world war 1

the first world war,

 First World War or Great War, referred to as WWI or WW1, July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918, referred to as "World War I", was in the early 20th century when the capitalist countries were transitioning to their ultimate stage, that is, imperialism  The resulting wide range of irreconcilable contradictions; the colonies and semi-colonies of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Oceania were basically divided up by the foreign powers; the contradiction between the old and the new colonialism was intensified, the economic development of various imperialists was unbalanced, and the order was not equal.  A world-class imperialist war broke out to re-divide the world and fight for global hegemony 

 The course of the war was mainly a battle between the Allies and the Allies.  The German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria belong to the Allied power camp; the British Empire, the French Third Republic, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the United States of America, the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Greece belong to the Allied Powers camp.  [1] The battlefield is mainly in Europe, divided into the western front and the eastern front.  Parts of Africa and Asia have also been affected.  The war began with the declaration of war on Serbia by Austria-Hungary in July 1914 and ended with the surrender of Germany in November 1918

 The First World War was one of the most destructive wars in European history, which brought great disaster to mankind.  There were 33 countries participating in the war, with more than 70 million troops, 1.5 billion people were involved in the war, more than 10 million people were killed and 20 million people were injured.  The economic losses caused by the war amounted to 270 billion US dollars, but it objectively promoted the development of science and technology.  In the First World War, various new weapons, such as aircraft, poison gas, tanks, and long-range cannons, were successively put into the war, which was an important stage in the history of weapons development.