A Man-To-World War

World War I is recognized as the first war, the Great War, the war of the nations and the war to end all wars. It was a conflict of wars that lasted from august 1914 to the final truce on November 11, 1918. Although it only lasted four years, it was the most destructive war that had ever happened in history. The death toll was about eight and a half million people and it wounded roughly twenty million or more. The war ended up destroying empires and economies and forever changing all of Europe. The allied powers had defeated the central powers, therefor leading to the fall of four empires and a huge change in the map of Europe. There are plenty of reasons on why World War I was so different from all the past conflicts. For example it was the first time in nearly one hundred years that all major countries where fighting. Another reason on why it was a different type of war was of the fact that the over sea had possessions. All the fighting was inevitable. A huge roll that made World War I truly modern was the Industrial Revolution. It was no longer a man-to-man war. The invention of guns as well as the machine gun made anybody a death threat.

There isn’t one main cause that sparked the war, plenty of incidents led up to the war, For example, the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary on Sunday June twenty eighth 1914, in Sarajevo bonsai. He was shot and killed by an eighteen year old male named Gavrillo Princip whom was a part of a group of assassins. The European alliances were definitely added to the reasons on why world war one happened as well as nationalism, imperialism, militarism and all of the physical conflicts leading up to the war. All of these reason rose great questioning of the war ever ending. The powers ...

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Unfortunately due to the way World War I was ended it sparked the start of world war I. it led Hitler to con the people into giving him power. The U S was sucking Germany dry, which pissed off Hitler there for him taking a stand. Hitler did blame World War I on the Jewish as well as the world punishing Germany, which I believe is an ever-lasting influence.

World War I, was the war that changed the course of history forever. It changed the shape of Europe. The war not only ended the life of millions of people, but also two of the major empires of Europe. The Great War not only affected Europe but also had a tremendous impact on America's economy, it was one of the factors that inflicted with the Great Depression. Furthermore the biggest consequence of World War I, was Word War II the most destructive war that the modern world has ever seen.