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world war one was not fought to end anything in particular. it began when a Serbian nationalist shot Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. this caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. Russia, which was allied with Serbia, entered the war, and Germany, allied with Austria-Hungary, also entered. France, which was allied with Russia, declared war on Germany. Italy, allied with Germany, entered the war, and Germany marched through Belgium in order to invade France. Britain, allied with Belgium, declared war on Germany and it's allies, and so forth until the participants extended the world over. the US entered the war because of Germany's use of unrestricted U-boat, or submarine, warfare against neutral nation's merchant fleets.

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