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This is the collection of real and interesting plus amazing facts related to World War 1. This facts are considered as true, regarding to belief and true statements about World War 1.

1. World War 1 was a military conflict which started in 1914 and ended in 1918. World War 1 involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world.

2. World War 1 involved 2 opposing alliances – the Allies and the Central Powers

3. Countries which were considered under Allies were Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and Montenegro

4. Countries which were considered under Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria

5. World War 1 was started on 28 June 1914 by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie

6. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was in relation with Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary

7. The assassination took place in in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina

8. The assassination was well planned by a Serbian terrorist group which was in that time called The Black Hand and the man who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife was a Bosnian revolutionary and his name was Gavrilo Princip

9. Causes of World War 1:

* There was a tangle of alliances made between countries, to maintain a balance of power in Europe, which brought about the scale of the conflict
* Bosnian Crisis – Austria-Hungary took over the former Turkish province of Bosnia in 1909 angering Serbia
* Countries were building their military forces, arms and battleships
* Countries wanted to regain lost territories from previous conflicts and build empires
* Moroccan Crisis – Germans were protesting in 1911 against the French possession of Morocco

10. More than 200,000 men died in World War 1