The Events Leading To WWI

Now its 1920, two years after World War I, the war to end all wars has ended. Many know that the war has ended but not much know what caused the war. Many events happened before the outbreak of the war and tensions between the countries increased, until nobody could stand it any longer. Treaties, joining alliance, and crisis happening were common before the war. The 1st Berlin Conference was called in 1878 to divide up the …

…Just as the driver was going to reverse, a man stepped out from the crowd and shot at the Archduke and his wife. Both died soon afterward. One month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. War may have ended for a period of time, but the bitter feelings from the war still remain the same in our mind. Each country in the war sacrificed a lot of men but in return gained nothing.