Technology prevented the war from being long

Militarism consisted of an intense increase in production and planning for military operations

Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated

Five weeks before war was declared:

• Austria-Hungary held the Serbian government responsible and made unreasonable demands as an ultimatum

• Serbia tried to meet demands but attempts were rejected with Austria-Hungary cutting off diplomatic relations

• Germany supported Austria-Hungary

• Russia had a secret alliance with Serbia and mobilized on Serbia’s behalf

• Germany demanded that Russia stop with the mobilization to which Russia refused

• Germany declared war on Russia and France and went on to invade Belgium

• England declared war on Germany

• Ottoman Empire joined Germany and Austria-Hungary

Battle of Tannenberg and Battle of Masurian Lakes

• Russia lost two armies in the east

• Russian military had poor leadership and lacked sufficient supplies and training

Trench Warfare

Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria defeated Serbia

1917: “Blackest Year of the War”

• Italy suffered a large defeat and was effectively taken out of the war

• Russians dropped out of the war due to revolutions

• Germans tried to get offensive victory before the U.S. could join the war

During the war, women filled the empty positions in every level of the economy

• Women finally got the right to vote by the end of the war

“Total War”

• Mass civilization populations were involved in the war

A dictatorship was created in France during the war

The war ended in 1919

• Paris Peace Conference (1919)

• Versailles Treaty (1919)

The blame for the war was placed on Germany, meaning that Germany would be punished severely

There were massive casualties from the war

• 10 million soldiers were dead

• 10 million civilians were dead

Habsburg dynasty which had lasted 500 years, was removed from Austria

Romanov dynasty which had lasted 300 years, was removed from Russia

Hohenzollern dynasty which had lasted 300 years, was removed from Germany

The Ottoman Empire which had lasted 500 years, was destroyed

The political map of Europe was redrawn

• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia were on the map

Russian Revolution led to the world’s first communist country