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WWI Overview
World War I was the first war fought on not only an international scale, but on a global scale. Beginning in 1914 and ending in 1918, this global conflict involved not only various counties in Europe and Asia, but ultimately also ended up including the United States of America who formerly entered the conflict on April 6, 1917, almost two years after the attack on the RMS Lusitania by Germany.[footnoteRef:1] There are several reasons that can be considered in determining the root cause of World War I and the political and historical issues that led up to the conflict between various neighboring countries. [1: "U.S. Enters World War I," History Channel, accessed June 22, 2013, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-enters-world-war-i]
The event that will forever be remembered as the catalyst for beginning World War I is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.[footnoteRef:2] The assassination further increased tensions between the two countries because Archduke Ferdinand was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.[footnoteRef:3] The assassination was considered to be a terrorist attack based on the delicate relationship that Austria-Hungary and Bosnia had at the time. The Serbian government was ultimately blamed for the attack and Austria-Hungary "hope to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slavic nationalism once and...
What would begin as the third Balkan war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914 quickly escalated to a global conflict within one week.[footnoteRef:6] [5: Ibid.] [6: Hew Strachan, editor, World War I: A History (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), 9.]
The conflict between the Triple Alliance -- Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Romania[footnoteRef:7] -- and the Triple Entente -- France, Russia, and Great Britain -- can be traced back to at least 1878 when European countries began to piecemeal the Ottoman Empire.[footnoteRef:8] Egypt and Cyprus went to Great Britain, Morocco and Tunisia went to France, Tripoli (Libya) went to Italy, and Bosnia-Hercegovina went to Austria-Hungary.[footnoteRef:9] The Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 contributed…
Bibliography
History Channel. "U.S. Enters World War I." Accessed June 22, 2013. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-enters-world-war-i
History Channel. "World War I." Accessed June 22, 2013. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i
Strachan, Hew, ed. World War I: A History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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