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Europe at its peak Imperial Tensions Militarism Nationalism System of Alliances. European alliances before World War I. Nationalism in the Balkans The Assassination of the Archduke Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum The alliance System lead to war.
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Europe at its peak • Imperial Tensions • Militarism • Nationalism • System of Alliances European alliances before World War I
Nationalism in the Balkans • The Assassination of the Archduke • Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum • The alliance System lead to war Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Duchess Sophie just before they were assassinated
The Eastern Front • The Balkan Front • The Italian Front • The War ends • Alliances • The Western Front • Battles Along the Western Front
British machine gunners in action in 1916 wearing gas helmets for protection from poison gas. • The Machine Gun • Artillery • Weapons of the Industrial Age • Casualties of Modern Weaponry
A surfaced U-Boat torpedoes a merchant steamer during the First World War
American troops leave camp in 1917 and prepare to join the Great War going on in Europe