How did World War I end?
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In 1916, Hindenburg and Ludendorf initiated "War Socialism" upon the German economy, because they felt they were being cheated by German industrialists who had successfully been able to find chemical replacements for the items kept out of Germany by the British blockade (ie-Ammonium to replace Nitrates for gunpowder, wood pulp to replace cotton for artillery wadding, etc). From that point on, German industry and German agriculture began a comprehensive effort to force the German government to rescind this order by pretending they could not fill any orders for war materials.\n\nEven though Germany posessed the coal fields of Silesia and the Ruhr, plus the Iron mines of Lorraine as well as sea access across the Baltic to Iron mines of Sweden, German industry made weapons only with the metals provided by the government by melting down church bells and only made bullets with the melted down lead from window panes and plumbing pipes. Even though Germany had conquered Rumania, Poland and Ukraine (which consituted over 80% of the pre-war agricultural imports to Germany), by 1918 almost half a million Germans had starved to death. The artillery had gone so long without new cannons that more often than not they ended up shelling their own positions. The Army bread was more sawdust than wheat.\n\nAs this sabotage from within continued, the soldiers in the Army became more dissatisfied and many deserted in the attempt to find work so their families would not lose their homes or go hungry. Whenever there was a protest against the war, the protestors were not jailed but inducted into the Army, where they became the seed for even more disillusion within the ranks.\n\nHitler was right and wrong. Germany was stabbed in the back but not by the Jews. Germany was stabbed in the back by the capitalists, who thirteen years later would conspire to end German democracy and install Hitler as their partner. This was the only partnership that Hitler, in the end, would honor completely.
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In the first World War, which began in 1914 America didn't join until 1917. It joined right at the end, when France was getting beaten on by the Germans and helped win though it's expected because America's troops were fresh and new.French troops had been fighting endlessly in their territory for 3 years already. \nIn WWII, America joined since the beginning in the fight against the fascism of Germany,Italy,& Japan which later included the Soviet Union as well until it was betrayed by Germany.It didn't really take a great part in it itself until Pearl Harbor, where Japan attacked us.
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basically it means that the majority of the countries of the world were at war. The first world war was against germany. \n\nUSA, and Europe, Africa, etc. were fighting to remain free.
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After the "great war", the war to end all wars (WWI), no one wanted to get drawn into another big conflict. They thought the best way to stay out of a war was to avoid confrontation and let Germany do what it wants to.\n\nAccording to the treaty of Versailles, a whole host of restrictions were placed on Germany,.... they couldnt have an airforce, they couldnt have a very big navy, they couldnt put troops in a certain area near France, they couldnt build U-boats, ....\nWhen Hitler came to power, one by one, Germany broke pretty much every single stipulation of the treaty (and wasnt even very secretive about it).  Other countries didnt want to get into a war, so they looked the other way while all this was happening.  Germany decided that it wanted to annex the sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, so they did and other countries let them (Czechoslovakia wasnt too pleased though).\nGermany's invasion of Poland was the last straw and is commonly used to mark the start of WWII in Europe.\n\nEngland's prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, is known for his policy of appeasment.  Other countries looked on while Germany was doing all this, hoping to avoid another war when in reality it let Germany get away with way too much.
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there were a lot of contributions to the defeat of germany in WWI. a lot was more internal, like the German Revolution. the website talks about this and other events.
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Actually, Germany collapsed economically and Austria collapsed because of racial and ethnic disillusionment.\n\nIn 1916, the German High Command initiated War Socialism so that the government would set prices for everything regardless of the situation. From that point on, German industry and agriculture produced as little as humanly possible and, even though Germany occupied Poland Rumania and the Ukraine over half a million Germans starved to death. The Austro-Hungarian empire had been tottering since 1848 when it recognized Hungarian autonomy, but as the war continued to go badly the various nationalities began to support the war less and less. In 1917 Emperor Max attempted to negotiate a separate peace, and the German army basically occupied the capital city, Vienna. By November of 1918, many of the ethnic army units marched home and many of the ethnic provinces declared their indepence.
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The war was triggered by the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914 but the Army was out helping bring in the harvest, so Autria-Hungary didn't really start the war until August 1914. The final Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 which ended the war.
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Wow, that's an indepth question to ask.\n\nFor starters, World War I completely reshaped the map of Europe and parts of the Near and Middle East.  The Austrio-Hungarian Empire was divided into Czechoslovakia, Hngary, Yugoslavia, and Austria; parts were also given over to Romania and to Italy.  The Ottoman Empire was divided into British and French Mandates, forming Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan for the British and Syria and Lebanon for the French, as well as the independant state of Turkey.  The Russian Empire was separated into Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.  The German (Prussian) Empire was divided as well, with part of their territories going to create the Polish Corridor, giving Poland access to the North Sea, an allotment was also made to Czechoslovakia, Blegium, and, of course, the German independant state.\n\nSome of the statistical information concerning World War I is as follows:\n\n-10 million soldiers dead\n-6.6 million civilians dead\n-21 million wounded\n-8 million MIA (Missing In Action) or POW (Prisoners of War)\n-Cost of War appx. $180 billion\n-Other Costs in Relation ~ $150 billion\n\nThere was also a mass movement of displaced people as their homes were utterly destroyed in the wake of the war.\n\nIn terms of politics, the ultimate loss of Russian troops allowed for the successful usurpation of the government by the Communist party.  Since Europe's economy was trashed, the United States became the dominant power in the world financially and wound up being the largest lending agent for the restoration of Europe.  France, bitter at their ultimate defeat, wanted Germany to be punished for its role in the war, which successfully undermined Woodrow Wilson's attempts to settle the Versailles treaty without instilling a sense of anger in the Germans unsuccessful.  Germany was forbidden to have a standing military, and felt betrayed by its high command (Jews, Liberals, Socialists), and combined with the effects of high unemployment created a perfect breeding ground for Hitler and the Nazi party to emerge later.  Italy did not get all that it asked for -- a mutilated victory -- which opened the door for Facism and Musilini.  Britain, with the creation of the Mandates in the Middle East, made a grab for the oil industry.  The Bourgeoisie class was elevated, which mostly eliminated the power of the Aristocracy, which, combined with a deteriorated economy, weakened the strength of Imperial Colonialism and set the stage for the dismantling colonial states held by European states all over the world.\n\nThe full repercussions of World War I would not be felt until World War II with the rise of Nazi Germany and Facist Italy.  The end of the war left countless dead and/or missing and/or displaced, German divided between western powers and those of Russia, who had taken over most of the countries that would later become the USSR.  This set the stage for the Cold War, which would last until the early ninties after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  The Holocaust left over six million Jews dead and the remainder displaced.  As a result, many Jews migrated to Palestine, which soon after became Isreal, a nation backed by the west and resented by Muslims everywhere, thus creating tensions between the Middle East and the Western nations.  The advent of the first atomic bomb would also set off a long series of discussions on the US's use of nuclear technology against Japan.  The United Nations also formed as a result of World War II; their first conferences were held in San Francisco (mostly so the NSA could tap the other delegates' phone lines and listen in on other conversations being held).  The Cold War resulted in the Arms Race, and the decision of the US government to simply out-spend the Russians and drive their economy into the ground, slowly deteriorating the basis for their system of government.  Really, we have not seen all the final effects of World War II, though some of the major politica
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The First World War, or (before 1939) the Great War, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice on November 11, 1918. The Allied Powers (led by the United Kingdom, France and until 1917 Russia, and, after 1917, the United States) defeated the Central Powers (led by the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire). The war caused the collapse of four empires and a radical change in the map of Europe and the Middle East.
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Causes of WWI\n\nAlliance System\n-Bismarck wanted to isolate France and protect Germany politically and militarily from Austria\noAlliances were seen as a political deterrent to prevent the militarization of growing tensions between European powers\n-Growing tensions between European powers by 1911\noFrance bitter about Alsace Lorraine territories\noFranco-Prussian War\nDecline of Ottoman Empire\nRise of Nationalism\n•In Balkan Peninsula\noImperialism\nGermany envious of Britain for their growing territories\noCoastal territories\nIndian Ocean\noResources\nFuel for airplanes, etc.\noEconomic tensions\nTariffs grow\nProtectionism\noParanoia from imperialism\nBlocs (1912-1914)\n-Triple Entente\noFrance—anti Germany\noEngland—want to check power of Germany and balance of power in Africa\noRussia—conflicts with Austria from Nationalist movements, Russia helped Balkan Serbia against Austria, Serbia and Russia have common Slovak heritage, closer ties\n-Triple Alliance\noGermany\noAustria-Hungary\noItaly—felt cheated out of territory at Berlin Conference (anti England), against Russians b/c anti-communist, and tension with France\n-Downside: one country against another—pulls in EVERYONE\nBalkan Wars \n-War #1\noSerbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, and other small provinces aided by Russia and Greece oppose Ottomans\noOttomans defeated\n-War #2\noSerbs, Bulgarians in particular squabble over spoils of war and land borders—distracted \noAustria can annex Bosnia and Herzegovina\nSerbia sees this as a loss of their own territory, breach of contract, act of aggression\nFranz Joseph sends Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo to “review the books”\noBlack Hand\nTerrorist plot to assassinate archduke\nGavrillo Prinkep jumps out and assassinates archduke\noAustria gives Serbia ultimatum\nAustria wants to control Serbia or else\nAustria annexes Serbia\nRussia replies for Serbia, the annexation of Serbia would be seen as an act of war against Russians\nKaiser Vilhelm\nBlank check, Austrians get all the money they need for war from Germans against Russia\noAustria declares war on Serbia, Russia declares war on Austria, Germany helps Austria/declares war on Russia, France declares war on Germany\noEngland holds back for a while, have caveat\nWWI\n-August 1914\nWestern Front\n-Von Schlifen Plan/Blitz of Germany\noTake over France after starting Berlin, sweep through Belgium, then eastern front\noTakes Russia at least 3 weeks to mobilize\nTelegrams\nPeasant villages\nTransportation\nUniforms\nWeapons \noParis is key to France—go through north sea\no“Let last mine on right brush the column with his sea”\nolong string of German soldiers in control of everything from English channel to German border\noproblems\nBelgians retaliate unexpectedly, defend country\nAppeal to Germans to respect neutrality—then appeal to British for support, agree to help\nGermans assume that British will not help, try to stall them\n•Blockades, blow up bridges, etc.\n-French troops also moving toward Belgian border quickly to hold off Germans, sent them in taxi cabs—frantic move to halt German advance\n-stalemate forms on western front between September 1914 and Christmas/December of 1915\nostalemate exists between 1915-1918\noFirst Battle of Marne\noBelgians and French slow down Germans\noTrench warfare \nIntended to be interim solution until they move ppl to the eastern border\nBecome permanent\n100 miles in either direction—stalemate/moo point\nno one wins territory\n-1818—Armistice Line drawn as temporary solution before Treaty of Versailles \nEastern Front\n-Ottoman Turks\n-Battle of Tannenburg\n-Russians advance in to Austrian territories and Germany, pushed back by Austrians, then Germans respectively (Sep. 1914-1915)\n-Many casualties\n-Italy brought in—switches sides to Triple Entente\n-Bulgaria allies with Austria, Germany\n-Balkans brought into
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WW1 ended with the Treaty of Versailles.  The terms of the Treaty imposed harsh conditions on Germany.  Germany could not have a standing army, land was taken from Germany and the German nation was forced to pay huge sums in reparations.  The enconomy was experience hyperinflation.  This is where the money loses its value, almost to the point of being worthless.  People would ask to be paid at noon so they could run out and spend it---because by the end of the day their pay would only be worth half as much.  There are pictures of men pushing wheelbarrows FULL of German money down the street.\n\nHitler was a WW1 hero.  He saw the problems that Germany was facing under the unjust terms of the Versailles treaty.  He saw the wreck the economy was in.  There were no jobs for German citizens in the private sector, so Hitler created huge government projects that employed millions of Germans.  As the people went back to work, their apathy dissipated.  Hitler gained even more power, and in time was able to repudiate the Versailles Treaty and raise an army.\n\nthis is just the tip of the iceberg.  Read and study more about pre-WWII Germany.
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i looked the answer to this question up for you; i thought i knew the answer but wanted to clear up some of the finer points. i won't repeat the answers given but i will direct you to this web site:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I
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Unfortunately,not. Remember that the world ended in 1918,don't you agree?  :)
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the Arch Duke Ferdinan was killed by a serbian student in 1914.  America entered the war after the Lusitania was torpeded by a german u boat im not sure of the year. 1917 maybe.  the war ended on nov 11 1918 at 11 am
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Although the League of Nations (supporting the peace) was an idea of US president W.Wilson USA never accesed to that organisation. Germany (the country that wanted the most the WWI) lost the WWI, but was not defeated. After WWI no country nocticed no took into account that changes in Russia, since 1922 Soviet Union, would be permanent and that they would create a new and the first (?) totalitar country in the world.
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The Allies in WWI were almost the same Allies in WWII. Here's the Wikipedia entry on the matter:\n\nWorld War I, also known as the First World War, and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918.The Allied Powers (led by Britain, France, and, later, the United States) defeated the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria and the Ottoman Empire), and led to the collapse of four empires and a radical change in the map of Europe.
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Wilson's idea behind the Fourteen Points was to end the Great War in a way that might not lead to a Second Great War by eliminating what he saw as the systemic problems that led to the war. However, the greatest and ultimately insurmountable problem was the idea of "Peace Without Victors."\n\nOn November 11, 1918, as the guns fell silent, over 8 million men had been killed and literally trillions of dollars of property damage had been done. The damage to France's economic infrastructure was so great that it would not recuperate for decades, even if peace had lasted. The leaders of the victorious allies felt that morally and realistically they could not go to their suffering people and ask them to "chalk this up as a lesson learned." Someone had to pay, and at the end of the day, the war had to have accomplished something, no matter how far of a stretch that might be.\n\nWhen Wilson arrived at Paris for the peace conference, he was hailed all across Europe as a saviour of mankind. At the time, those accolades might even have been heartfelt from the people, but the leaders of the European allies knew the feeling would not last forever. The people had been suffering through four years of privation and nightmare and just wanted the war to end, no matter what the cost. As the years would go by, however, and they saw their neighbor on wooden legs and their children living in squalor, the people would very soon come to believe that their momentary feeling of forgiveness to the enemy was actually a moment of weakness, and come to the realization they had been tricked.\n\nAt Versailles, when Germany had withdrawn its army from France, her government was in chaos, her people in revolution and her allies pulled apart, the Western Allies dictated their terms.\n\n1-The war had to have accomplished something: The War Guilt Clause. Germany was forced to declare that the war had been entirely the fault of her government and their actions. The war had thus stopped a raging tyrant from conquering all of Europe and forcing his will on innocent people.\n\n2-Someone had to pay: Reparations. By declaring that the war was her fault, Germany found herself in the moral position of assuming the financial responsibility for the damages. This was vital to the Western Allies, because Germany was the only member of the Central Powers whose territory was still intact and whose industrial capacity was still in place. Austria, which had actually started the war, was torn to shreds and its industrial facilities were being looted by revolutionaries; the Turkish empire was in the hands of rebelling Arab tribes and occupying armies; Germany was forced to pay because she was the only one who COULD pay. The people of Germany were forced to sign a blank check: the Western Allies literally did not know the exact amount of the damage, and would fill it in later. Because France's economy was in ruins, Germany would pay in products, not in money.\n\n3-The next war had to be prevented: Military Concessions. By declaring that the war was her fault, Germany provbed she had been a danger to the safety of the world. The teeth of the wolf would be pulled. Her army would be gutted, her navy surrendered and she was to be denied the acquisition of modern weaponry. Large swaths of territory adjoining the border with France would be devoid of military activity, both offensive and defensive. Also, this would allow France to militarily occupy productive areas of Germany if she tried to default on her debt (France would occupy the Saar region because Germany had not delivered enough telephone poles that month!)\n\nIn the United States, the Fourteen Points was opposed for different reasons. An earlier answer is partly correct, Henry Cabbot Lodge did oppose the League of Nations in part because he had made a deal with Wilson not to use the War for political ammunition. When Wilson went to the conference he brought no Republicans with him, and when he ret