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Though peace lasted for 30 years, there were many developments that would lead to war.

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Throughout the 20th century, there was widespread nationalism, or national pride. This can unify a country, but can lead to intense competiition among nations.

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Due to the mass imperialism of large empires, there was also fierce competition.

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Mistrust and rivalries led to alliances that would lead to war.

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Bismarck created the triple alliance to snuff out France's chances between Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Italy, Russia would soon follow, but pull out

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Wilhelm II forced Bismarck to resign, and let the treaty with Russia lapse, Russia then allied with France, soon England would follow after seeing Germany rivaling them in naval power.

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Due to the diversity of ethnicities, and the rise of nationalism, it had become the Powder keg of Europe.

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The Ottoman Empire was in decline, many states attempted to break away, Serbia eventually did and was driven to take over all slavic regions in the area, Russia supported, but Austria in an attempt to prevent slavic rebellions annexed Bosnia. Tensions between Serbian and Austria were high, this would be what led to the event that sparked World War 1

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On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were on a state trip to Bosnia, in Sarajevo they were assasinated by Gavrilo Princep, A serbian who was part of the Black Hand, a secret society commited to getting Austria out of Bosnia.

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Russia mobilizes on Austro-Hungary border, Germany declares war, Triple entente joins the fight against central powers.

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Japan takes side of the allies, Italy soon leaves Germany to join allies, the triple entente, which should now be quintuple entente, fight against Germany and Ausria-Hungary.

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The Summer of 1914, the regions of france became deadlocked.

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Facing war in the east and west, the Germans had a plan, the Schleiffen plan, troops would win France, then rush to the east to fight Russia, because of a surprise attack by the allies, the Scheiffen plan failed.

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WW1 would also begim the use of trench warfare, this is when soldiers fight from trenches that were often unsanitary, many died due to disease, many others went insane due to shell shock

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The battle on the eastern front / Early fighting

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The battle on the eastern front / Early fighting

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Men were being sent in the millions to the eastern front, Germany soon would crush the invading Russian army, then would be push out Austria-Hungry.

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Russia still had yet to industrialize, leading to shortages in supply and food, but not men, their numbers would be restocked due to enormous human capital and would subdue hundreds of thousands of German troops invading.

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Combatants looked beyond Europe, but nothing that was done would end the war.

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The allies belived that they could win Gallipoli and establish a line of supply to Russia, but this led to only another stalemate. After 1/4 million deaths, the allies gave up.

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Europen outposts abroad would be under attack, Japan would seize islands from Germany and outposts from China. English and French troops would seize control of 3 German land in Africa.

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In 1917, war shifte to the high seas, ships approaching Britain would be sunk without warning, they would stop after pressure from the U.S., but would return, after 3 Amrican ships were sunk and a telegram interception threatening to retake land won from Mexico, America would enter the war.

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Because of the war and lives lost, civilians would be affected by it too.

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WWI would become a total war, governments would devote all resources to the war effort, wartime government and policies would take over economies and all able bodied civilians would be put to work.

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Women would be put to work where men would commonly be, this would lead to the change in views of what women were capable of.

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America joining led to the balance of power being tilted to the allies.

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Russia withdraws/ Central powers collapse

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Russia withdraws/ Central powers collapse

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Russia being brutally beaten by Germany and shortages in supplies due to the war led to Czar Nicholas to institute a provisional government, but then would face a Communist Revolution. The Central powers would also be beaten to submission by the allies and an armistace was signed on 11/11/1918

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Many counries were represented, the Major decicons were made by the U.S. France, Italy and Britain. Russia and Germany and it allies were not present.

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In order to make and maintain peace, to do this it would strip Germany bare, Germany would lose vast territories, be forced to pay for the war and have its military reduced to a fraction, the former territories of Germany would be maintained by the post-war super power, The League of Nations.

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The regions of Austro-Hungary and Germany would be split into nations, such as Austria, Hungary, Czechloslovakia, and the mess known os the Balkans, most would join with Serbia and create Yugoslavia. much of what is know as the middle east were regions of Ottoman Empire, Regions of Russia would become the nations of eastern Europe as well as Finland and Estonia.

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The treaty of Versailles did very little, Ferdinand Foch,  A French General once said  "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years." U.S. became the world superpower and belived the best way to keep peace was to stay out of European affairs. The treaty was done so haphazardly that it would be one of any things that would set WW2 into motion