World War 1 Question: What started the war and who was the US fighting against?

Question

Just a question for my own personal knowledge. Not a school question. Please point me to some helpful websites. Thanks.

Answer 1

Many things added to what started the Great War (World War I), but historians like to use the assasination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 as 'the spark that lit the fire' so to speak. Once Austria-Hungary was threatening Serbia with war, the ball started rolling all over Europe. Due to the alliances, many more nations became involved - Germany, France, Russia, England, Italy, Turkey, and so on. The U.S. did not become involved until later in 1917 - in April the U.S. declared war on Germany, in June the first U.S. troops arrived in France, and many U.S. forces would not see action until 1918.

Answer 2

The assination of Archduke Ferdinand in the Balkans region by Gavrillo Princep sparked WW1..and US were on the allied side with the ANZACS fighting against the Germans... The Allies fought Germany in both world wars until they learnt their lesson and gave up...;)

Answer 3

here you go

cause: assassination of the arch duke, and numerous other reasons.

U.S. mainly fought against the Germans, since we were on the allied side.