WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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An armistice began which ended World War I.
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The Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
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The first use of a weapon of mass destruction was used on the Western Front.
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The United States entered the war after an attach by Mexico.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France.
Detailed explanation-4: -Both sides had suffered too much to continue, but Germany would be left battered by harsh terms. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the incessant boom of artillery abruptly went silent along the Western Front in France.
Detailed explanation-5: -On this day, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiegne, France.