History

History

Introduction

The First World War is a military conflict that took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. Considered one of the highlights of the 20th century, this war sometimes called the total has reached a scale and intensity previously unknown. It has involved more soldiers , caused more deaths and more destruction of property than any other previous war. More than 60 million soldiers took part. During the war, about 9 million people died and about 20 million are injured . Other events that occurred during this period: the Armenian genocide ( one thousand nine hundred fifteen - one thousand nine hundred and sixteen ), the first Battle of the Atlantic ( 1917 ), the Russian Revolution (1917) and the 1918 flu increased the distress of the people. For these reasons, this time a profound impact those who lived it.

This war has brought profound changes geopolitical , which have profoundly changed the course of the 20th century. It caused the collapse and fragmentation of empires the Austro-Hungarian , Russian and Ottoman . The German Empire is gone, and Germany saw its territory reduced. Consequently, the maps of Europe and the Middle East have changed. The monarchies have been replaced by state communists or by republican democracy . For the first time, an international institution was created in order to prevent war: the League of Nations . The spark that caused the war occurred on 28 June 1914 , when Bosnian Serbs managed to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand , heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The requirements of vengeance of Austria-Hungary (strongly encouraged by Germany) against the Kingdom of Serbia led to the activation of a series of alliances that forced several European powers to take the path of war. Many of these nations were at the head of empire spanning several continents, which accounts for the global conflict.

Economic Situation

The concerns are economic. Although each country develops its economy, the economic rivalry between Germany and France increased from 1912. The great German industrial power worries the European states, as German products flood the British and French markets. The economic rivalry (a) helped add to the overall climate between the two states and, hence, facilitate rupture. The Germans, they are concerned about the economic and population growth of Russian power that leads them to believe they would be unable to resist him in a few years, so they may want to provoke a conflict before it's too late. The Franco-German antagonism also draws its strength from the idea of revenge and a return to the motherland of the lost provinces of Alsace-Lorraine where the resistance is strong in Germany. Antagonism also feeds the fear felt by the French before the population growth of Germany, while France is experiencing a population decline lasting. Finally, the Emperor William II is highly influenced by the mid-Prussian officers, which guarantees the stability of the empire, all crowned with success of its mid 19th century and has shaped the face of German Unity Austria ...