History - World War I

War

A state of armed conflict between states or societies.

Characteristics of war

Extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality

Absence of war

Peace

Warfare

Common activities and characteristics of types of war

Beginning of WWI

July 28th 1914

End of WWI

November 11th 1918

Casualties of WWI

9 million combatants

7 million civilians

Alliances in WWI

Allies

Central Powers

Composition of the allied powers

France

Great Britain

Italy

United States

Composition of the central powers

Austria-Hungary

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Bulgaria

Germany

Ottoman Empire

Nations who joined the allies

Italy, Japan, United States

Nations who joined the central powers

Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Trigger for WWI

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

First declaration of war

Austro-Hungarians to Serbia

Joining of the Ottoman Empire to the Central Powers

November 1914

Joining of Italy to the allies and Bulgaria to the central powers

1915

Joining of Romania to the allies

1916

Joining of the United States to the allies

1917

Causes of WWI

Mutual Defense Alliances

Imperialism

Militarism

Nationalism

Countries involved in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Allied Powers and Germany

Date of signage of the Treaty of Versailles

June 28 1919

Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Required Germany to compensate for the losses of the allied nations by giving territory and paying repairs

Countries involved in the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Allied Powers and Republic of Austria

Date of signage of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

September 10 1919

Terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Refrain Austria from seeking political and territorial union without the assent of the League of Nations

Countries involved in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly-Sur-Seine

Bulgaria and Allied Powers

Date of signage of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine

End of WWI

Terms of the Treaty of Neuilly-Sur-Seine

Bulgaria must reduce its army and pay 100 million pounds to the Allies

Countries involved in the signing of the Treaty of Trianon

Hungary and Allied Powers

Terms of the Treaty of Trianon

Delimitation of Hungarian frontiers

Date of signage of the Treaty of Trianon

June 4 1920

Countries involved in the signing of the Treaty of Sevres

Ottoman Empire and Britain, France, Italy

Date of signage of the Treaty of Sevres

August 10 1920