World
War I (also known as the First World War, and in other English names:
Great War, the War of the Nations, and the "War to End All Wars" (War to
End All Wars) was a world conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. war started after Prince Ferdinand of Austria assassinated Serbian terrorist group members, Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.Never happened before this big conflict, both from the number of troops deployed and engaged, as well as the number of victims. Chemical
weapons used for the first time, the mass bombing of civilians from the
air to do, and many of the first large-scale massacres of the century
took place when this war. Four
dynasty, Habsburg, Romanov, Hohenzollern and Ottoman, having roots
power until the time of the Crusades, all fell after the war.World War I to the outbreak of the old world order, marked the end of monarchical absolutism in Europe. It
also triggers the Russian Revolution, which would inspire other
revolutions in other countries such as China and Cuba, and would become
the basis of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United
States. The
defeat of Germany in this war and the failure to resolve the issues
that are still hanging that has a cause of World War I would be the
basis of the rise of the Nazis, and with it the outbreak of World War II
in 1939. He
also became the basis for a new form of warfare that relies heavily on
technology, and will involve non-military in a war like never before.Background1. Prince of Austria Franz Ferdinand's assassination by a Serbian terrorist group, Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo.2. Competition seize local raw material resources, investment, and marketing areas.3. The
emergence of community / block political competition among European
countries: Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria, Italy, the Triple Entente:
Britain, France, the Soviet UnionIn Europe the 19th century, colonialism was widespread. European powers such as Britain and France had established colonial rule in the four corners of the world. Germany, which has built its political unity longer than other countries, worked hard to be a pioneer in this race.At the beginning of the 20th century, relations based on common interests have divided Europe into two polar opposites. Britain,
France, and Russia were on the one hand, and Germany and
Austria-Hungarian Empire ruled by the Hapsburgs from Germany were on the
other.Tensions between the two groups is increasingly rising, until a murder in 1914 triggered the war. Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated
by Serbian nationalists who sought to curb the influence of the empire
in the Balkans.Within a very short time, incitement after these events across the continent dragged into the maelstrom of war. First, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia, an ally of the Serbs subsequently declared eternal war on Austria-Hungary.Then one by one, Germany, Britain and France entered the war. Axis is turned on.Even before the war began, the German General Council has made plans and decided to master the French by surprise attack. To achieve this goal, the Germans entered Belgium and then crossed the border into France. Responding quickly, the French army stopped the German army on the banks of the River Marne and launch a counterattack.World
War became known as trench warfare perindungannya, where a large number
of soldiers restricted movement in the trenches and can only move
slightly due pertahana tight. This happens especially on the Western Front. More
than 9 million people die on the battlefield, and nearly as much as it
does the number of civilians who died from lack of food, starvation,
mass murder and inadvertently engaged in a battle.The main strategy of trench warfare became the First World War. Over the next few years, to say the soldiers lived in these trenches. Life there is really tough. The soldiers live in constant threat of being bombed, and their unrelenting fear and face tremendous strain. The bodies of those who died had to remain in these places, and the soldiers had to sleep next to the corpses. When it rained, it flooded trenches of mud.More than 20 million soldiers who fought in World War I had a terrible state in these trenches, and most died there. Within a few weeks after it started by German attacks in 1914, the west line of the war is actually stuck in a dead end. The soldiers were hiding in trenches is caught in a distance of only a few hundred meters away from each other. Any attacks launched in an effort to end the stalemate that killed even more.Strategy GermanyIn early 1916, Germany developed a new plan to break the line of the west. Their plan was suddenly attacked the city Verdun, which is considered as the pride of the French. The
purpose of this attack was not winning the war, but result in huge
losses in the French army, thus weakening their resistance. German Chief of Staff Falkenhayn estimates that every single German soldier alone can kill three French soldiers.The attack began on Feb. 21. German
commanders ordered troops to "come out of their trenches," but every
soldier who did so was dead or dying in about three minutes. Although the attack lasted nonstop for months, Germany failed to occupy Verdun.Overall, both sides lost about one million soldiers. And for that effort, the front line advanced about 12 kilometers. One million people died for a dozen kilometers.Reply BritainEngland hit back with the Germans in Verdun Battle of Somme. Factories in Britain made hundreds of thousands of artillery shells.
Plan General Douglas Haig British Army to rain with continuous bombardment for a full week, followed by an infantry attack. He was sure they would go as far as 14 kilometers on the first day alone and then destroy all the German lines in one week.The attack began on June 1. British artillerymen German defense for a week without stopping. At the end of the week, the British officer ordered the soldiers to climb out of the ditch. However,
during the bombing of the German soldiers take refuge in the depths of
the trench tightly hiding them so as not paralyzed and thwart British
plans. As the British soldiers moved across the front line, German soldiers opened up on them with machine guns. A total of 20,000 British soldiers were killed in the first few hours of the war. In
the darkness of the night, the area between the two lines of battle
filled with tens of thousands of dead and wounded soldiers, who tried to
crawl backwards.Battle of the Somme did not last two weeks as planned General Haig, but five months. Months is nothing more than a massacre. The generals repeatedly sent wave after wave of their soldiers to certain death. At the end of the battle, the two sides as a whole has lost 900,000 soldiers. And for this, the front moved only 11 kilometers. These soldiers sacrificed for 11 kilometers.Number of Victims* Belgium: 13,700* The British Empire: 908,000o Australia: 60,000o Canada: 55,000o India: 25,000o New Zealand: 16,000o South Africa: 7,000o UK: 715 000* France: 1.354 million* Greece: 5,000* Italy: 650,000* Japan: 300* Romania: 336,000* Russia: 1.7 million* Serbia: 450.000* U.S.: 50,600Strength As (Axis Powers): 3,382,500* Austria-Hungary: 1,200,000* Bulgaria: 87,500* Germany: 1.77 million* Ottoman Empire: 325.000Civilians: 6.493 million* Austria: 300,000* Belgium: 30,000* United Kingdom: 31,000* Bulgaria: 275.000* France: 40,000* Germany: 760,000* Greece: 132,000* Romania: 275.000* Russia: 3,000,000* Serbia: 650.000* Ottoman Empire: 1,000,000Both sides carry out more attacks again during World War I, and every attack was a slaughter yourself. In Ipres city in Belgium alone, lasted three battles. Half a million soldiers died in the third battle. Each attack had the same result: Thousands of lives were lost only to advance a few kilometers.This terrible war, which did not have a reason, claimed the lives of innocent people innumerable. Many people lost their relatives or have to leave home.
