Beginning 100 years ago, and lasting four grueling and grim years (1914-1918), a string of pre-war events, dating almost a half-century before 1914, led to this tragic conflict. Its ramifications shaped the course of the 20th century and still affect the nations of today. It was a global struggle that produced massive political and social upheaval in Europe and rest of the world. By mid-1914 the main European nations had divided in to two armed camps: the Triple Entente (or Allies) of Britain, France and Russia, and the Triple Alliance (or Central Powers) of Germany and Austro-Hungary, each expecting-and some desiring-war. Expansion in overseas colonies had led to confrontation, and this was not confined to the underdeveloped world, but extended in to Europe itself, with Russo-Turkish rivalry in the Caucasus, Austro-Hungarian versus Serbian designs in the Balkans, and Italian schemes for Albania. ![]() This WWI Timeline covers the first decade of the 20th century, in which the so-called “Great Powers” of Europe attempted to advance their economic and technological prowess to out-do-or at worst, at least keep pace-with their neighbors and rivals.
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