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World
War I (WWI or WW1), also
known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war
that lasted from 1914 to 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it
led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million
Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.
It is also one of the
deadliest conflicts in history,
with an estimated 9 million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war,
while resulting genocides and the related 1918
influenza pandemic caused another 17–100 million deaths worldwide.
On 28
June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian
Serb Yugoslav nationalist, assassinated the
Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo,
leading to the July Crisis.
In response, on 23 July, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia.
Serbia's reply failed to satisfy the Austrians, and the two moved to a war
footing.
The
war began on 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia following the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo.
A
network of interlocking alliances enlarged the crisis from a bilateral issue in
the Balkans
to one involving most of Europe. The conflict, which became known as the Great
War, was fought between two groups: the Triple Alliance – initially made up of
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; and the Triple Entente - made up of Great
Britain, France and Russia (Italy changed sides and joined the Allies in 1915).
The United States of America entered the war in 1917.
The
First World War ended on 11 November 1918 when the Allies and Germany signed a
ceasefire, or 'armistice’
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