World War I: The Start Of World War I

The start of World War I happened on June 28, 1914, the event that caused the war was when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death. The heir of the Austro- Hungarian Empire assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Over the coming weeks, Austria-Hungary hopes to use this incident to justify setting the problem of Slavic nationalism, Balkans region and for all. (First World…) With the appending war, Russia was in talk to join the Serbians, and Austria-Hungary wanted Germany to join their fight. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum and because the terms of the ultimatum were not all accepted by Serbia, they declared war on July 28. The peace between Europe’s great powers was shattered with German backing Austria-Hungary. Germany let Russia know right away that attacking Austria-Hungary would mean attacking them and a start of the war. …show more content…
In fear of Germany taking over France, Russia urged Great Britain to enter the war, Britain initially declined but, when France and Germany declared war on one another on August third Germany invaded Belgium (a neutral territory), to reach France. Great Britain had no choice to declare war on Germany officially entering the war. Over the coming years, the war grew to include Italy, Japan, the middle east and the United States of America, amongst others. The great war came with the death of over 20 million soldiers. The war left in ruins Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. The great powers split into two distinct fighting powers. The allied powers included France, Great Britain, and Russia. Central powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman