Definition of World War I

The First World War was one of the most remembered armed confrontations in the history of mankind and one of the most important that took place during the 20th century. It lasted four years and almost four months, it started in July 1914 and ended in November 1918 and it would be one of the wars involving the largest number of soldiers, since around 70 million military it is estimated that they have participated in it.

The character of the World Cup was marked precisely because it was a war that involved the most powerful nations in the world at that time, on one side were the allies, block consisting of England, Russia and France and on the other side the triple alliance, name that was used to designate the coalition that made up the German Empire, Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy.

Meanwhile, the monumentality of the conflict not only was manifested as we already mentioned in terms of duration, human Resources and nations involved, but also the

violence with which he fought reached levels very high, especially as a consequence of the weapons used that already presented a notable advance in technology. They were approximately nine million fatalities that left this unfortunate military warfare as a balance.

Although there were some earlier issues that made culture to speed up differences, such as imperialism exacerbated by the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is indicated as the main trigger of the war the assassination of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este as the center trigger.
The war between Austria and Serbia and the Russian imprint against Austria and Hungary also influenced the war advance.

Immediately after the assassination, the nations that already had alliances united and gave place to the warlike confrontation that would be extended in the whole world because of the colonies that each power dominated.

The end of the war was marked by the triumph of the forces of the allies and left very important consequences, because on the one hand Powers such as the German, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires fell, events that would radically change the map and the distribution of power in the world.

Issues in World War I