World War I: Summary, Causes & Facts | HISTORY
Oct 29, 2009 · World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria‑Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central ...
World War I: Causes and Timeline - HISTORY
For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe’s western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited ...
World War I Timeline: Battles & Major Events | HISTORY
Apr 8, 2021 · Battles of the Meuse-Argonne: September 26 to November 11, 1918. More than 1 million American soldiers take part in the Battles of the Meuse-Argonne in France's dense Forest of Argonne and along ...
Outbreak of World War I - HISTORY
Aug 24, 2018 · More than 20 million soldiers died and 21 million more were wounded, while millions of other people fell victim to the influenza pandemic that the war helped to spread. The war left in its wake ...
8 Events that Led to World War I - HISTORY
Apr 6, 2021 · Watch NOW. 1. Franco-Russian Alliance (1894) Both Russia and France, which had been humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, feared the rising power of Germany, which had already formed ...
Why Did the US Enter World War I? - HISTORY
Apr 6, 2017 · On August 4, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed America’s neutrality, stating the nation “must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days ...
Armistice Day: World War I ends | November 11, 1918 | HISTORY
Mar 10, 2010 · At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies near Compiégne, France.
Life in the Trenches of World War I - HISTORY
Apr 23, 2018 · Trench warfare in World War I was employed primarily on the Western Front, an area of northern France and Belgium that saw combat between German troops and Allied forces from France, Great Britain ...
How Imperialism Set the Stage for World War I | HISTORY
Mar 7, 2022 · For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe’s western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited ...
Kaiser Wilhelm II ‑ WWI, Abdication & Death - HISTORY
Apr 14, 2010 · Wilhelm II (1859‑1941) was the last German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, and one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914‑18). He gained a ...