How it started ? How many countries were its part & what are thier names?
2006-11-02 05:06:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1914 till 1919
2006-11-02 05:09:30 · answer #1 · answered by jagtic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
It started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 18, 1914. He was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. He was shot by a Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Princip was a member of the Young Bosnia, a youth organization that wanted to be part of Serbian or some other South Slavic lands. This started the war in July when Austria-Hungary accused Serbia of the assassination. After this, most of Europe became involved through all the secret alliances that had formed over the years.
Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire sided with Austria-Hungary forming the Central Powers. Then France, Italy, Great Britian and Russia with Serbia which became the Allies. Later as the war continued, the United States sided with the Allies when the they declared war on April 6, 1917.
I hope this helps.
2006-11-02 14:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
28 july 1914 - 11 november 1918
2006-11-02 13:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by Victory 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Franz Ferdinand
As the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire his assassination on 28 June 1914 sparked the First World War.
2006-11-02 13:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by wolfball 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1914 to 1918. USA got involved in April 1917 and it ended in Nov 1918.
2006-11-02 13:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋