What started World War One, what occured during it, and the outcome of it.

~1. What caused world war 1: World war 1 happened for many reasons. It is more complicated than a simple list of reasons. A very major cause is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, but that will be explained later. First of all, the allies before the war are as follows:

• Russia and Serbia
• Germany and Austria-Hungary
• France and Russia
• Britain and France and Belgium
• Japan and Britain.

So, as you see, if one was attacked, the other allies would defend. remember this list, as it will be important later. Another cause is Imperialism. Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control. Before ww1, Africa and parts of Asia were being competed over and people wanted to build empires. This already was a recipe for absolute disaster. Next, militarism .In the 20th century, a global arms race began. By 1914, Germany had the greatest increase in military buildup. Great Britain and Germany both greatly increased their navies in this time period. Further, in Germany and Russia particularly, the military establishment began to have a greater influence on public policy. This increase in militarism helped push the countries involved to war. Now we go back to the assassination and the allies. Well, in June 1914 a Serbian nationalist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia, which is as a matter of fact, was a part of Austria-Hungary. So the archduke was dead, and the Serbians killed him. The Austrian-Hungarians went to war with Serbia, and Russia, being allies with Serbia, went to war to defend Serbia. Germany went to war with Russia, but, is has been discovered that Germany probably already wanted war, and this was good alibi. Then, France went to war against both Austria-Hungary and Germany. (you may want to refer to the list of allies as this goes on for quite a while). I must honestly say, i wish not to go through the whole list, you can infer that all of these allies went to war, and Italy and America got in it too.

~2. how ww1 was fought: This is a quick note for those interested. Ww1 was fought from trenches, first ever trench warfare. It was an awful was to fight. Laying in a trench with blood, dead bodies, dying people and puke all over you and around you would be absolutely horrible.

~3. equipment and weapons of ww1:
Rifles: Mousers, Springfield 03's, Lee-Enfields, Lebels, Berthiers, Steyr-Mannlichers.
Machine Guns: many were used, about 20, some are the Vickers, Maxim, Spandau and Hotchiss.
Mortars were used.
Grenades: widely used, about 5 different kinds. Many grenade battles took place in ww1.
Tanks: first showed up in ww1
Aircrafts: huge advancements made for the war in Aircrafts
Flamethrowers: LET EM' BURN!!!!!!!
Artillery was used
Many watercraft
poison gas 
And more.


Equipment:
Gas masks for poison gas
Chocolate, yes CHOCOLATE, used as both an energy booster and to lift the soldiers morale
Standard military equipment
And more.

~4. How it ended and the outcome:
Well, the 1919 treaty of Versailles officially ended the war. This also lead to the creation of the league of nations. Well, in signing the treaty, Germany accepted full responsibility for the war, had to pay enormous war fines, and give land. Bad for Germany. I'm sorry, I did not mention the Ottoman empire before, but for those who know what it was here:
The Ottoman empire dissolved, and became mainly the republic of Turkey. (The country not the bird)
For those who don't know what it was: it was an empire that sided with Austria-Hungary. Then see above for what happened to it.
Austria-Hungary split into different states, like Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
Well, that's the end of my blog, if I learn more I will update, but for now, hope you learned a lot about world war 1, I personally think it's the most interesting war. Bye for now!