* Technology prevented the war from being long
* Militarism consisted of an intense increase in production and planning for military operations
* Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated
* Five weeks before war was declared:
  * Austria-Hungary held the Serbian government responsible and made unreasonable demands as an ultimatum
  * Serbia tried to meet demands but attempts were rejected with Austria-Hungary cutting off diplomatic relations
  * Germany supported Austria-Hungary
  * Russia had a secret alliance with Serbia and mobilized on Serbia’s behalf
  * Germany demanded that Russia stop with the mobilization to which Russia refused
  * Germany declared war on Russia and France and went on to invade Belgium
  * England declared war on Germany
  * Ottoman Empire joined Germany and Austria-Hungary
* Battle of Tannenberg and Battle of Masurian Lakes
  * Russia lost two armies in the east
  * Russian military had poor leadership and lacked sufficient supplies and training
* Trench Warfare
* Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria defeated Serbia
* 1917: “Blackest Year of the War”
  * Italy suffered a large defeat and was effectively taken out of the war
  * Russians dropped out of the war due to revolutions
  * Germans tried to get offensive victory before the U.S. could join the war
* During the war, women filled the empty positions in every level of the economy
  * Women finally got the right to vote by the end of the war
* “Total War”
  * Mass civilization populations were involved in the war
* A dictatorship was created in France during the war
* The war ended in 1919
  * Paris Peace Conference (1919)
  * Versailles Treaty (1919)
* The blame for the war was placed on Germany, meaning that Germany would be punished severely
* There were massive casualties from the war
  * 10 million soldiers were dead
  * 10 million civilians were dead
* Habsburg dynasty which had lasted 500 years, was removed from Austria
* Romanov dynasty which had lasted 300 years, was removed from Russia
* Hohenzollern dynasty which had lasted 300 years, was removed from Germany
* The Ottoman Empire which had lasted 500 years, was destroyed
* The political map of Europe was redrawn
  * Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia were on the map
* Russian Revolution led to the world’s first communist country

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* Technology prevented the war from being long
* Militarism consisted of an intense increase in production and planning for military operations
* Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated
* Five weeks before war was declared:
  * Austria-Hungary held the Serbian government responsible and made 

Chapter 26: War and Revolution, 1914-1920

Gerald Billson

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