World War I

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Term Paper Title	World War I
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.89

                    World War I

          World War I was a military conflict from 1914 to 1918; that caused

millions of people their lives in battle.  Causes of World War I were the spirt of

intense nationalism.  The fundamental causes of the conflict, however, were rooted

deeply in the European History of the previous century in political and economic

policies that prevailed the Continent after 1871, the year that marked the emergence

of Germany as a great world power.  Another source of tension in Europe was

imperialism.  At the same time each nation built up its army and navy against the

military threat posed by its neighbors.

          In June, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was

assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb nationalist.  Then on July 28 Austria

declared war against Serbia, either because it felt Russia would not actually fight for

Serbia, or because it was prepared to risk a general European conflict in order to

put an end to the Greater Serbia movement. From there some 32 nations would

become involved in the global war.

          By early 1915 both armies dug in along a front running some 400

miles.  Holed up in trenches and separated by a thin strip of territory both sides

struggled to advance.  But even the most hardened soldier had never encountered

anything like trench warfare.  During fighting life in the trenches proved frightful.

Rats and lice plagued the soldiers.  New weapons added to the horror.  The...

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