What are the main points of world war 1???? ?

Question

what are the main points of World war 1

Answer 1

At the time of the first world war breaking out, the Germans were building a railway through turkey into the middle east which would have harmed great britains hegemony over middle eastern oil. I am not joking.

Answer 2

According to which side?

There was no good side.  All the nations that fought in WW1 share the blame.

If there was any country that tried to stop the war, it was Germany.  Germany tried to talk a little sense into Austria before the war started, but ultimately, had to back them because of a treaty alliance.

Answer 3

The beginning, the middle and the end.

Kind of like the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Answer 4

The foundation for the first world war was set decades before when Otto von Bismarck negotiated a number of treaties where everyone was covering everyone else's back.

The Black Hand terrorist organization ignited the war by assassinating the Arch Duke (and his wife) of Austria.

Austria asked if Germany would still honor that agreement should they demand an apology or go to war.

Germany said "Yes" they would honor that log standing agreement, but had no idea that it would take the Austrians another 30 days to actually issue the demand/ultimatum.

In marching into France, the Germans were attempting to execute the Schleffen Plan which was to divide the German army, one turning south just short of Paris, the other continuing its march westward north of Paris and THEN swinging south to rejoin the first element.  The second element turned south too soon and fell short of taking Paris.  They then dug in and it turned into a quagmire of mud and blood.

Military leaders of all sides clung steadfast to out dated tactics that allowed for the slaughter of millions.  In the opening hour of the first Battle of the Somme some 200,000 men died, marching in neat columns towards well entrenched German machine gunners.  The battle continued on for months.

The first World War saw the introduction of new technologies, the use of field phones, the tank, the airplane an many other new innovations of weaponry.

The average age of the man fighting in the trench was 27.

By war's end, the average loss of life monthly for all combatants combined was something along the lines of 94,000 men.

The Germans were ultimately blamed for having started the war and were hit with more than slightly unreasonable demands for reparation.  All of which laid the groundwork for the Second World War.