World war 1 is also known as The great world war was one of the biggest wars of the world and it lasted for 4 years from July 28 1914 to 11 November 1918. It took many lives with it and brought a huge crisis with it. Before world war 1 Europe was very powerful on its tanks, air crafts machine guns, etc. United kingdom and Germany were improving themselves fastly. In this war, about 22 million people died and about 22 million were wounded. Before world war mostly books were written in the support of war and after world war mostly books were written against world war. This war has changed the mind of people from Bad thoughts to good thoughts.
What were the causes of World war 1?
World war one was started on 28 July 1914. The main cause of world I was the murder of Austria-Hungary prince Franz Ferdinand when he was on an official tour with his wife Sophie in Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The killer was a terrorist of Serbia and his name was Gavrilo Princip. There are more several causes of world war 1 following.
M: Militarism
A: Alliances
I: Imperialism
N: Nationalism
The world was divided into two parts
Allied Powers Central powers
British, France, Russia Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Later Italy Japan and America also joined Allied powers.
After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austria Hungary warned Serbia to surrender and accept Austria's rule But Serbia refused to surrender cause of that Austria Hungary started a war against Serbia. Serbia asked for help from Russia to fight against Austria-Hungary. Russia started preparing the army for the war and on the other hand, Hungary asked for help from Germany and from this stage, the First world war began.
subcontinent also took part in a world war against central powers because at those times subcontinent was under the rule of the British. The subcontinent army was about 1.3 million and about fifty thousand of the army was killed in the war. America announced the war and joined The British in 1917.
Facts Related to world war 1:
* After world war one many countries appeared on the map of the earth like Finland Poland etc.
* The middle east was divided between British and France.
* In world war one many new things came into being like Mirinda, machine guns, and radio
* World war one was the first war in which chemicals were used against opponents.
*In Europe and France 80% of men took part in the war and because of that in these two countries, there was a lack of men's and women's applied for jobs in factories.
*After world war one many books were written against the wars and effects of war on our world.
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