First World War was started in 1914 on August 1 and ended in 1918. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Tha Ottoman Empire are central powers who fought against Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and The United States are the Allied powers.
World War Cause Or Reason:
Every war starts because of some immediate reasons for some long term causes. The immediate provocation for World War I was the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Serbia extremist on June28, 1914. Austria declared war on Serbia. As Serbia was supporting Allied powers, these powers came to help Serbia. The Central Powers like Germany and Italy supported Austria and joined the war. This market the of World War I.
Most of Europe was under two kinds of tensions– the increasing discontent among the peasants and workers who were now turning against landlordism and capitalism and towards socialism and communism. The second tension was between the countries of Europe and Germany were fighting each other for control over colonies and small nations of central Europe. In central and eastern Europe, the nationalist spirit was growing and many small nations now wanted to become independent states.
In 1914 a Serbian extremist had assassinated the crown prince of Austria -Hungary. Austria now declared war on Serbia on 28th July 1914, Russia came in defense of Serbia. In response to this, to support to Austria – Hungary Germany attacked France and Belgium, who were allies of Russia. Britain also joined the war to defend France and Belgium. Soon almost all the countries of Europe except Switzerland were involved in the war. The Ottoman Empire joined the war in November and Japan and USA a little later
About World War:
In World War, since most of these countries had extensive colonies in Asia and Africa. The countries like India, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, China, etc were also forced to join the war. One of the main causes of the war was the competition for colonies between old Imperial powers like Britain and the newly emerging powers like Germany and Italy. During the thirty years or so before the war, most European countries were supporting one of the two power blocks-one blocks of countries was led by Britain and the other was led by German.
Ironically, the people of most of these countries were not enthusiastic about the war. They were living under undemocratic aristocratic kingdoms and did not have any democratic rights. All over Europe, revolutionary movements started against the governments of the countries who were participating in the war. The first revolution occurred in Russia in 1917 followed by Italy and Germany. You may remember that in India, the National movement against Britain had also become strong in this period. First, revolutionary Russia opted out of the war. Finally, Germany agreed to have peace in the next year. The First World War ended on 11th November 1918 with the victory of Britain and its allies. France, USA, and Japan. Diplomats from all the warring countries gathered in Paris early next year. After long negotiations, they signed the Versailles treaty to end the war and redraw the political boundaries of European countries
Effects:
10 Million people died in the World War. 75,000 Indian soldiers who fought in Africa and Europe on the British side. However, the war brought misery and suffering for the poor-they were forced to join the armies to fight and die. They also had to bear the expenses of the war and face a shortage of essential items like food, clothing, and medicines. During the world war, they use Airships for dropping bombs. And Royal Enfiled bicycle was used by the soldiers during the war
World War: Ominous Facts
The First World War started in 1914. It really was a World war because almost all the countries of the world took part in the war. And Some of them included Japan and China in the east and the US in the west. The First World War ended in 1918. Britan and France defeated Germany and its allies in the war. Meanwhile there was peace for a few years after the First World War.
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