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Why Did Ww1 Start

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WHY WW1 STARTED There are many reasons for the start of ww1 but here are a couple. The main start for ww1 was the assassination of the archduke franz ferdinand. He was killed june 28,1914 by gavrilo princip. Him and his wife were killed in his car after multiple assassination attempts. Another reason ww1 started and why it was a big war was because of mutual defense alliances. Countries throughout europe made mutual defense agreements that would put them into battle if a friendly country was attacked. When russia attacked serbia a lot of countries were at war. THE U.S. ENTRY INTO THE WAR The main reason the U.S. entered the war was the sinking of the lusitania. It was sunk by a german u boat in 1915. Almost 2000 people died including 128 americans.
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