The First World War, also known as the First World War, and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a global conflict that lasted from August 1914 until the final armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918. The Allied Powers (led by the British Empire and France, and, after 1917, the United States) defeated the Central Powers (led by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire), and led to the collapse of four empires and a radical change in the map of Europe. In this report I will tell you how it all started, the participants in the war, the pros and cons of the war, the strategies and the political and military leaders. On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo as part of a plot involving Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. Gavrilo Princip was part of a group of fifteen attackers, acting with the support of parts of the Serbian government. Although World War I was sparked by the chain of events set off by this assassination, the war's origins run deeper, involving national politics, cultures, economics, and a web of alliances and checks and balances that were concluded between European powers during the 19th century, following the war. Final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 and the Congress of Vienna which followed. Ok now who was fighting in the war. There were two main alliances, the Axis and the Allies. Originally founded on the concept of the Rome-Berlin axis (the Steel Pact), later the Tripartite Pact, the Axis was not primarily a formal alliance. Each of the major countries entered the war in their own way (Nazi Germany in 1939, Italy in 1940, and Japan again in 1937...... middle of paper ...... late 3 October 1918. When Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the German High Seas Fleet to defend against the Entente navies, the sailors mutinied at Wilhelmshaven beginning on October 30, the Ottoman Empire fell on the 3rd. November, Austria-Hungary sent a flag of truce to the Italian commander requesting an armistice and peace terms. The conditions, after being agreed by telegraph with the Entente authorities in Paris, were communicated to the Austrian commander. and were accepted. The Treaty of Versailles was finally signed on June 20, 1919. World War I It was a bloody and painful battle and many good and bad things resulted from it. I talked about how it all started, the participants in the war, the pros and cons of the war, strategies and political aspects. and military leaders. And that ends the report on the First World War, the “Great War ».."