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Treaty of Versailles, peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919; it took force on January 10, 1920.

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The League of Nations, 1920. The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disput

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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

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Trench warfare reached its highest development on the Western Front during World War I (1914–18), when armies of millions of men faced each other in a line of trenches extending from the Belgian coast through northeastern France to Switzerland. ... British troops in a trench on the Western Front during World War I.

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The Home Front during World War One refers to life in Britain during the war itself. The Home Front saw a massive change in the role of women, rationing, the bombing of parts of Britain by the Germans (the first time civilians were targeted in war), conscientious objectors and strikes by discontented workers.

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The Impact and Effects of WW1 on America were envisioned in a famous quote by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1917 President Wilson predicted: ... The United States emerged from the war as a world military and industrial leader.

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main reasons for the war and why u.s entered 

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main reasons for the war and why u.s entered 

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The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalistterrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.

On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight inWorld War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral

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MARNE 1914. This decisive battle on 6 September 1914 stopped the Germans winning the war in one swift strike. ...

YPRES 1915. The second battle of Ypres in April 1915 (the first was in August 1914) was the only major German attack of the year. ...

VERDUN 1916. ...

SOMME 1916. ...

PASSCHENDAELE 1917. ...

AMIENS 1918.

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Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Nicholas was the last Czar of the Russian empire, succeeded his father in 1894. ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. ...

Premier Georges Clemenceau of France. ...

Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain. ...

President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. ...

Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin of Russia.

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British Empire had the largest empire by far in 1914. German Empire in terms of military, the German Empire was likely the strongest of its time. United States, the U.S was extremely weakly before WWII. The army was made of 10,000 volunteers, the navy was a joke. French Empire, France took a great part of Africa out in 1914, although most of the land they claimed are dessert. Russian Empire, the Russians had established the largest country the world had ever seen, dominating lands from north east Asia to Eastern Europe.

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The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a Serb on June 28, 1914.