The Causes and Effects of World War I

World War I was a military conflict from 1914 to 1918. It began as a local European war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914. It was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on August 1, 1914 and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations. Twenty - eight of these nations, known as the Allies and the Associated Powers, and including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States, opposed the …showed first 75 words of 1746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1746 total…the blockade was stifling to power of resistance, so the Germans had no choice but to sign. And at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the war came to an end. Bibliography Hart, Captain Sir Basil Liddell. (1984). The Marshall Cavendish illustrated encyclopedia of World War I. New York: Marshall Cavendish. Horne, Alistair. (1970). Death of a Generation. New York: American Heritage Press. Microsoft Encarta 96 (1996). [CD - ROM Disk]. Microsoft Corporation.