World War 1 Conflict Essay

War. A conflict involving combat, bloodshed, hatred, struggle, and sorrow. The World War One was a war of attrition involving the Allied Powers whom consisted of France, Russia, Great Britain and the United States of America and the Central Powers whom consisted of the German Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Turk Empire. It began in July 28th, 1914 and ended in November 11th, 1918. Four prolonged years which caused over 38 million deaths. World War One started because Serbia wanted to expand but were in control of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The Black Hand which was a serbian terrorist group planned the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. On June 28th, 1914, the Archduke attended a parade and there was a failed attempt to assassinate him. After he evaded the scene he went in a popular sandwich shop. Serbian nationalist Gabrial Princips who was the same shooter who froze, just happened to drive by and saw the opportunity to kill the Archduke and so he did.
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The United States of America had been debating for quite a while on whether or not to declare war on Germany. What made them join the war was the Zimmerman telegram. Germany was trying to send a letter to Mexico by the underground telegrams which stated that if America joined the war, Mexico would attack them before they were ready and after World War One ended, Germany would allow Mexico to take back Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Luckily, Great Britain intercepted the telegram and decoded it. They then sent it out to all of the newspapers, knowing that America would be inflamed. America saw the Zimmerman telegram and was outraged and declared war on Germany on April 6th, 1917. It took America one year to actually get involved in the war because they needed time to train their troops. Once they did though, World War One was a completely different ball