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Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was part of the Treaty of Versailles and used “Fourteen Points” to negotiate it. He also is credited to creating the League of Nations. He was unable to get the US Senate to ratify membership though. Wilson tried to keep the US out of the war, but he relented and decided to join in when countless US ships were sunk all over the Atlantic Ocean due to a German U-boat campaign. Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920. -
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination was considered to be the catalyst for being the First World War. He was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. He was a Slavophile that favored a federation that would replace the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He and his wife, Sophie, were murdered in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist. -
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Winston Churchill
For over 50 years, Winston Churchill was an admired political figure during and even after the First World War. He was made First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911. -
New Machine Guns
Perhaps the most significant technological advance during World War I was the improvement of the machine gun.hey also developed air-cooled machine guns for airplanes and improved those used on the ground, making them lighter and easier to move. The weapon’s full potential was demonstrated on the Somme battlefield in July 1916 when German machine guns killed or wounded almost 60,000 British soldiers in only one day. -
Germany
After the assassination, Austria declared war on Serbia. A few days later, Germany declared war on Russia, then in France. Finally, the United States entered the war against Germany on April 6, 1917. -
France
After the assassination, Austria declared war on Serbia. A few days later, Germany declared war on Russia, then in France. The countries of Britain, France, and Germany all wanted to sell their products to foreign countries. Several times Britain and France had been in strong arguments with Germany over markets in Africa. Europe was divided into two groups who were hostile to each other. -
Austria-Hungary
The first World War began as a local war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in 1914. Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a Serb on June 28, 1914. After the assassination, Austria declared war on Serbia. -
Chemical Warfare
first appeared when the Germans used poison gas during a surprise attack in Flanders, Belgium. All sides used gas frequently by 1918. At first, gas was just released from large cylinders and carried by the wind into nearby enemy lines. Later, phosgene and other gases were loaded into artillery shells and shot into enemy trenches. -
Italy
Italy had formed an alliance with the Central Powers of the German Empire and the Empire of the Austria-Hungary in the Triple Alliance. ... In 1915, Italy signed the secret Treaty of London and came into the war on the side of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia). -
Bulgaria
Secretly courted by both sides in World War I as a potential ally in the tumultuous Balkan region, Bulgaria eventually decided in favor of the Central Powers. This decision was desirable not only for economic reasons, as the latter two countries were Bulgaria’s chief partners in trade, but also as a way for the country to defend itself against the aggression of Serbia, the Russian ally and major power in the Balkans that Radoslavov considered to be his country’s “greatest foe.” -
Airplanes
products of the new technology were primarily made of canvas, wood, and wire. At first, they were used only to observe enemy troops. As their effectiveness became apparent, both sides shot planes down with artillery from the ground and with rifles, pistols, and machine guns from other planes. -
U.S.A
America had tried to keep out of World War One – though she had traded with nations involved in the war – unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced by the Germans on January 9th, 1917, was the primary issue that caused Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. Days later the U.S.A entered WW1.