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The Central Powers consisted of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning of the war. The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers later in 1914. In 1915, the Kingdom of Bulgaria joined the alliance.
World War I [j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia.
Sources. Further reading. External links. Timeline of World War I. This is a list of the events of World War I in chronological order. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. Post-1920. See also. Diplomatic history of World War I. References. ^ Albertini 1953, p.
- Background to World War I
- The Outbreak of War
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- 1918
1871: A new power
In 1871, the sudden appearance of a powerful and ambitious new state added a new and destabilizing element to the other rivalries and tensions that divided the nations of Europe. The German Empire(as it was called) was, at the moment of its birth, one of the most powerful nations in Europe. By the end of the 19th century Germany was THE most powerful. It had the largest population of any European nation except Russia, and, by some measures (in steel production, for example) it was the greates...
The Eastern Question
In south-east Europe, a region known as the Balkans, the Turkish (or Ottoman) Empire had been in decline for a century or more. This process speeded up from the mid-19th century onwards, and as the Turkish empire weakened, new European states emerged in the Balkans: Romania, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro and Bulgaria. The Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, the two Great Powers to the north of the Balkans, increasingly competed with one another for power and influence in this region. The sudd...
Imperialism
By the early 1880s, therefore, not only had a new power suddenly appeared in Europe, but this power now stood at the heart of a three-nation alliance, which, although supposedly for mutual protection, made the other Great Powers (Russia, France and Britain) feel nervous. For these powers, however, the situation was not straightforward, as they were rivals for territories around the world. This was the heyday of European imperialism, and Britain and France were grabbing territory in Africa and...
1914: Sarajevo
On 28th June, 1914, an Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. There was evidence that the Serbian government were at least aware of the plot, if not a party to it. Germany offered to support a furious Austro-Hungary in gaining compensation from Serbia. Thus fortified, the Austro-Hungarian government sent Serbia a list of demands which no government of an independent country could possibly agree to – they essent...
The German high command considered Russia to be their main enemy. They assumed that it would take the Russians six weeks before they were fully mobilized. Following their well-developed “Schleiffen Plan”, therefore, the Germans set about throwing most of their forces against the French to quickly knock them out of the war. Then they could turn agai...
The German high command decided to concentrate on the Eastern Front, in order to push the Russians back from their borders and remove the threat of another Russian invasion of Germany. To allow them to concentrate troops in the East, the Germans adopted a defensive stance on the Western Front. After initial failures the Germans pushed the Russians ...
After their victories on the Eastern Front, the Germans switched their focus back to the West. They decided on a policy to “bleed France white” – to inflict such casualties on the French army that they would have no choice but to sue for peace.
On 3 February, in response to the new submarine campaign (see below), President Wilson of the USAsevered all diplomatic relations with Germany, and the U.S. Congress declared war on 6 April.
The German government demanded very harsh terms from the Bolshevik government, which was naturally reluctant to agree to them. The Russian negotiators (led by Trotsky) used delaying tactics, hoping that revolution might spread to Germany. However, in February the Germans lost patience, and began a new offensive in the east. This stung the Russians ...
By Trevor Getz. The First World War feels almost like a murder mystery, with many suspected causes, and complex motives. Millions of lives were lost in this confusing conflict that gripped the world. World war why? The First World War lasted more than four years and killed between 15 and 19 million people around the planet.
- Yes. Hitler served as a Gefreiter (lance corporal) during the first World War
- germany started to power up and upgrade their military system, the countries around started feeling uncomfortable, especially britain, so britain a...
- I searched your question online, but there were no specific dates on when Britain joined the Triple Entente. There was a website that said that The...
- There's a saying common to western folk wisdom that may help: "O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." The alliances were...
World War I. World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. Referred to by contemporaries as the "Great War", its belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting also expanding into the Middle East ...
May 21, 2013 · Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Experience the history of World War I, “The Great War,” through an interactive timeline and map available on the American Battle Monuments Commission’s (ABMC) website. This new visual interactive timeline and map is the latest in digital initiatives released by ABMC.
