. The connected german trenches were called a Seigfried Line this was a tactic within the tactic of the trenches in general.  As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not. - Lester B. Pearson World War I- This section of the site is a brief history of battlefield tours and __offers__ tips on the 'how and where' with regard to visiting the sites located on the Western Front World War I-This section contains details of significant battles and action fought during the First World War. Given the number of actions involved, each has been categorised by its theatre of operation: thus the Some offensive is listed within the 'Western Front', whereas Tannenberg can be found within 'Eastern Front'.
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 * __World War I-__** We'll __start__ with the facts and __work__ back: it may make it all the easier to understand how World War One actually happened. The events of July and early August 1914 are a classic case of "one thing led to another" -otherwise known as the treaty alliance system.
 * __World War I-__**This website contains much material based in and around the events of World War One - but if you are unsure how it began and who did what, well, where to begin? That's the purpose of this section of the site.
 * __World War I-__** This section of the site is an A to Z listing of all manner of World War I material. The encyclopedia currently includes some 3,100 entries chiefly comprised from other areas of the site.
 * __World War I-__** The Great War spanned four years and involved many nation states. This section illustrates the landmark events of the period 1914-19
 * __World War I-__** Aircraft Tech. was little over a decade old when Archduke Ferdinand assassination in late June 1914 ultimately resulted in the outbreak of 'The Great War' a month later. Initially deemed of little use to the armed services other than in a reconnaissance role, aircraft development exploded during wartime (all too often literally). For example, France had fewer than 140 aircraft when her war against Germany began; four years later that number had ballooned to approximately 4500.
 * __World War I-__** Other sections of this site devote themselves to considerations of the causes and personalities behind the conflict. However no history of the war would be complete without an overview of the weapons of war, in all their varying forms. Thus this area of the site provides summary information of the tools by which the armies conducted war, and include many of the innovations war always brings to the development of weaponry.
 * __World War I-__** No history of the First World War would be especially intelligible without a Who's Who gallery of its primary protagonists.This section of the website goes some way towards providing background information on the people who shaped events and perceptions.
 * __World War I-__** Each of the nations which participated in World War One from 1914-18 used propaganda posters not only as a means of justifying involvement to their own populace, but also as a means of procuring men, money and resources to sustain the military campaign.



__**PEOPLE**__

Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the 28th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1913-1919. As president of his school __Princeton__ School and later as governor of New Jersey, Wilson was a lead...

John J. Pershing
John J. "Blackjack" Pershing (1860-1948) was promoted to General of the Armies during World War I, the highest rank ever held in the United States Army. After unsuccessfully pursuing Pancho Villa t...

Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip (1895-1918) was a Serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War I when he assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The murder started...

Joseph Glidden
Joseph Glidden (1813-1906) was a farmer who patented barbed wire, which revolutionized the American West and covered the battlefields of World War I. After seeing a demonstration of a type of wire...

Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), popularly known as the "Red Baron," was the most successful ace of World War I with over 80 credited air victories. Born in Silesia to a noble family, Richthofen...

Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) is one of many World War I soldiers who turned to poetry to express their horror at the war. Like one-third of all Englishmen born in 1893, he was killed in France, only on...

__**TERMS**__
 * ~ Term ||~ Description ||
 * Nationalism || strong devotion to a nation's interests ||
 * Militarism || nation's emphasis on aggressve military preparedness ||
 * Imperialism || Process of extending economic, military, and political influence over other nations ||
 * triple entente || Became allied powers-France, Britain, Russia ||
 * Triple Alliance || central powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy ||
 * Central Powers || military alliance during WWI consisting of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman empire ||
 * Allied Powers || Military alliance during WWI consisting of more than 20 nations including Russia, France, and Britain ||
 * Schlieffen Plan || German plan to conquer France and then Russia by pushing through Belgium into Northern France ||
 * alfred Nobel || the swedish discoverer of dynamite ||
 * Trench Warfare || method of fighting in ditches deep enough to enable soldiers to fight standing up ||




 * __TIMELINE__**
 * ** 1914 ** ||  ||   ||
 * || **June 28th** || **Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo** ||
 * || **July 5th** || **Kaiser William II promised German support for Austria against Serbia** ||
 * || **July 28th** || **Austria declared war on Serbia** ||
 * || **August 1st** || **Germany declared war on Russia** ||
 * || **August 3rd** || **Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Germany had to implement the Schlieffen Plan.** ||
 * || **August 4th** || **Britain declared war on Germany** ||
 * || **August 23rd** || **The BEF started its retreat from Mons. Germany invaded France.** ||
 * || **August 26th** || **Russian army defeated at Tannenburg and Masurian Lakes.** ||
 * || **September 6th** || **Battle of the Marne started** ||
 * || **October 18th** || **First Battle of Ypres** ||

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