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The First World War (WWI)

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World War 1 was started when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. This sparked a war because the archduke was assassinated by the Black Hand, an early terrorist group that supported Serbian nationalism, which made Austria-Hungry declare war on Serbia. This ultimately led to a world war as other countries were sucked into the conflict due to treaties and pressure from other countries. During the conflict, countries became a part of ally groups, for example, the Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. On the other hand, were the allied Powers, which included Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and later the United States. However, fighting first began on August 3,

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