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HISTORY
ROLE OF INDIAN ENTREPRENEUR ABROAD
•History
WORLD WAR 1 CAUSES
• Over the course of the 19th century, rival powers of Europe formed alliances. Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance. Great Britain, France, and Russia
formed theTriple Entente. Political instability and competition threatened those alliances.
(Italy, for example, eventually entered World War I in opposition to Germany and Austria-
Hungary.)
• Tensions grew between Austria-Hungary and Serbia as Serbian nationalists attempted to
unite all Slavic peoples living in the Balkan region into a single state, including South Slavs of
Austria-Hungary.
• German success in the Franco-German War established the German Empire. Germany’s
takeover of Alsace-Lorraine created a desire for revenge by the French.
• Austria-Hungary used the assassination as an excuse to settle its dispute with
Serbia. In anticipation of Russia’s support of Serbia, Austria-Hungary gained support
from William II of Germany before presenting a warlike ultimatum to Serbia.
• Serbia accepted most of Austria-Hungary’s demands but sought international
arbitration on some issues. Convinced that Austria-Hungary was ready for war,
Serbia appealed to Russia for support.
• Austria-Hungary severed diplomatic relations with Serbia, and, on July 28, 1914,
declared war on Serbia. Within a week most of Europe was at war.
EFFECTS
• As many as 8.5 million soldiers and some 13 million civilians died during
World War I.
• Four imperial dynasties collapsed as a result of the war: the Habsburgs of
Austria-Hungary, the Hohenzollerns of Germany, the sultanate of
the Ottoman Empire, and the Romanovs of Russia.
• The mass movement of soldiers and refugees helped spread one of the
world’s deadliest influenza pandemics, also called the Spanish flu.
• The map of Europe changed forever as territories were divided among the victorious Allied
powers.
• The war led to the October Revolution in Russia, which put the Bolsheviks in power of the
Russian government.
• The United States emerged as a world power.
• Chemical weapons, such as mustard gas and phosgene, and new technologies and
developments, such as machine guns, tanks, and aerial combat, were introduced. A
protocol signed at the1925 Geneva Conference for the Supervision of the International
Traffic in Arms restricted the use of chemical and biological agents in warfare.
• Growth of nationalism in central and eastern Europe set the foundation for World War II.
BIGGEST IMPACT