Why Do People Fight In Ww1

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On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand. This murder set off a chain reaction that became known as World War I. World war I lasted from July 28, 1914 - 1918. The Central powers fought the Allies. Gavrilo Princip was a serbian meaning Austria-Hungary blamed them. Austria-Hungary wrote a letter and asked Serbia to let them run an investigation. Serbia refused to let them in, and thus the war began. One of the reasons people fought this war was because of Militarism, Serbia chose to fight against Austria-Hungary because they had a large army and they also had Russia on their side. Austria-Hungary was allied with Germany so they had strength in alies. Most of the countries in