^semi true. The Archduke and his wife was assinated by a Serbia nationalist group. A-H declared war on Serbia. Russia was allied with Serbia can delcared war on A-H. German was allied with A-H and war broke out with Russia. England and France were allied with Russia and delcared war on Germany and A-H. The Ottomen Empire declared war on the Allies as they were allied with Germany and A-H.
Germany didn't attack US ships. They attacked British passenger ships. The US got inviolved because of unrestricted sub warfare. The Lustitania, a passenger ship was sunk and Americans were killed. The Lusitania did contain weapons though. More importantly for US involvment was the Zimmermen telegraph. Germany promised Mexico that if the US entered the war, Germany would help Mexico get back Texas and the SW. Withine months, the US entered ww1
oh, and Germany wasn't the first country to use subs. The South during the US civil war had one, it sunk though.
Zimmerman note is important somewhat when considering why we went to war but truly it was the sinking of civilian ships in unrestricted submarin warfare by Germany. Arms race was at its peak on everyones mind when HMS Dreadnout was commissioned, first all big caliber battleship. Everyting with the alliances i concur.
Yeah it was all a huge mixing bowl, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia after the assasination of the Autrian Hungarian heir in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalists, this attack brought Russia(allied to Serbia) into the war. A-H ally Germany attacked France(Allied to Russia) through the neutral country Belgium, the invasion of Belgium brought Great Brittain into the war.
Turkey joined the A-H German side and Italy joined in on the British/French/Russian side(allies)
Well the thing that never gets metioned is that A-H gave Serbia an ultimatum by which they had to give up the nationalists, to which Serbia did not comply.
(where have we seen that again in recent history)
Imperialism: each country wanted more resources
Well also useful to remember is that the idea in the world at that time was that you needed a lot of lands (which directly increases your amount of resources) to be a wealthy and powerful country, good thing things have changed.
if i were you id refuse to do a project on it! you should just say....oh wait dont worry...ill leave..thats sorta a different thingo!
wat i was tryna say is stuff to do with anzac day an all! i refuse to celebrate it (and all those other days like anzac day) because i refuse to praise the people who fought in wars or wateva b/cause wars shouldnt be allowed! hmph! *folds arms*