The Great Break: War and Revolution

World War I would come to be known as the Great War causing death, destruction, and revolution in Europe.  It all started in the summer of 1914.  The spark that lit the fire was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo.  Additional causes of the war were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.  World War I is considered a stalemate war in large due to the trench warfare which often resulted in stalemates.  Total war was important when it came to the war because many European countries had to make extreme sacrifices.  Women took men's places in the work force, food was rationed, nations censored their people, and propaganda was used to gain support for the war.  By 1916 many disapproved of the war.