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THE CAUSES
European expansionism and American and Japanese economic interests created many contrasts between the nations: Russia and Austria competed for the balkans. France wanted to reconquer Alsatia and Lorraine.The growing strenght of Germany had begun to create concern in Britain. -
THE BREAK OUT
When the heir to the Austrian throne , Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a Serbian student in Sarajevo, Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia and France went to Serbia's aid. -
THE COMING OF ENGLAND
When Germany invaded neutral Belgium in order to attack France, also Britain intervened against Austria and Germany. -
THE VICTIMS
Later Japan declared war on Germany. Italy entered the war in 1915 fighting togheter with the Triple Entente. Submarines , airplanes, poisonus gas were used in the war, causing thousands of victims. -
EVENTS IN 1917
In 1917 the Russian army retreated as a consequence of the Bolshevik Revolution and the United States entered the war in support of the Allied Forces, after Germany had launched submarine Attacks on American ships. -
THE END OF THE WAR
At the end of the first world war the victorious nations took part in a post war summit in Paris. As Germany and Austria were considered responsible for the war, they were excluded from the summit
