World War 1: A History From Beginning to End

by Henry Freeman

World War I

World War 1 was one of the bloodiest wars in modern history. At its end, it had claimed over seventeen million lives. It led to the collapse of nations, the abdication of monarchies and ended empires. Entire divisions of men perished in the pursuit of mere miles of uninhabitable wasteland –– towns were pulverized and millions displaced. It became a horrendous war of attrition, each side competing to kill as many of their foe as possible.

Inside you will read about...
✓ 1914 - Blood is spilled
✓ 1915 - The dawn of the industrialized war
✓ 1916 - Unrelenting bloodshed
✓ 1917 - Revolution, revelation and catastrophe
✓ 1918 - The great war at an end

It became the first industrialized war in history and introduced revolutionary technology into the fray. The airplane, the tank and the machine gun first saw action collectively during the conflict. It was also the first war in which poison gas was used to choke young men out of their trenches.

This book is a timeline account of the important events that shaped the First World War. It details the events and causes that led the world to war. This book covers the milestone moments, important battles, and how the outcome changed the world forever.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, War, World War I, Military Fiction, World History, Military History

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2016

About the author

Henry Freeman is an author and archaeologist. He has a passion for history and loves to travel the world exploring various historical sites.

Henry graduated from the University of Cambridge with a double major in History and Archaeology and shortly after that started his career as an archaeologist.

After traveling the world getting first-hand experience with history, Henry was determined to take up his dream of becoming a best-selling author.

He decided to partner up with the newly formed publishing company Hourly History writing short, concise and straightforward history books that never takes more than one hour to read.

Reviews

[Sumit RK · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book intends to give a brief summary of the First World War, so I did not expect much going in and to that extent it delivers. However, while this book covers all key battles of the War, it was very poorly put together. The narration keeps moving from the western front to the eastern front to the Middle East abruptly. I also hope, they could have focused more on key Battles of Somme & Verdun. But unfair to except much details in just 50 pages. So, Overall a good read. 2.5/5

[Muthuanand · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief account on World War 1.

[Udit Nair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast paced read to give an overview of world war one.

[Tamas Kanti Garai · Rating 2 out of 5]

A nice book for an overall idea of WWI, but the main problem of this book is that it contains not a single map. Without map, how can one understand the war strategy and everything about tactics. I had to Google some maps for better understanding, and I must say maps should be included in its future editions.

I got a website which will help readers in better understanding this book by 40 maps with some description, I am leaving the link here: https://www.vox.com/a/world-war-i-maps

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got this as a free e-book download, so I figured what the heck, I'll try it. Turns out, it is just about what you'd expect from a 50-page "history" of...well, anything: a list of events. First this happened. Then that happened. Next, this other thing happened. Yes, the events presented are all important aspects of the First World War. And yes, all of these events are laid out in a pretty cohesive chronological order. But they are never covered in any detail; they are seldom put into any kind of context; and there are few if any relationships drawn between even the most significant events. But at 50 pages, there just isn't room for any of that , is there? And I knew that going in, so I can't really judge it too harshly. It is what it purports to be: the Cliff Notes for World War I. You won't learn anything substantive about the war, but if you need a super-quick crash course on the war in general, you could do worse this "history". If nothing else, the passages, brief as they may be, are at least well written.

[Dr Rashmit Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doing a little research on both the wars , so got hold of this one for free on prime reading . Considering it was a short novella , i had low expectations but this was actually well laid out and was a good read. Succinct , to the point and well detailed .

[Sudeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Very informative and gives all the important highlights of the war.

[Troy Parfitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is free, so thank you to the writer. It reads sort of like a high school textbook, only the view is broader and there are no sources or activities. The story is so interesting, it'd be hard to go wrong, but Mr. Freeman should have gotten an editor. There are several mistakes (for example, the past tense of sink is sank, not sunk) and the style is clunky and mechanical. Some of the chapter titles are dreadful. But if you overlook the writing, the book provides a decent overview of the war. And, as I said, it's free.

Troy Parfitt is the author of Why China Will Never Rule the World and War Torn: Adventures in the Brave New Canada.

[SignesBookCorner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love reading these at bedtime. Easy and fast way to get knowledge about various subjects. This edition made me understand ww1 better for sure.

[Spanishliz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Attempts to be a brief overview of a complex subject, and in so doing makes numerous errors. (e.g. refers to the Balkans as the Baltics, gets the date of Jutland wrong, calls Dogger Bank "Dodder" Bank, proclaims that all British pilots were called Aces...) Please don't give this to any young people to read, it won't help them with their studies.

[The Conch · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to know about world war 1, and kindle offers me this one free. So, why to waste the chance. The real reason is to win the Goodread challenge;)

[Young Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read: Pr'ett-y en-/ in-form'at-ive/ -if ur'/ wr'itten in same-b'ur/ simple English

It is a good read, pretty informative written in simple English.

However, the biggest reason this book can’t be rated 4- or 5-star one is that there are so many editorial issues found throughout pages: Should have studied more on the author's part, while more prudent work should have been carried out on the editor's part.

(Kindle Ed. p. 48)
...A new conflict was about to echo the first, and what had been learned was to be utilized once more in another horrendous war.

Funny: The first phrase is great, but the other's wrong; politically the Second World War (the later round of the 3rd Global War of Powershift and Hegemony) could not be explained without the First World War (the earlier round of the 3rd GWPH), but when it came to the military tactics the second (sequent) one was now a totally different type of warfare. Both the sides used the tactics of blitzkrieg and occupied the vast lands of the opponents for a while, which was totally “opposite” to the ones of the fore/ p're[vi'ous]/ fir[st] conflict.

All-in-all, this book is a well-written one in a clear chronological order of the e-vents/ -winds.

The book’s not complete, but anyway, com-pared to other “con-vent'ion-al” studies of the Great War, which had only focused on the European battle fr'onts, this book is definitely a better one.

Here's the full review for you :)

[Carolina Casas · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best short intro for WWI

WWI or "the Great War'" was regarded as the war to end all wars but in truth, it was a messy conflict which left the world stunned, disillusioned and paved the way for a new industry and a terrifying conflict which is still engraved in memory. I debated whether I should give it four or five stars since it quickly glossed over the Russian Revolution by not emphasizing on the horrors of the Bolsheviks in contrast to the remarked abuses of the Central Powers and the Entente. But I decided to go with five stars because it was a straightforward and fairly objective breakdown of this global conflict. Furthermore, it emphasizes that to this day, the nature of this conflict and the disenfranchised veterans and survivors of this war were left with a bleak view of reality. This was a war to which its contemporaries didn't find a moral at the end of the story. Moreover, the end created a void that was filled with resentment because of the restrictions placed on the losing side and the number of casualties from all the countries involved.

[Brian Pollard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative

I had a basic knowledge but it's now better organised.....excellent and quick way to expand understanding or provide basic knowledge.

[Arunayan Sharma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some unknown facts about World War 1 are unfolded through this book. Useful to know at a glance of first World War.

[Dr.J.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

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World War 1: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman.
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Succinct, and yet very well summed, introduction:-

""The First World War, known at the time as “The Great War”, was a four-year conflict that spanned the globe––involving thirty-two countries in total.

" It was an unforeseen war that resulted from a series of calamities that broke the delicate arrangement of European powers, and ended with the loss of over eleven million military personnel and seven million civilians.

"What had started as a diplomatic feud brought on by the assassination of a monarch erupted into a conflict that engulfed the world and changed the map of Europe - forever. The war brought about revolution; it ended empires, dissolved monarchies and led to the development of war machines that play a crucial role in the modern conflicts of today.

"It was thought at the time that the war wouldn’t last more than a few months, and that victory would be won easily and without much cost. However as the months turned into years and the war spread like hell-fire, it scorched Europe and surrounding continents. Entire cities were leveled, genocides were committed and exploited for strategic advantage, and all sides were hit with immense losses.""
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"On the outset of war, the continent was split by powerful nations and congealed into opposing alliances that faced each other with strong militaristic and industrial vigor.

"Europe was divided into two major alliances: The “Triple Entente”, an Anglo-Russian agreement between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the “Triple Alliance”, which was formed of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy."

"By 1871, the nation of Germany was in its infancy. It had grown from a confederation of German states into an overbearing empire, having massively expanded its industrial and colonial interests.

"In 1879, Germany––with a desire for further European and Baltic expansion––took advantage of the waning Austro-Hungarian Empire and formed a “Dual Alliance” to protect against possible Russian aggression in the Baltic regions.

"In 1882, Italy, fearing conflict with France after the latter took colonial territory from her in Tunisia, signed the Triple Alliance agreement with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Italy’s allegiance to its previous enemy, Austria-Hungary, was met with some incredulity from the Italian public."

"In opposition, The Franco-Russian Alliance, signed in 1894, was an agreement that promised that if either nation were to be attacked by a member of the Triple Alliance, each would aid its ally in defense. The treaty also stipulated that should any member of the Triple Alliance begin mass mobilization of its military, France and Russia would respond in kind."

"The “Entente Cordiale” put an end to centuries of aggression between the two countries and settled significant differences. Meanwhile, the “Anglo-Russian Entente” was a treaty agreed in 1907 between Great Britain and Russia. It settled British and Russian animosities surrounding control of countries in Persia, Mesopotamia and Asia."
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"To this day, there’s still a debate among historians as to which of a plethora of possible events led to the outbreak of the First World War. The most commonly agreed cause, and perhaps the most seismic event, was the assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary.

"On June 28th, 1914, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Duchess Sophie Chotek of Austria, were assassinated whilst on a state visit to Sarajevo, in Austro-Hungarian Bosnia. The assassin was a nineteen-year-old nationalist: Gavrilo Princip."

"Princip was with seven other would-be assassins that day who also resented the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and dreamt of a free and independent Serbia and a greater kingdom uniting all Slavs––which became Yugoslavia.

"Though there’s no doubt that these men, Princip included, acquired their weapons and training in Belgrade, Serbia, history has ruled out any official involvement by the Serbian government in the assassination of the Arch Duke. Nonetheless, Austria-Hungary declared that Serbia was complicit in the assassination and held it accountable.

"On the 5th of July, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the emperor of Germany, signed what became known as Germany’s “Blank Cheque”. He promised full solidarity with Austria-Hungary, even if they declared war on Serbia. The Kaiser decreed that Germany wouldn’t yield in its support of Austro-Hungarian aggression into Serbia, even if it resulted in conflict with Russia.

"The Hungarian Prime Minister István Tisza, whose approval, among others, was required in order to launch an attack on Serbia, was highly skeptical of any action that could incur the military might of Russia. Instead, he and other Austro-Hungarian leaders elected to issue Serbia an ultimatum. The intention of some was to demand that the ultimatum be so damaging, so humiliating and punishing that Serbia would have no option but to reject it, thus leading to the war that some Austro-Hungarian politicians intently craved.

"The ultimatum was tantamount to the loss of Serbian sovereignty to Austria-Hungary. Serbia rejected the impossible ultimatum on the 25th of July, thirty-seven days after the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand. Three days later on July 28th, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, though it took some time before she fully mobilized her forces along the border."

"In a final effort to avert all-out war across Europe, Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, proposed peace talks between all sides. However his plea was rejected by Kaiser Wilhelm. War looked inevitable."

"Germany insisted that Belgium provide passage of German troops through her borders. The plan exercised by Germany, known as “The Schlieffen Plan”, was to flank the French forces mobilized along the border by entering Belgium and circling behind the French front, then after what was planned to be a quick defeat, Germany would withdraw vast swaths of her military to meet the Russians.

"The Treaty of London, signed in 1839, was an agreement brokered by Great Britain between the major nations of Europe, guaranteeing Belgium’s neutrality and sovereignty after she broke away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Schlieffen Plan, that had been in development for nine years prior to the war, ignored Belgium's neutrality and was considered an act of war. Britain demanded that Germany cease her march into Belgium and withdraw. On the 4th of August, after Germany ignored the demands to halt the incursion, Britain declared war on Germany."
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"The first significant battle at sea took place on the 28th of August, when a British naval squadron sunk three German cruisers off the coast of Helgoland. The British had a superior navy, and were able to enforce a blockade in the North Sea. The aim was to prevent supplies from reaching the Central Powers (The remaining members of the Triple Alliance). The blockade lasted from 1914 until 1919, when it was lifted eight months after armistice."

"On the 5th of September, British and French forces halted their retreat and held ground at the Marne River to prevent the German incursion from reaching Paris. The following day, the Germans caught up with the Allied forces and the Battle of the Marne began. The Allied efforts succeeded in preventing the advancing German force from reaching Paris, and pushed them back towards the border––but at the combined cost of over half a million men from each side.

"In the weeks that followed, Allied and Central Powers began a “Race to the Sea”, an attempt by both sides to gain ground in unoccupied territory along the French northern flank. There were a total of twelve battles fought during this time, culminating at the Battle of Ypres. From that point, both Allied and Central Powers began a new tactic by which to hold and gain ground: trench-warfare."

"Both sides dug trenches that stretched from the Channel to Switzerland. The vast trench networks, which ran approximately three hundred fifty and miles, formed the Western Front."

”On the Eastern Front, German forces began using chemical weapons––a new device of death designed to bring a more resolute and quick ending to battles.

"The Germans unleashed xylyl bromide on the Russian forces at the Battle of Bolimów, but the attack backfired when the wind blew the chemical back over German lines. Luckily for the German forces, a combination of cold weather and the primitive concentration of the deadly mist prevented the xylyl bromide from doing too much harm. In reaction to the failed chemical assault, the Germans called off the attack.

"The Battle of Bolimów preluded the more successful German assault that was launched on February the 7th, which became known as The Second Battle of the Masurian Lake. Field Marshal von Hindenburg led the Central forces in an attack, which wiped out over two hundred thousand Russian soldiers and secured German victory."

"The Ottoman Empire began the annexation of up to a million Armenians from its Turkish regions––leading to the Armenian Genocide. The Armenians had suffered long and terrible persecution, and were viewed by the Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire as a people of differing religious and political allegiances. The able-bodied Armenian men were subjected to conscription, hard labor and murder. The women, children and elders were driven into the Syrian Desert without food or water and left to die. The genocide prompted outrage from the Allies who decreed the annexation a crime against humanity."

"On April 25th, a huge Allied force consisting of English, French and Indian troops, as well as ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), landed in Gallipoli. ... Turks were prepared and had amassed a virtually impenetrable defense force. When the Allies landed on the Gallipoli peninsula, they were met with extreme force and were pinned on the beach for over twenty-four hours. The water that lapped the beaches ran red with Allied blood. Meanwhile, the Anzac forces landed on the wrong beach, having lost their bearings in the dark, and faced an impossible climb up treacherous cliffs, facing the onslaught of Turkish forces."

"On May 7th, German U-boat SM U-20 torpedoed the British ocean liner the RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast. ... "
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"In mid-January, British intelligence intercepted a communication from the German Foreign Office. The communication was decoded and revealed a telegram sent by the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Alfred Zimmermann, to the German embassy in Mexico. This infamous missive became known as the “Zimmerman Telegram”, revealing a proposition of alliance between Germany and Mexico; Germany would provide the necessary support for an attack on the southern states to reclaim historic land taken from Mexico by the United States. The telegram was quickly dispatched to the US government. The plan was announced to the US public and demand for US intervention increased pressure on Washington to re-evaluate its position of neutrality."

"On November 7th to the 8th, the Bolshevik party in Russia, led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, staged the October Revolution, which dissolved the Russian provisional government and supplanted it with a Marxist-Soviet government. The revolution put an end to Russian involvement in the Great War, and shortly after the takeover, Russia signed an armistice agreement with Germany."
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[Abhijeet Jain · Rating 2 out of 5]

" Short, quick, boring, pile of date-wise world war 1 stats "

^ this is what the book is, If you hate too many dates like me, you won't like this book.



It would have been better if the author had put all the dates at the end of the book, But he didn't, which made this more boring than my academic history books.

Me while reading this book :-



The only reason to read it is: it's available for free on kindle.

My take: Better watch some World War 1 documentary than to read this collection of dates!

[Carlos Alberto · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nota: 3/10
‘’World War 1: A History From Beginning to End’’ escrito por Henry Freeman traz a história da primeira Guerra Mundial de forma didática, cronológica e objetiva. O autor, nas 50 páginas, condensa de maneira absurda a maioria dos fatos e acontecimentos importante que ocorreram durante o período. O próprio livro já em sua sinopse fala que tentou encaixar os momentos descritos para que o leitor consiga ler e digerir tudo em uma única hora.
O livro vem de uma série famosa que consiste em nulificar e amenizar acontecimentos que marcaram a cultura, história, sociedade ou que são famosos mundialmente. Isso não quer dizer que sejam de qualidade. Nesse exemplo que estou relatando, todos os acontecimentos são falados superficialmente e de maneira simples. Sem nenhum aprofundamento ou explicação detalhada do autor nas questões sociais importantes que ocorrem e se conectam com o contexto histórico passado e presente. Isso torna o livro simples, básico e rápido de se lido, o que seria o seu objetivo inicial.
Se você procurar ler um livro sobre a primeira guerra mundial, sugiro que use esse livro como uma introdução, um folhear sobre os grandes acontecimentos, e depois procura outras fontes mais elaboradas e concisas no desenvolvimento. Eu li esse livro com intuito de treinar meu inglês e melhorar a minha leitura nesse idioma, o que foi proveitoso, já que a escrita é acessível e didática.

[Melkor von Moltke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Essentially a high school paper

The intent of this book is to simply give a brief summary of the First World War, so I did not expect much going in, as I have studied the Great War extensively. However, while this book does a generally acceptable quick overview of the conflict, it is full of annoying errors and clunky language. Most of the errors are miniscule, but they remain consistently there. The most glaring of these is the author's persistent mistake in referring to the Balkans as the Baltic.

Overall, if anyone is looking for a good quick overview of the First World War I word skip this book and go with Norman Stone's book instead.

[Daniel M Cousineau · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting but flawed

An interesting review of the war but some disappointing flaws. WW I lead to the league of nations not the united nations
The war was craved and sought by the European powers for decades; Not a surprise
The British cheered the declaration of a war in the streets of london
It has been known for years now that the Kaiser orchestrated and financed Lenin's revolution to oust Russia from the war
The Red Baron was killed by a bullet that entered his body at the waist and exited through his left armpit. He was shot by a soldier on the ground most likely a new Zealand soldier operating a Lewis gun
No plane could have shot the Red Baron the way he died

[RAJAT · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay

It is just an okay book. Nothing more. Feel free to skip this book. It might save you some time.

[Paul Devall · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was free.

[Ulhas Nalavade · Rating 1 out of 5]

Average

Need maps or pictures... too theoretical for non European people. Adding some maps or pictures will explain clearly than words.

[Jbussen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whoa, I thought a history in an hour would be interesting. I was wrong. To stuff it in an hour details were skipped and I learned nothing. Good for a kid, but I don't know what I was thinking.

[The F · Rating 3 out of 5]

Glad that it familiarized me with some battles i didn't know about, but man! It's battle after battle after battle without any break, so it's hard to comprehend what you just read when finished.

[SHVETAL · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book attempts to deliver clear landmarks in history during the disastrous World War I, however, the language & narration seems to resemble that of a school book on history.

[Shubham Kansal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Word War 1 : A History From Beginning to End

Why I read this book?💯
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I am always fond of great history events which eventually changed the world and shape the modern age.

World war 1 is one of the greatest events of human mankind that shaped the 21st century. This book is also an only 1 hour read❤️

What you learn from this book?💯
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This book work as the epitome for the world war 1. It has stated the reason for the starting of war. How six countries formed two major alliances to fight with each other over a piece of land. Millions of people lost their life. How 10000 men were massacred in one lethal atack with in minutes. How Britain's had to face humiliation by Ottomans not once but twice.

🇮🇳Indians were also the part of British led colonial army who fought against Germans alongside them.

Although many lost their lives but many good things happened alongside the catastrophe. Many revolutions were held during that period. Many monarchies fall.
Word social also got the motion past after the war.

Who should read this book?💯
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History lovers should read this book.
One who is preparing for exams can also gain good chunk of information for their history questions. This book is a crash course for the world war 1 history 🤗❤️💯💯

My Ratings ⭐⭐⭐⭐
One ⭐ for keep it short and simple
One ⭐ for making it available for free
One ⭐ for the content
One ⭐ Henry freeman writing style
One ❌ because it becomes boring midway.

[Anitha Ponraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book: World War 1
Author :Henry freeman
Pages :43
Publication :Hourly History (kindle edition)

World War 1 is a really short book about the Great War that spanned over a time period of 4 years from 1914-1918 claiming the life of some many across the globe.

What started as a series of events following the assassination of Hungarian official which no one would have believed to result in a massive catastrophe of events making a dark mark in the history which nobody learned a lesson from.

All for what?
To expand the borders?
To gain power?

At the cost of millions of lives which has nothing to do with the bloodthirst of power hunger nations and no real winners but the invention of warfare technologies that is used till to date.

Even though the book doesn't goes in detail about all what happened it highlights the major wars and the turn of events that happened during the World war 1.

[Lawrence Hung · Rating 4 out of 5]

The entire history of World War One is cramped into one small little book of only 50 pages, author Henry Freeman did what he is best - summarizing the key events in a chronological order on a year account, starting from 1914 until 1918. It's fruitless and not necessarily compare it to the book of magnum opus, Barbara W. Tuchman 's "Guns of August", which by the way I have not finished reading still. The reading of Freeman's World War I was crisp but thoughtful. It's meant to be read under two hours at most but I took it at a leisurely pace.

The history spanned from the general politics among the European powers, the war plans (Germany's "Schlieffen Plan" and France's "Plan 17"), zepplins' raids over Britain, naval conflicts in the North Sea, to the early battles of Bolimow, Masurian Lake and Neuve Chapelle, siege of Przemysl, chemical warfare during the Battle of Second Ypres, landing at Gallipoli, German U-boat submarine warfare, the battles of Isonzo and Loos, to the culminating and unrelenting bloodshed at the climax battles of Somme and Verdun. The Russian Revolution was a turning page when Tsar Nicolas II abdicated from his throne. While everyone was expecting a Central Powers win led by the Imperial Germany, the tide turned when the "Zimmerman Telegram" revealed Germany's support of Mexico for an attack on the U.S. to reclaim the lost territories. U.S. entered into the war on the side of the Triple Entente. A series of Entente's counteroffensives over Arras, Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, and even the failed but honorable Kerensky Offensive at Gailica, moved the frontlines a few hundred miles back toward German borders. But this war of attritions would finally have taken its toll. Russia wanted to end the war as badly as Germany. A peace treaty was signed in Brest-Litovsk between the two. German war effort and momentum, however, was stopped with the influx of America's aids and offensives on the west. Not soon after the Hundred Days' Offensive, Germany asked for a peace talk.

The book narrates the war events nicely and comprehesively, though some places are rushed to end due to the limited no. of pages. Overall, World War I: A History From Beginning to End is more than introductory reading than most, but leaping over details sometimes where you would have wanted more. Recommended for novice who wants to read more about the war, while at the same time don't want to be overwhelmed by all the platitude and details.

[Sreelakshmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Things learnt:
1. The Easter Rebellion and the Russian revolution were more or less consequences of the Great War.
2. The Allied (Britain and Co) vs The Central forces (Germany and others)
3. The US was initially not involved. But later declared war on Germany.
4. The first industrialised war(tank guns, zeppelins etc)
5. Spread of socialism with the Russian revolution.
6. 1914 the murder of Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria by the 19 year old Gavrilo Princip.
7. Armenian genocide (by the Turks)
8. Austrio- Hungarian Empire dissolved after the war
9. 1919 The Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace conference