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"The War to End All Wars” Was called The Great War till the second World War.
It was fought from 1914-1918 in Europe. MAIN causes of WWI: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
Allied powers: France, British Empire, Russia, Japan, Italy, United States -
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Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium. France invades Alsace. British forces arrive in France. Nations allied against Germany were eventually to include Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, Romania, Greece, France, Belgium, United States, Canada, Serbia, India, Portugal, Montenegro, and Poland.
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Germany begins the attack on Verdun.
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The battle lasted for 302 days, the longest and one of the most costly in human history. In 2000, Hannes Heer and Klaus Naumann calculated that the French suffered 377,231 casualties and the Germans 337,000, a total of 714,231, an average of 70,000 a month. In 2014, William Philpott wrote of 976,000 casualties in 1916 and 1,250,000 in the vicinity during the war.
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Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare halted after the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles.
