World War I started when Germany declared war on Britain
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.
The causes of the First World War are complex. But some facts are clear. For example the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, not the other way round.
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William Laughlin
This is a little bit better explanation of how WWI was stsrted.
"The event that was widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I occurred on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death with his wife by the Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. Over the weeks that followed, Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack, hoping to use the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavic nationalism in the tumultuous Balkans region once and for all. However, as Russia supported Serbia, an Austria-Hungary declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention. This assurance came on July 5; Austria-Hungary subsequently sent an ultimatum to the Serbian government on July 23 and demanded its acceptance within two days at the risk of war. Though Serbia accepted all but two of the ultimatum’s terms, and Russia declared its intention to back Serbia in the case of such a conflict, Austria-Hungary went ahead with its war declaration against Serbia on July 28, one month after the assassinations.
With that declaration, the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers was shattered: Germany warned Russia, still only partially mobilized, that to continue to full mobilization against Austria-Hungary would mean war with Germany. While insisting that Russia immediately halt mobilization, Germany began its own mobilization; when the Russians refused the German demands, Germany declared war on the czarist empire on August 1. That same day, Russia’s ally, France, long suspicious of German aggression, began its own mobilization, urging Great Britain—the third member, along with France and Russia, of the Triple Entente alliance—to declare its support. A divided British government declined to do so initially, but events soon precipitated Britain’s move towards war as well. On August 2, the first German army units crossed into Luxembourg as part of a long-planned German strategy to invade France through neutral Belgium. France and Germany declared war against each other on August 3; that night, Germany invaded Belgium, prompting Great Britain to declare war on Germany."
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May 7, 2018 10:42PM
William Laughlin
Lazy True/False question with and even lazier explanation. There are no insights offered and only the bare minimum to actually qualify as a question and answer.
Lets do away with the 50/50 type questions. QuizzClub, you can do better than mediocre submissions such as this.
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May 7, 2018 10:14PM
Gery Tillmanns
Sketchy write up.
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May 1, 2018 2:39AM
cgrhm
And some say it started because a British politician wouldn't take a call from a Serbian official because he was busy playing golf. And so war was declared. Politicians really can be that petty and mean.
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Jan 23, 2024 8:55PM
cgrhm
William Laughlin, It's not supposed to deliver an entire course on the history of WW1. Quiz club questions entice me to do my own research.
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Jan 23, 2024 8:52PM
wakewalker
gdwhitton, Queen Victoria of England
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Oct 23, 2023 10:16AM
JRW
William Laughlin, extra detail is why the link is there. Those who want to know more can use it. It usually offers further connections which I use in a subject that interests me.
I didn't here as I have studied the subject in some detail.
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Jun 21, 2023 8:45PM
marilynmitri
Thank you Wm. Laughlin for that thorough explanation. It was called The Great War until WWII happened.
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Jun 19, 2023 3:09PM
shootit
William Laughlin, I and others like them.
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Mar 25, 2023 12:16AM
Stephen Forest
William Laughlin, Thanks for all this detail. Fascinating.
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Mar 24, 2023 11:02AM
Rainer Wetjen
and who said TRUE is always right answer!
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Dec 15, 2019 1:59AM
Billie
Todd Van Dell, I am definitely a Republican, but definitely not a racist. I resent being called one.
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Nov 24, 2019 9:35PM
Todd Van Dell
Bob Alexander,
As a post script to my previous comment:
While you are not wrong that SOUTHERN Democrats were responsible for the Jim Crow laws, and all the horrific, racist, segregationist laws that remained in effect until Thurgood Marshall won Brown vs The Board of Education, and segregation was thankfully found unconstitutional, why then is it that the KKK and White Supremacist groups, as well as the Neo Nazis that have sprung up in this country, all align themselves with Republicans now, Bob?
I am not proud of the old Southern Democratic party's racism Bob.
But, a funny thing seems to have happened over time, Bob.
All those race haters stopped aligning themselves with Democrats when they realized Republicans were the real race haters, Bob.
You conservative Republicans took over, and picked up that racist mantel from the southern Democrats like you invented it.
So the racists just quietly changed sides.
Making current Republicans no better than the ignorant southern Democrats who instituted the Jim Crow Laws.
You Republicans are proudly carrying on the race-hating tradition Bob.
I might be a lot less blithely self-righteous Bob.
The Jim Crow laws were an ugly black mark on our record, Bob.
You will get no argument from me on that.
But you Republicans are carrying on the tradition, Bob.
Maybe try tooting your racist horn a little less loudly Bob.
None of us are free from the guilt and shame of any ugly racist blemishes on our records.
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Oct 24, 2019 4:08AM
garrett scott
It wasn't called WWI util we had a second one.
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Oct 4, 2019 8:53PM
coendavidlee
First False
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Sep 1, 2019 12:34PM
Yevette Allen
Missed it but my mom wasn't even here😂😂
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May 11, 2019 7:49PM
gdwhitton
I read an article long ago that said something about a queen that had recently died who was the matriarch for all the kings and czars and dukes and such involved in this little fiasco. The comment that i thought was interesting was that if that old queen had been alive she never would have allowed WWI to occur. I can't remember the details but that sounds about right for European governments in those days.
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Mar 27, 2019 7:50AM
Ronald Cufley
My favourite graffito is, "World war one a mistake, Arch Duke Ferdinand found alive".
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Mar 19, 2019 5:53PM
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