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Ww1 Crisis

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How many people do you think died during World War I? World War I began due to political injustice, it continued for 4 years, and it ended with the victory of the Allied Powers. During WWI lots of events occurred, good things, bad things and things that didn't really effect everyone.
World War I began in June of 1914, there were two different powers. The war began because Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. During the war there were two parties. The Allied Powers which included Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and was later joined by the United States. The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The Allied Powers supported Serbia. Austria-Hungary was …show more content…

One of the many fronts was the Western Front. The Western Front was Germany against Belgium. Belgium was neutral on side during the war.
The war lasted four years. During 1914, Franz was assassinated. Next, during 1914-1915 WWI had begun and the First Battle of Marne. After that, during 1915-1916, the 1st use of poison gas was used by Germany. Then in 1916-1917, the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Jutland occurred. In 1917-1918, the Russian Revolution and VS declared war. Finally in 1918-1919, Russia leaves war, Allies advance, and Germany signs armistice. Throughout all the war over 25 countries eventually participated.
The war ended because the Germans signed the armistice agreement with the Allies. By the end of the war 9 million soldiers had died and 21 million had been injured. The war ended in November of 1918. The Allied powers were victorious and the Central powers were defeated. The Central Power and Germany started collapsing and crumbling from within. Finally, a German Republic was declared.
This was a very devastating war. Lots of people lost family members and loved ones. Children lost their fathers and grandfathers. This was very hard for people to deal with. It also was the ashes of World War

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