On June 28, 1914, in an event that is widely regarded as sparking the outbreak of World

War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, was shot to
death with his wife by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Ferdinand had
been inspecting his uncle’s imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite the
threat of Serbian nationalists who wanted these Austro-Hungarian possessions to join
newly independent Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the
attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the problem of Slavic
nationalism once and for all. However, as Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian
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.

 When : World war 1 began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918.

 Reason :

The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances,
imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-
Hungary. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to
assassinate the Archduke.

Germany failed to succeed in World War One because of three main reasons, the failure of the
Schlieffen plan, nationalism, and the allies' effective use of attrition warfare.

 Impact :

The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged
independence movements in Europe's colonies, forced the United States to become a world power
and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.

World War I was known as the “war to end all wars” because of the great slaughter and
destruction it caused. Unfortunately, the peace treaty that officially ended the conflict,
the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, forced punitive terms on Germany that destabilized
Europe and laid the groundwork for World War II.

The effects of World War 1 are still being felt a century after its conclusion. It was the deadliest war
that involved more countries and was more expensive than any other war before it. The weapons
used during WW1 were also more advanced than any previous war, using tanks, submarines, poison
gas, airplanes, and long-range artillery. Over 9 million military personnel died during this war, and
over 7 million men were left permanently disabled. It is not surprising that the effects of WW1 were
still evident decades later.
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 How many people died in world war 1 ?

World War One was one of the deadliest conflicts in the history of the human race, in which over 16
million people died. The total number of both civilian and military casualties is estimated at around
37 million people. The war killed almost 7 million civilians and 10 million military personnel.