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- March, Francis Andrew, 1863-1928
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History of the World War; an authentic narrative of the world's greatest war, by Francis A. March in collaboration with Richard J. Beamish. With an introd. by Peyton C. March Hardcover – January 1, 1919
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English. Book from Project Gutenberg: History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War. Addeddate. 2006-12-07. Call number. gutenberg etext# 18993. Copyright-region.
- Overview
- Causes of the Great War
- The spread of war
- Never again?
Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later.
It was known as “The Great War”—a land, air and sea conflict so terrible, it left over 8 million military personnel and 6.6 million civilians dead. Nearly 60 percent of those who fought died. Even more went missing or were injured. In just four years between 1914 and 1918, World War I changed the face of modern warfare, becoming one of the deadliest conflicts in world history.
World War I had a variety of causes, but its roots were in a complex web of alliances between European powers. At its core was mistrust between—and militarization in—the informal “Triple Entente” (Great Britain, France, and Russia) and the secret “Triple Alliance” (Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy).
The most powerful players, Great Britain, Russia, and Germany, presided over worldwide colonial empires they wanted to expand and protect. Over the course of the 19th century, they consolidated their power and protected themselves by forging alliances with other European powers.
Soon, the conflict had expanded to the world, affecting colonies and ally countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. In 1917, the United States entered the war after a long period of non-intervention. By then, the main theater of the war—the Western Front in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France—was the site of a deadly stalemate.
Despite advances like the use of poison gas and armored tanks, both sides were trapped in trench warfare that claimed enormous numbers of casualties. Battles like the Battle of Verdun and the First Battle of the Somme are among the deadliest in the history of human conflict.
Aided by the United States, the Allies finally broke through with the Hundred Days Offensive, leading to the military defeat of Germany. The war officially ended at 11:11 a.m. on November 11, 1918.
By then, the world was in the grips of an influenza pandemic that would infect a third of the global population. Revolution had broken out in Germany, Russia, and other countries. Much of Europe was in ruins. “Shell shock” and the aftereffects of gas poisoning would claim thousands more lives.
Though the world vowed never to allow another war like it to happen, the roots of the next conflict were sown in the Treaty of Versailles, which was viewed by Germans as humiliating and punitive and which helped set the stage for the rise of fascism and World War II. The technology that the war had generated would be used in the next world war just two decades later.
Though it was described at the time as “the war to end all wars,” the scar that World War I left on the world was anything but temporary.
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World War I. To its contemporaries, it was known simply as “the World War” or “the Great War,” because it was nearly impossible to imagine a conflict that would surpass the one that shattered Europe between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918.
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