diff --git a/history/events/world-war-1.md b/history/events/world-war-1.md index 054dc76..90d5d98 100644 --- a/history/events/world-war-1.md +++ b/history/events/world-war-1.md @@ -1,3 +1,35 @@ # First World War -Gosh, this sure was important. Maybe someone should add a page here? +### Causes + +- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand +- Naval arms race between Germany and the United Kingdom +- French Revanchism over Alsace-Lorraine + +### Important details + +Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria) v. Triple Entente (UK, France, Russia) + +Lasted from July 28th, 1914, ended November 11th, 1918 + +War in the West quickly devolves into Trench Warfare + +Battle of the Marne, 1914, German Army stopped North-East of Paris + +Battle of Verdun, 1916 + +U.S joins Entente in 1917 + +Bolshevik Revolution, 1917. Soviet Russia signs peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers + +November 11th, 1918, Armstice at Compiegne, Germany agrees to end of War + +First war with gas warfare used + +Tanks invented to break stalemate + +### Aftermath + +Treaty of Versailles, borders of Europe redrawn + +Collapse of Monarchies, e.g. Russian Empire, German Empire, Ottoman Empire