Was there a world war before world war 2?

Question

If there is a world war 2 then wasnt there a war before world war 2. If there is what was it about.? i never learned about it and herd about it. Thanx! :)

Answer 1

Are you serious? you have never heard of ww1?

Answer 2

1 comes before 2, and it is a bit silly to name the first world war World War 2 if they haven't had a first one. YES, there was a world war before world war2, WORLD WAR 1!! Makes sense I would think.

Answer 3

If there was a World War 2, then it is obvious there was a World War 1. Do an internet search for it. It made all the papers. It started by accident triggered by an assassination. Killed millions between 1914 and 1918.

Answer 4

Apparently Darwin was wrong....

Answer 5

World War 1, A.K.A The Great War, The War to End All Wars.

1914 - 18

Entente Powers = US:-

-The Russian Empire

-The British Empire

-Italy

-U.S.A

Central Powers = THEM:-

-Germany

-Austria-Hungary

-The Ottoman Empire

-Bulgaria

You know once a year, when you read the paper or turn on the T.V, and everyone is wearing those red flowers on their lapels. That's remembrance day. The day of remembrance of World War I.

Look it up, and ask your history teacher.

Answer 6

Girl,U need to pay attention in class more often! Shame on U!

Answer 7

It's not as well known as WWII. In fact, there are only 11 veterans alive from WWI. I'll try to give you a brief overview of it here.

There were lots of problems in Europe. Too many secret alliances and so. The Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary is assasinated by a Serbian terrorist group, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Germany(Austria's Ally) declares war on Russia, then Germany declares war on France. Then Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium which gets Great Britain mad so they declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Germany gets deep into France, but then gets stuck in trenches, neither side moving  more than a few miles every year. Germany invades Russia, and they have a seasaw war, going back and forth. Austria-Hungary conquers most of the Balkans(south-eastern Europe) then Italy invades Austria Hugary in 1915. Then the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria join with German and Austria. The Ottomans try to invade Egypt but are driven out by the British who chase them through present-day Iraq. The Russian Tsar(a King) was overthrown, and the new government take Russia out of the war in 1917. But then the United States joins in, and while Germany's allies are defeated, the Americans, British and French overpower the Germans in France, and force German to sign a peace treaty. Someone named Hitler was not very happy about that, and so WWII came along a couple decades later.

Answer 8

World War 1.

Answer 9

Just for fun, the real first world war was called the seven years war,

In anglophone Canada, France and the United Kingdom, the Seven Years' War is used to describe the North American conflict as well as the European and Asian conflicts. In the United States, however, the North American theatre is called the French and Indian War, while in French Canada it is commonly called the War of the Conquest. The conflict in India is termed the Third Carnatic War while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the Third Silesian War.

[edit] Causes

Often said to be a continuation of the War of the Austrian Succession, in which King Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great, had gained the rich province of Silesia. Empress Maria Theresa of Austria had signed the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) only in order to gain time to rebuild her military forces and to forge new alliances, which she did with remarkable success. The political map of Europe had been redrawn in a few years. During the so-called Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, century-old enemies France, Austria and Russia formed a single alliance against Prussia.

Prussia had the protection only of Great Britain, whose ruling dynasty saw its ancestral Hanoverian possession as being threatened by France. In Great Britain's alliance with Prussia the two powers complemented each other. The British already had the most formidable navy in Europe, while Prussia had the most formidable land force on continental Europe, allowing Great Britain to focus its soldiers towards its colonies.

The Austrian army had undergone an overhaul according to the Prussian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of military affairs shamed many of her generals, had pressed relentlessly for reform. Her interest in the welfare of the soldiers had gained her their undivided respect.

The second cause for war arose from the heated colonial struggle between the British Empire and French Empire which, as they expanded, met and clashed with one another on two continents. These causes of the French and Indian War are described on that page

[edit] Overall strategies

For much of the eighteenth century, France approached its wars in the same way: it would let its colonies fend for themselves, sending only small numbers of troops—or perhaps inexperienced soldiers—abroad, expecting that battles for the colonies would likely be lost anyway. It would keep most of its army on the European continent, expecting that such a force would be victorious closer to home. The plan was to fight to the end of the war and then, in treaty negotiations, to trade territory gained in Europe in order to regain overseas possessions lost. This strategy did not serve France well in this war, as the colonies were indeed lost, but France had few counterbalancing European successes.

The British, by contrast, strove to take advantage of their naval power and press the war in the colonies, not only by naval blockade and bombardment of enemy ports, but also using their ability to move troops by water. They would harass enemy shipping and attack enemy colonies, frequently using colonists from nearby British colonies. They sought to offset their natural disadvantage on the continent of Europe by allying themselves with one or more Continental powers whose interests were antithetical to those of their enemies, particularly France. For the Seven Years' War, the British allied themselves with the greatest military strategist of the day, Frederick the Great, and his kingdom, Prussia, then the rising power in central Europe, and paid Frederick substantial subsidies to support his campaigns.

[edit] War begins

The formal opening of hostilities in Europe was preceded by fighting in North America, where the westward expansion of the British colonies located along the eastern seaboard began to run afoul of French claims to the Mississippi valley in the late 1740s and early 1750s. In order to forestall the expansion of Virginia and Pennsylvania, in particular, the French built a line of forts in what is now western Pennsylvania in the mid-1750s, and British efforts to dislodge them led to conflicts generally considered to be part of the French and Indian War, as the Seven Years' War is known in North America.

Having received reports of the clashes in North America, and having secured the support of Great Britain, Frederick crossed the border of Saxony, one of the smaller German states in league with Austria. The Saxon and Austrian armies were unprepared, and at the Battle of Lobositz, Frederick prevented the isolated Saxon army from being reinforced by an Austrian army under General count Browne. However, the Saxons successfully delayed the Prussian campaign. In the Mediterranean, the French opened the campaign against the British by an attack on Minorca; a British attempt at relief was foiled at the Battle of Minorca and the island was captured (for which Admiral Byng was court-martialed and executed).

In the spring of 1757, Frederick again took the initiative by marching on Prague. After the bloody Battle of Prague, the Prussians laid siege the city, but had to lift the siege after Frederick's first defeat at the Battle of Kolin. That summer, the Russians invaded East Prussia and defeated a smaller Prussian force in the fiercely contested Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf.

Things were looking very grim for Prussia at this time, with the Austrians mobilizing to attack Prussian-controlled soil and a French army under Soubise approaching from the west. In what Napoleon would call "a masterpiece in maneuver and resolution", Frederick thoroughly crushed both the French at the Battle of Rossbach and the Austrians at the Battle of Leuthen in the space of a month. With these great victories, Frederick once again established himself as Europe's finest general and his men as Europe's finest soldiers. With Peter III, who admired Frederick, taking the Russian throne, Frederick had a powerful new alliance that would last until the first World War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years...

Answer 10

World War 1 lasted from August 1914 to November 1918.  it was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914, by a Serbian nationalist. On July 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. On August 1 1914 Germany declared war on Russia, France's ally, converting a Balkan conflict into a world war.  On the 4th August Germany invaded Belgium, and Britain declared war on Germany.  The first British expeditonary forces crossed the channel to France on the 7th August.

America entered World War I in 1917, but large numbers of Americans had volunteered to help in the war before that time.  About 25,000 american women crossed the Atlantic to Europe to serve as nurses, drivers, canteen assistants, telephone operators etc, from 1914.  The song 'Over There' was written when America entered the war.  Germany was defeated and finally surrendered on the 11th November 1918.

The war caused an enormous loss of life, millions of men died in battle.  If you visit the war cemeteries in northern France you can see the graveyards of soldiers which stretch for miles and miles.  French, British, Canadians and Americans are buried there.  The poppy became the symbol of the sacrifice made by the soldiers because it was the first flower to bloom again in the fields after the carnage of war was over.

Answer 11

If you have never heard of World War I, print this all out and have a responsible adult take it to the Superintendent of Schools.

Your education has been disgustingly neglected.

Answer 12

hahahaha. i cant belive me eyes.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

so 1 comes infront of 2 there fore 1 is before 2

Answer 13

You are an intelligent, intuitive and inquisitive person, and I'm sorry people are being so nasty. Unfortunately, high school AMerican History courses usually start with Columbus "discovering" America and don't get through the entire book, in other words, the parts where they discuss modern history, WW I, WW II, Vietnam and all that. It's not your fault. Just bad planning and curriculums at the schools. People have given you some good stating points tonight and you should follow up on them. If you go to college make a point of taking a modern US History course. They usually from 1900 on. And you will find that many students have had the same lack of experience in this area as you had.

I'm guessing you heard something about World War II, maybe on TV? The fact that you immediately asked the right questions, as in, well, there must have been a World WAr I, tells me that you are an intelligent person as I said in the first paragraph above. So don't listen to the snotty comments made to you about this question.

In the meantime, here's a quick hint if you want to sound intelligent in a conversation about the world wars. Just say, "It's obvious to me that World WAr II was directly caused by the Allies severely punishing Germany at the end of World War I.

Answer 14

I'm nearly sure you're just pulling our legs and having a good laugh.

But, if for any chance your question is for real and you really, amazingly, never heard of WW1, I recommend you to go to www.wikipedia.org.  then search for World War I, and start reading it.

Answer 15

World War One.  It was like the dominoe effect...

Answer 16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wwi

Answer 17

Yes there was a World War One which was originally called the "Great War". It started in 1914 after a Serbian gand named the Black Hand Gang assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Bosnia. A member named Gavrilo Princip made the hit and was caught soon after. Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The A-HE then invaded Bosnia and Serbia, declaring war on them. Russia responded by declaring war on A-H becuase they were invading a slavic nation which the Russians thought of as a partly russian race.

Britain and France joined with Russia and Germany with Austia-Hungary. It was mainly fought in France with the Western Front in France with battle like The Somme and Paschendaele and the eastern front between Germany and Russia. The American's entered the war in 1917 after one of their civilian ships was sunk by a German Frigate. It was ended on November 11, 1918 with an Armistice signed by the two sides. Thats why we have Rememberance Day on November 11. Over 10 million soldiers were killed and three times the civilians. It was also called the "War to end all wars" but seeing as there was a Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Malayan Crisis, Gulf War and Iraq War, you can see how much truth there was to this name.

It also resulted in the formation of "The League of Nations" a prototype organization of the United Nations, which was formed after WWII. Germany had many restrictions made unto it, mainly on the military.

Hope this has helped.

Answer 18

World War 2 is againt the Germans or the n***s world war 1 is againt the Koreans

Answer 19

World War 1in 1914

Answer 20

It was called "The Great War" by the people of the time.

It came to be called world war one ONLY after WWII commenced.

It is somewhat understandable, BUT still unacceptable that you have missed such a big point of our worlds history.

You can liken it to a British child NOT knowing what happened in 1066...

A lot may depend on your age and class structure in school, but some of it depends on you, so do some historical research at your library.  

BTW, to my knowledge, we are down to the last known WWI vet.  The last known combat vet passed away several months ago.

Answer 21

Try googling world war 1. There's quite a lot out there...

Answer 22

Seriously?

Answer 23

No! There was not a world war 1. All these people are wrong! What they don't know (or forget) is that the "2" in world war 2 used to come between the words "world" and "war," so long, long ago it used to be called World 2 War!

"World 1" was just when there were animals, no humans, and they had plenty of wars. Then, we came along, and they started calling it World 2. But, we've only had one war: World 2 War.

Now you know . . . something.