World War I (redirected fromWorldwarone) Thesaurus Legal Encyclopedia World War I n.Abbr.WWI A war fought from 1914 to 1918, in which Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the United States, and other allies defeated Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. ...
The war involved most of the world’s countries that drew together and eventually formed into two separate alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers. Ultimately over 70 military personnel, including 60 million European military personnel were mobilized into one of the largest wars in...
Combined with the fierce Allied resistance in France, the ability of Russia’s huge war machine to mobilize relatively quickly in the east ensured a longer, more grueling conflict instead of the quick victory Germany had hoped to win under theSchlieffen Plan. ...
World War I World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than ...
What two alliances fought in World War 1? There were two main alliances that fought in World War One. The Allied Powers, which consisted of England, France, Russia and ultimately, Italy, and the Central Powers, which were led by Germany and Austria-Hungary. ...
ThewarendedwiththevictoryfortheAllies(同盟军)thatcontainedtheBritishArmy!Britainwasdrainedofitsmanpower.Nearlyonemillionmendiedandmorethantwomillionwerewounded.What’smore,about70%ofthemerchantshipsweresunkordamaged.Asaresult,Britainlosttheseasupremacy(海上霸权地位).Then,Britainwasinahugenationaldebt,tentimes...
and Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) during World War I. Serbian Nationalism Nationalism was one of many political forces at play in the time leading up to World War I, with Serbian nationalism in particular, playing a key role. Serbian nationalism can be dated...
The reasons for the beginning of World War One all start with a wrong turn taken on a road in Sarajevo.On 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Countess Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia. It was the couple’s fourteenth wedding anniversary. They were utterly ...
1、World War II1939.9.1 - 1945.9.2名名 称称: : 第二次世界大战第二次世界大战地地 点点: : 西欧、东欧、东亚、东南亚、北非、近东、太西欧、东欧、东亚、东南亚、北非、近东、太平洋、大西洋、地中海平洋、大西洋、地中海时时 间间: 1939: 1939年年9 9月月1 1日日-1945-1945年年8 8月月1515日日...
Victory Medals, Decorations, and Liberty BeltsThe Lusitania StoryOur collection about the SS Lusitania of the Cunard Line includes articles and books about the sinking of the great and luxurious ocean liner by the German U-Boat and the aftermath that caused the US to enter World War I.America...