Rishav Majumder Global 10H World War I had caused tremendous instability within nations involved and surrounding.

With Euro e becoming a battle!ield and colonies being combat "ones# there was no idea o! what was to come. With $rance# %ritain# &.'.# Russia allied ()llies*# and Germany# )ustria+Hungary# %ulgaria# ,ttoman Em ire (-entral .owers*# it was total chaos. /he main causes o! World War I began in central Euro e in late 0uly 1112# included many !actors# such as the con!licts and hostility between the great Euro ean owers o! the !our decades leading to war. )lliances# im erialism# nationalism# and militarism were also major causes. /his war had all started a!ter the assassination o! )rchdu3e $ran" $erdinand by a member o! the 'erbian nationalist organi"ation# the %lac3 Hand. /he crisis came a!ter a long and di!!icult series o! di lomatic clashes between the Great .owers over Euro ean and colonial issues in the decade be!ore 1112 that le!t tensions high. /he most immediate cause !or the war was tensions over territory in the %al3ans. )ustria+Hungary com eted with 'erbia and Russia !or territory and in!luence in the region and they ulled the owers into con!lict through alliances and treaties. /he nationalism across Euro e and unresolved issues throughout the alliances also layed a major art in the causes. )!ter the heir to )ustria+Hungary4s throne had been assassinated# the nation had declared war on 'erbia. ,ne a!ter another# each nation declared war on a rival. -hronologically ordered# )ustria+ Hungary declares war on 'erbia# Germany had declared war on Russia and $rance# /he &nited 5ingdom declared war on Germany a!ter the %elgium invasion# )ustria+Hungary declares war on Russia and 'erbia declares war on Germany# and the &.'. .resident Woodrow Wilson announces neutrality. %attles and 3illing occurred constantly !or a constant 6 years# !rom 1112 to 1111. /he %attle o! 7iege# %attle o! $rontiers# %attle o! Mulhouse# Invasion o! 7orraine# 'iege o! 8amur# and more all added to the mayhem and destruction occurring throughout. /he main turning oint came in 1119 a!ter the !ailure o! the 7udendor!! ,!!ensives. ,!!ensives by both sides were !ailing# with huge causalities. /his !ailure let the )llies become aware that the Germans were unable to to win the war on the Western $ront. /he Germans had used all their best troo s and this !ailure bro3e the morale o! the German army. With the %ritish naval bloc3ade the German army and civilian o ulation# they were close to literal starvation. ,ne year later# the global con!lict was over with the /reaty o! :ersailles. Germany had !ormally surrendered on 8ovember 11# 1119 and all nations had agreed to sto !ighting while the terms o! eace were negotiated. /he &nited 'tates did not sign the treaty considering it made Germany ay a high rice as a role o! an aggressor. It led Germany into com lete decline and a need !or a sca egoat !or all its economic con!licts# leading to World War II. /he a!termath o! World War I saw drastic olitical# cultural# and social changes across Euro e# )sia# )!rica# and other areas. $our em ires colla sed due to war# old countries were abolished and new ones !ormed. Germany had ta3en the most serious conse;uences. ,ver a ;uarter o! a million died !rom disease or starvation in the eight month eriod !ollowing the conclusion. /he /reaty o! :ersailles caused this issue and the )llies had su orted it com letely# e<ce t the &.'. 'e arate !rom this# the 1119 !lu andemic occurred. ) virulent new strain o! the !lu !irst observed in the &nited 'tates was accidentally carried to Euro e by in!ected )merican !orces. ,ne in every !our )mericans had contracted the in!luen"a virus. /he disease s read ra idly through the continents. )lso the Russian Revolution o! 111= too lace# where a socialist and o!ten e< licitly -ommunist revolutionary wave occurred in many Euro ean countries !rom 111= onwards. Each individual nation had its own con!licts and was solved sooner or later# or not at all. World War I was a major im act on the societies and !or all involved. 8ations4 recovered slowly> each with their own ace. World War I had soon led to World War II with all the unjust rules Germany had to trail. It was a disastrous eriod# with death and des air become the allies o! each soldier.