WW1

=WW1 =

28th June 1914 – 11th November 1918
﻿WW1 was the first of the world wars. It killed 65 million. 65038810 to be exact. Here's the story: WW1 was started because Austria wanted to invade Serbia, the only reason being they weren't part of the empire. They asked their ally, Germany, for advice. Germany suggested getting Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated on a visit to Serbia. Austria then demanded an apology from Serbia, which Austria (Under Germany's instruction) turned down. They declared war on Serbia with Franz Ferdinand as their excuse (He was going to be their next emperor). Germany helped Austria, and then France and Russia helped Serbia. WW1 began. See the timeline link for the main events throughout the war. A fatal mistake in WW1 was to send Australian and New Zealand soldiers round to Gallipoli in Turkey to try and free the Dardanelles strait from behind. That story is one of the most famous war stories in New Zealand and Australia. The most visible evidence of WW1 starting to end was when the Germans smashed out and forced the British back to the Marne river (In France), but then the British started fighting their way to Germany. Then there was just a long, bloody push to Berlin. This was on 8th August 1918. Germany wasn't helped when Bulgary quits the war. In October the German navy could see they were losing so they poured water on their ship's fires when they are ordered to give the British navy one last bash. A peace treaty was signed in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.