Gurukilli Smaranshaktichi

WORLD WAR I ALSO KNOWN AS THE GREAT WAR BEGAN IN 1914 AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA. HIS MURDER CATAPULTED INTO A WAR ACROSS EUROPE THAT LASTED UNTIL 1918. DURING THE CONFLICT GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY BULGARIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (THE CENTRAL POWERS) FOUGHT AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE RUSSIA ITALY ROMANIA JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES (THE ALLIED POWERS). THANKS TO NEW MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES AND THE HORRORS OF TRENCH WARFARE WORLD WAR I SAW UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF CARNAGE AND DESTRUCTION. FIGHTING UNDER BRUTAL CONDITIONS WORLD WAR I BATTLES ON BOTH LAND AND AT SEA SAW MASS CARNAGE BUT FEW DECISIVE VICTORIES WITH SOME CONFLICTS WAGING ON FOR MONTHS ON END. BELOW IS A TIMELINE OF THE WAR`S MOST SIGNIFICANT BATTLES.