World War 1: A History From Beginning to End
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World War One was one of the bloodiest wars in modern history. At its end, it had claimed over seventeen million lives. It led to the collapse of nations, the abdication of monarchies and ended empires. Entire divisions of men perished in the pursuit of mere miles of uninhabitable wasteland––towns were pulverized and millions displaced. It became a horrendous war of attrition, each side competing to kill as many of their foe as possible.
Inside you will read about...
✓ 1914 - Blood Is Spilled
✓ 1915 - The Dawn Of The Industrialized War
✓ 1916 - Unrelenting Bloodshed
✓ 1917 - Revolution, Revelation and Catastrophe
✓ 1918 - The Great War At An End
It became the first industrialized war in history and introduced revolutionary technology into the fray. The Airplane, the Tank and the Machine Gun first saw action collectively during the conflict. It was also the first war in which poison gas was used to choke young men out of their trenches.
This book is a timeline account of the important events that shaped the First World War. It details the events and causes that led the world to war. This book covers the milestone moments, important battles, and how the outcome changed the world forever.
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World War 1 - Henry Freeman
Introduction
The First World War, known at the time as The Great War
, was a four-year conflict that spanned the globe––involving thirty-two countries in total. It was an unforeseen war that resulted from a series of calamities that broke the delicate arrangement of European powers, and ended with the loss of over eleven million military personnel and seven million civilians.
What had started as a diplomatic feud brought on by the assassination of a monarch erupted into a conflict that engulfed the world and changed the map of Europe - forever.
The war brought about revolution; it ended empires, dissolved monarchies and led to the development of war machines that play a crucial role in the modern conflicts of today.
It was thought at the time that the war wouldn’t last more than a few months, and that victory would be won easily and without much cost. However as the months turned into years and the war spread like hell-fire, it scorched Europe and surrounding continents. Entire cities were leveled, genocides were committed and exploited for strategic advantage, and all sides were hit with immense losses.
The war quickly became one of attrition, with mass slaughter the strategy and marginal gains the result. It was a new war being fought with old tactics, an industrialized grinding machine that ended the lives of so many.
Follow now as we explore one of the darkest and deadliest periods in modern history––the First World War.
Chapter One
1914 - Blood Is Spilled
The precarious geography of Europe in 1914 was a considerable, and inevitable, catalyst for agitation. On the outset of war, the continent was split by powerful nations and congealed into opposing alliances that faced each other with strong militaristic and industrial vigor.
Europe was divided into two major alliances: The Triple Entente
, an Anglo-Russian agreement between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Triple Alliance
, which was formed of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy.
Prior to the beginning of the twentieth century, Europe had been in a state of total conflict. A great number of wars had been fought to secure land, expand borders and form new countries.
By 1871, the nation of Germany was in its infancy. It had grown from a confederation of German states into an overbearing empire, having massively expanded its industrial and colonial interests.
In 1879, Germany––with a desire for further European and Baltic expansion––took advantage of the waning Austro-Hungarian Empire and formed a Dual Alliance
to protect against possible Russian aggression in the Baltic regions.
In 1882, Italy, fearing conflict with France after the latter took colonial territory from her in Tunisia, signed the Triple Alliance agreement with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Italy’s allegiance to its previous enemy, Austria-Hungary, was met with some incredulity from the Italian public.
The agreement promised the protection of each nation if they were to be attacked by antagonist empires. The Triple Alliance agreement was renewed in 1887, 1907 and 1912. However, in 1902, Italy made a secret pact with France––promising to remain neutral if Germany provoked France. The flimsy agreement of the Triple Alliance had started to falter.
Germany, with an agenda for supporting Austria-Hungary in acquiring land in the Baltic region, fancied itself as the successor to the Austro-Hungarian Empire as it