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** A. physical and economic destruction: **
 * 18 Summarize the major events and consequences of World War I. **

If Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated in 1914 there might have been no war; it was "the armaments race…and the speculation about imminent or preventive wars" which made his death the trigger for war.

About 70 million people got killed or got injured, if we didn't have World War I then the world would be in a better state.

Trench warfare turned regions of Europe into wastelands.

World War I destroyed Germany's economy because it forced them to pay large amounts of money for losing the war. Also, the trenches that were built made parts of Europe waste lands. Furthermore the death toll of the war was approximatly 70 million people.

World War I was the trigger for the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Many civilians died and also many soldiers from countries around the world died and there was a lot of suffering and hardship. The economic effects were also profound.

After World war 1, the most popular type of government that gained influence was republic. **Many people died in this war, but that didn’t stop them from continuing in multiple wars. ** ** B. the League of Nations and attempts at disarmament: **

The League of Nations was created after World War I in Geneva, Switzerland to prevent war from ever happening again. Their job was to maintain world peace and settle international disputes.

The League of nations formed after tension of war in Europe grew. They tried to settle disputes in order to prevent war but failed. The League of Nations had set out to return peace to Europe. Unfortunately this plan did not work. After tensions in the World War grew strong, the League of Nations was formed to attempt to settle international conflicts to prevent future wars from happening.

** C. the collapse of the Romanov dynasty and the subsequent Bolshevik Revolution and Civil War in Russia: **

Nicholas II brought 11 million peasants into World War I and women workers rallied and convinced soldiers to support them. The Bolshevik party wanted to overthrow the provisional government. The leader of the Bolshevik party told the followers to storm the Winter Palace and when they did so successfully the Bolsheviks had officially taken over.

** D. post-war economic and political instability in Germany: **

One cause of Germany's economic strife was treaty at Versailles which forced Germany to pay a lot of money to France and Great Britain. The economic problems that Germany faced also led to Hitler taking over.

The treaty of Versailles was a treaty that basically said that Germany was responsible for the whole war and that they would have to pay all the debt and everything, this made many Germans very angry.

Like all big wars, there are was a hefty financial and economic toll and the nations involved.

As result of WWI Germany's economy plummeted due to the high cost of war

Germany's leaders were tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg, the site used for Nazi propaganda, Hitler had escaped trial but committed suicide in his Berlin bunker. German cities were in ruins after prolonged bombing.

Germany fell into a depression after World War 1.

Germany's economy went downhill and suffered from a great depression until Hitler arrived who blamed the Jews for any further economic issues.

The treaty of Versailles resulted in Germany having to pay an indemnity for causing the War, which led to economic problems in Germany.

After the war, Germany took the blame for the war and ended up owing over 400 billion dollars.

** E. the Armenian genocide in Turkey: **

The reason for the Armenian genocide is that the Turks wanted to expand the Ottoman empire while the Armenians wanted independance.The Turks murdered hundreds of Armenian leaders along with thousands of Armenian people.

Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek ethnic groups were attacked by the Ottoman Empire in what is known to be one of the first modern genocides. The Armenian Genocide is the second most studied case of genocide, after the Holocaust.

Armenians were killed and tortured by the Turks over land. This caused many Armenians to flee to surrounding countries.

The Armenians were not given much of a choice during the genocide and in some cases were left to fight each other or get deported to bad areas like the desert. they were also starved. **This led to the destruction of the Armenian population by the Ottomans. **

**F. the unprecedented casualties and loss of life from prolonged trench warfare:**

Trench warfare required bigger and stronger weapons to be built which ended up killing a significantly higher number of people.

In trench warfare many people died from machine gun fire and artillery strikes.

There were many bombings. So, the artillery had to go into trenches to take cover that slowed the end of the war

Trench warfare required work including breaks to clean up dead bodies.

Because of long years of trench warfare, it took muuch longer to advance an army, even after battling for days straight. This resulted in a massive loss of life.