The Great War 1914-1918

World War I (WWI) had many main events from 1914 – 1918. It was known as the Great War and the war to end all wars. It also introduced us to many new technology to including Barbed wire, machine guns, artillery, poison gas, airships, aircraft 's, new naval vessels and tanks. All these wartime machines and equipment resulted in unprecedented carnage and destruction, with more than 9 million soldiers killed by the end of the war. This First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe

men to war in 1914, by 1918 the idealism soon changed with the reality of trench warfare. Soldiers from across Europe, and indeed the world, first entered World War One with innocent enthusiasm. The expectations of the young men who joined, however, were shaped by the culture of age. It was the romantic mood of the time which essentially reinforced the hope that war would be won in honorable battle and ‘be over by Christmas’. These expectations were far from reality. The experience of war at the

A world war is a war that causes the many nations involved to focus all of their resources and people on engaging in warfare, as they are fighting both militaries and civilians. The conflict from 1914 to 1918 is a war that ultimately involves nations from multiple continents, however the military conflicts took place largely in Europe where the main powers involved, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, and France, were located. Barbara Tuchman’s book The Zimmermann Telegram

The First World War was a global war that started in Europe and lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was one of the deadliest war which caused many political changes including revolution in some of the countries involved. It all started when a Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This was done in protest to Austria-Hungary having control over the region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia which led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. This caused Russia to get involved

with when the British and German went to war on 4 August 1914, both the prime minister's Joseph Cook and opposition leader Andrew Fisher, who were in the middle of an election campaign, promised full support of Britain. The outbreak war greeted in Australia, as many other places, with great enthusiasm. The first great start of Australian action of the war was the Australian naval and military expeditionary force. (ANMEF) landing on Rabaul on 11 September 1914. The ANMEF took possession of Germany

World War I was also known as the First World War or the Great War. It was an international conflict from 1914-1918 that involved most of the countries in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Russia, and others (World War I). World War I had some major events like the sinking of the Lusitania, The First Battle of Marne, and The Russian Revolution. In 1900 the British Empire was spread over five continents, and France had control of large amounts of Africa. This created a fight between them

How World War II Ended On November 11th, 1918, World War I ended. World War I was also known as The First War which was centered in Europe on July 28th, 1914. There were 30 countries involved in this war and Italy was one of the countries that were a part of the Allies with France, Great Britain and Russia. But, I wasn’t aware of was who caused the war and why did it end so soon. First, the cause of the war was an event that occurred on June 28th, 1914. Archduke France Ferdinand and his wife Bosnian

The Origins of the Great War As the war of the worlds began to collide between 1914 and 1918, there were numerous causes as to why the "Great War" began. The war began as a local European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914. Later on it transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on August 1, 1914 and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations. Twenty-eight of these nations were known as the Allies and

participating in world war one in the defence of their British mother country against the Germans during world war one in Gallipoli, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Firstly, being the Prime Minster and leader of Australia, Andrew fisher, promised that Australia would support Britain 'to the last man and the last shilling'. However, within a few days after his promise, the British empire declared war on Germany on the fourth of August 1914. Nevertheless, he headed his nation towards war as pledged. This

domestic impact of the First World War in any two countries. According to historian Dan Snow, ‘No war in history attracts more controversy and myth than World War One’, but even in spite of this, most historians can agree that the effects of the war were extremely profound. The First World War exhausted many European powers, with both domestic and social devastation for the various nations involved. Great Britain and Germany were both particularly affected by the war, both on the home-front as well