World War I, also known as the Great War, was a military conflict that lasted from1914 to 1918. It started off as a local European War between Serbia and Austria -Hungry, but expanded into a global war between 32 nations. (Microsoft Encarta, 1996) Twenty-eight of these nations were known as the Allies and included the United States,Italy, France, Russia, and Great Britain; the opposing forces were Germany,Austria-Hungry, Turkey, and Bulgaria. The assassination of the Archduke FranzFerdinand …showed first 75 words of 633 total…

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