War Wednesday: World War I

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another installment of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to the wacky world of countries! Today we will be discussing Great Britain's involvement in World War I. Let's dive straight into it!

     World War I was the first and worst world war the world had ever seen. It all started when on June 28th, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death along with his wife. Like many other countries, Austria-Hungary blamed the assassination on the Serbians. This set off a chain of events that would eventually become the start of World War I.

     Convinced that Austria-Hungary was readying for war, the Serbian government ordered the Serbian army to mobilize, asking Russia for assistance. Within a week of this event, Russia, Belgium, France, and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungarian and German forces and World War I had officially begun.

     The war had many battles, several being fought in the famous trenches that almost everybody has heard of, but the war came to a close with the Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28th, 1919, that basically prevented any further wars of that magnitude. Germany had to pay massive reparation costs that they couldn't afford and that bankrupted their country.

     Hatred set into Germany about the Treaty of Versailles and its authors that grew to such heights that another world war would break out called World War II, an even gorier war for another Wednesday. I've had a fun time writing this and I hope that you enjoy reading them. So until tomorrow, Mr. Nations out!

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history

     Fun facts:

• The very first chemical weapons were first used in World War I.
• Blood banks were first used in World War I for blood transfusions.
• The youngest soldier to ever fight in World War I was a 12 year named Sidney Lewis.