WWI

WWI The protracted, horrific carnage executed during the First World War forever changed the course of events and mentality of the twentieth century. The war was expected to last for weeks or for months, like all previous wars had lasted; however this war had devolved into a prolonged stalemate where millions upon millions of lives were lost. Why this war took place is not an easy an easy question. Many believe that the war had started because of the murder of Prince Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Duchess Sophie von Chotkova. Many are under the false assumption that this alone was what the primary reason as to why the war had broken out. It is safe to believe that this event was in fact something that fed fuel to a fire that was burning due to other more serious issues as it sort of worked as a catalyst in the beginning. In order to better understand WWI and the reasons behind it taking place, an accurate account of the circumstances leading to war requires a concise analysis of several key areas some going as far back as the 1800’s. Four of the war, nationalism, germany, great, britain, time, nations, hand, france, back, wanted, support, powers, powerful, order, one, military, imperialism, however, especially, economic, country, countries, control, because, world, wars, under, twentieth, turn, sparked, something, smaller, revolution, reasons