Serbia and Austria got into a fight. Russia sided with Serbia as Serbia's "big brother".
France and Russia were friends so France joined in. Germany and Austria were friends so Germany sided with Austria. Then Germany invaded Belgium (who tried to stay impartial) to attack France. Britain got involved as there was a contract/agreement between Belgium and Britain from a 100ish years ago saying that Britain will help protect Belgium in a war (Britain felt left out) then America joined later.
so in odder of who joined first
Serbia
Austria
Russia
Germany
France
Belgium
Britain
America
They sent soldiers to the front
A succession of political parties.
America contributed to World War 1 before 1917 by supplying the warring countries with military goods. This led to an economic boom that sustained America's war spending when it eventually entered the war.
It was Austria-Hungary's quarrel with Serbia that became the first warring conflict that erupted into World War I.
It was Austria-Hungary's quarrel with Serbia that became the first warring conflict that erupted into World War I.
The Belgium were so reluctant to allow German troops to pass through their land during World War 1 because they were too vulnerable to a German assault in their rear. And of course they had formally decared themselves 'neutral' at the start of the war, meaning they were not allowed to assist any of the warring parties in any way .
There are several terms, Most commonly: 1. Armistice 2. Treaty 3. Truce
Most of the parties involved already had machine guns in their inventory prior to the outbreak of the First World War.
See the link below. The Dardanelles was not part of World War 2 but rather World War 1. Editor's note. It was the Brits (namely Winston Churchill, in World War 1, of the admiralty) who wanted to secure the Dardanelles strait to control shipping access. At the time Britain controlled Turkey. There was warring going on there during World War 1. See the link below for the story of the Battle of Dardanelles.
The Treaty of London also called the First Treaty of London. It was signed in 1839 just after Belgium Independce was won. The agreements were that Belgium would not help any of the warring nations and the warring nations would not attack Belgium.
Yes , for example - Mussolini's Black Shirts in Italy and the Nazis in Germany .
well there were no political parties, the people lived under a monarchy where the King in this case the Tsar had all the power there were no formal parties that tried to fight this.