Central Powers

The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was the proximate trigger of the war. Long-term causes, such as imperialistic foreign policies of the great powers of Europe, including the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, France, and Italy, played a major role. Ferdinand's assassination by a Yugoslav nationalist resulted in a Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia. Several alliances formed over the past decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; via their colonies, the conflict soon spread around the world.

Kaiser Wilhelm followed an aggressive policy of Weltpolitik which resulted in Germany attempting to be involved in every political world event as well as them offending France and Britain as they not only rearmed but threatened and challenged their colonial possession. Actions such as these resulted in both Moroccan Crises, a naval race and the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 to result in the involvement of Serbia's and Austro-Hungary's allies.

Many of the battles of World War I were fought with hundreds of thousands of troops on each side. Some of these battles were at Ardennes, Belleau Woods, the Somme, Gallipoli, Ypres, Kut, Bazentin Ridge, Samarrah, Chateau-Thierry, and Passchendaele.

more allies died in ww1. i am not exactly sure why. there is a breakdown of casualties on wikipedia.

It depends on how you put it into perspective; most people would say there are no Pros to war. Cons: A lot of lives lost, Expenses, Debt, The possibility of losing the war Pros: International Support, Military Gain, Economic Gain, Land Occupation Gain Many People have their own personal opinion on the Pros and Cons; its just how you see it. I am trying very hard to think of any Pros for a World War: Cons: Masses of human misery & stuff like that....

There are many powers shared by both the federal and state governents. The power to pass laws and the power to tax are two examples that come to mind right away. States can do anything that is not prohibited by the Constitution. They can also do anything that is not preempted by federal policy. One generally recognized state power is the police power. States can enact and enforce criminal laws, laws regarding education, health regulations, highway construction, public welfare laws, and control and use of land within its borders.

State governments also provide for the safety of its citizens and the welfare of its citizens.

All of these different types of weaponry had changed world war 1 in the simple fact that each one is a step closer to creating the weapons and the technologies needed in order to solve wars. It was what gave us the heavy artillery that we needed in the war and it saved many peoples lives because they had the technology to kill before being killed

Soldiers in battle were expected to be nice and respectful to their enemies. The goal was to capture your enemy and make them surrender, not to kill them (although many did die). It wasn't until World War II that European warfare changed and total war was introduced, where citizens became targets.

Turkey was originally the ottoman empire. The ottoman empire did fight in the world and was definitely a central power.

Italy pulled out of world war 1 because she had achieved her objective - gaining the territories promised to her in her arrangement with the Allies. Since before the war started, Italy was interested in the Austrian Littoral and a portion of Dalmatia.

Yes, Britain and France felt threatened by Germany as its army occupied more and more of central Europe, later spreading into Poland, (at which point Britain and France declared war) before advancing on France.

During World War I, he was a general who commanded the German Army, initially in the war against Russia. After much success there, he was made the overall commander of all German forces, and by the end of the war, he was so powerful that he was the virtual dictator of Germany.

After the war, he eventually became President of Germany. In Germany, the President is a lot like the Queen of England- technically has a lot of power, but the reality is that they don't really use it... and just like the Prime Minister in England, the German Chancellor is normally the one who actually runs the government. But Germany's chancellors in the 1920's-1930's had problems getting anything done because of their crazy election system and numerous conflicting political parties, so Hindenburg was forced to use his Presidential powers to force things to get done.

Hindenburg was a key player in the rise of the Nazis in the early 1930's. Hitler ran for President in 1932 and was badly defeated by Hindenburg, who, despite being a very old man at that point (in his mid 80's), was still a popular war hero. Hindenburg didn't like Hitler, but was forced by political machinations to make Hitler the Chancellor in 1933. For the first year or so of Hitler's reign as Chancellor, Hindenburg, as President and popular war hero, was the only thing stopping Hitler from taking total control. If there was a civil war between Hitler and Hindenburg, Hindenburg could count on the German Army to support him. So Hitler had to be careful not to totally anger Hindenburg.

When Hindenburg died in summer 1934, Hitler chose to not hold elections to replace him- instead, he merged the President's powers into the Chancellor's, and made himself the absolute dictator of Germany.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time was a nation of officially two cultures and languages - German and Hungarian. Francis Ferdinand believed that Serbians deserved to be a third culture with official representation on the Imperial level, which upset the Serbian government, which was seeking to 'liberate' Bosnia and the other Serbic territories from Austria. Therefore, they had the Archduke assassinated via their Bosnian puppet organization, the Black Hand, to keep him from pacifying nationalism in Bosnia.

I found an article which stated that the last civil war "victim" was Pvt. Patrick Conley from New Jersey. I found the article when I googled my name . . . which is the same.

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Well, a number of monarchies changed to republics. People were sick and tired of monarchs deciding to step in war. A large number of countries had revolts to deal with, allthough Russia is the only country to have an actual revolt (next to ALbania) In short. Germany - were bankrupted by the treaty of Versailles and changed from monarchy to republic. the Kaiser fled to Holland. Russia - already during the war, the romanov's were abducted. The country fell into a civil war which led to the communist regime in 1920. America - changed from protective to very protective, claiming they all left Europe previously and not wanted to be involved in any kind of war again. England - the monarchy came under pressure. It barely survived, but the monarch had to live according to the constitution (they weren't an absolute monarchy for some time though. Austria- the Donau monarchy was split in Hungary and Austria, leaving Austria minimalized. Changed into republic. Poland - got back the city of Danzig (Gdansk) from Germany. Ottoman empire - was split up. End of story. Don't know more details. These are a few countries. Overall, it helped to emancipate the working class. On the political front a large number of socialist parties were organized throughout Europe.

The involvement of America, also Germany made a big push that gained them 40 miles, but they left their supply trains behind and so it failed. The fact that tanks and airplanes helped as well, look up battle of the Somme for more info. Hope this helped :)

A Serbian Nationalist, or terrorist if you prefer, named Gavrilo Princip. He was 19. After killing the Archduke and his wife, he tried to commit suicide, failed, and was caught and imprisoned. He died in prison of tuberculosis a few months before the war his act touched off ended. He is still a hero in Serbia.

Princip was a member of group called the Black Hand. These were Serbians who wanted to take away from the huge neighboring Austro-Hungarian Empire territory occupied by ethnic Serbs, and add this popultion and territory to the tiny nation of Serbia. The Black Hand was financed and encouraged by the Intelligence Service of Serbia.

Princip and six others had tried to assassinate the Archduke on his way from the train station to downtown, but failed when the Archduke deflected with his arm a grenade tossed at his open car. The Archduke was angry and upset, and stayed only briefly in the town hall before deciding to return to his train and leave town, after stopping at the hospital to visit those injured in the grenade blast. On the way back to the train station his driver took a wrong turn. He realized his error and pulled the car over to the curb to turn around. He stopped right in front of the astonished Princip, who had gone undetected and unapprehended after the first attempt earlier. Princip pulled his pistol and started shooting, hitting the Archduke's wife first, in the abdomen. The Archduke was hit in the throat. The whole episode would almost be comical if it had not resulted immediately in the death of the couple, and then indirectly in the deaths of millions more over the next four years.

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the Ottoman Empire

During World War 1 the central powers consisted of Germany the Ottoman Empire Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.

Men of a healthy outlook and age were expected to go to war, even the very rich did, they often found themselves in higher position. Any man refusing to go to war would have be shunned by the community and arressted and spend the entire war in jail, because if you didnt have a medical condition that kept you from enlisting the you were considered a coward.

The war was the deadliest in history up to that point