World War I

Running head : World War One

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The events that led to the Great War

The First World War which is alternatively known by many names such as the World War 1 , the Great War , the Global War , and / or , the War to End All Wars , took place between 1914- 1918 in Europe . It is estimated that over 40 million people died including both civilians and the military service . The full throttle of the war is exhibited by the fact that in Europe alone , over

60 ,000 soldiers were deployed to fight in the war

The cause of this war is explained by the historians as touching on economic and military rivalry between Germany and Britain . It held by the same group that the German economy was growing in leaps and bounds so that it was overtaking the British . This translated into military competition which saw rivalry in the construction and the manufacturing of the powerful naval military ships known then as the Droughnut

However , the war was catapulted into actuality with the Sarajevo Assassination on June 28th 1914 , which delivered the death of the Austria Hungarian Archduke , and heir to the throne , Franz Ferdinand . The action had been carried out by a Serbian student . This incidence was then followed by series of reactions in the form of alliances , only to culminate into the World War one . Austria Hungarian government consequently set a set of demands that were to be fulfilled by Serb , two of them being that the Serbian government was to hand over the culprits to Austria Hungary , and that Serbia was to open up her bs to Austria Hungary police to carry out inspections . Failure to observe these elicited a declaration of war against Serbia on 28th July . In return , Russia threatened carrying out war against Austria Hungry should the latter attack Serbia . The affair took a sudden twist when Germany declared war on Russia on condition that Russia attacks Austria Hungary (Ramarque , pp .230 . The Entente powers (the France and the Britain ) also declared war on Germany , and Austria Hungary- an affair which was concluded by the declaration of war on Russia and the Entente forces . This led to the collapse of diplomatic communication and relations in Europe which is always a catalyst two war

Events that made America join the Great War

There are various developments which compelled President Woodrow Wilson who had taken a neutral stand on the war , to consider joining the war in 1917 . Mos t of these factors were raised by the emerging German bullying stance towards the US and other countries . For instance Germany had extended an olive branch to Mexico , promising to restore the land that Mexicans lost to the US in the Mexican American war , but only on condition that Mexico would fight on the side of the Germans against the Allies

Germany 's quest for victory in the war also seemed to interfere with economic interests of the US . For instance , America had been...