They were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary when an irredentist Serb Gavrilo Princip committed the act. However the immediate trigger of the war, was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife. Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism also played a major role in the conflict. There were many long term causes of the war including some of the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. The photo on the right shows an unidentified Australian officer in a trench on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Known as the World War or Great War, it was supposed to be the war to end all wars.Īll the world's great powers were involved in World World One, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centered around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers (originally centered around the Triple Alliance). The First World War (WWI) was a major war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
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