{mosimage}World War I also called the, “Great War”, began July 28^th 1914. It began with a joint treaty between Austria and Hungary which declared war on Serbia. World War I became a global war which involved many nations.

It began in Europe and swiftly spread all over the world. Many countries joined the war during its first months and others joined in subsequent months or years later. On July 19^th 1918 Honduras and Germany joined in the war effort. The fundamental cause of World War I was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austrian-Hungarian, the inheritor of Habsburg throne, on the 28^th of June n 1914. The Austria-Hungarians opted to grab the prospect in an attempt to stamp its influence upon the Serbians. Devastating the nationalist protest movement there and reinforcing Austria-Hungary’s authority in the Balkans. An ultimatum was issued which demanded the assassins be passed with judicial integrity which was strongly disregarded by the Serbian government. Rejection of judicial integrity ultimately leads, to the start of the civil war. Serbia which had good relations with Russia called to them for aid in the squirmish. Russia came forward to assist Serbia as was expected. Austrian-Hungarian government sought the help from their supporter Germany, which enraged Russia to declare war on Austria-Hungary. It was at this time that France, Britain, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, the United States, Japan, and Italy came forward to take a serious part in the war.{mosimage}

World War I included almost every European country and each one took an active part in this historical point in time. Germany was the most responsible for initiating World War I. Germany enraged alliances and militarism in Europe. Germany always felt they were superior to any other nations.

World War I changed the face of the world forever. What started out as a squirmish between to fractions became an event which was globally devastating. Some nations remained unaffected and unharmed by the War involvement and others were completely devastated. With millions of soldiers and civilians from all nations involved lost a lesson should have been learnt. With that in mind it is said my many that history repeats itself unless those involved learn a valuable lesson. It has also been proven that World War I educated the world about nothing because a more devastating war broke out in 1940 which was called World War II.