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Created by Chris. =The World at War= World War I, also known as the Great War, was the first war to take place on th industrial scale. It is also considered the first total war; a war that involves all aspects of life of the populations of the nationI in the war.

The Players in the Great War
The player for the war were the Allies and the Central Powers. The Central Powers were made up of Germany and Austria-Hungary and are considered by most the bad side. The Allies were made up of Great Britain, France, and Russia and these members are considered by most to be the good guys.

The Start of the War
The Great War had a very confusing start to it. There was a want for war to start with and very hectic alliances which alliances which was the reason why so many nations went in. But it started around the time when a Serbian nationalist, known by the name of Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand. In responce Austria-Hungary gave Serbia a list of ten demands on, of which they agreed to only eight so they declared war with Serbia on July 14th, 1914. Now Russia did not want Austria-Hungary to exterminate their influence in the Balkans so Russian troops were mobilized the day later in responce. One day after that German troops were mobilized, and France didn't like Germany at all due to past wars so they mobilized. On the same day the French troops were mobilized Germany declared war on Russia. Then on August 4, 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany following a refusal from Germany to keep Belgium a neutral state.