How Did The Great War Affect The World

The war started mainly from four conditions: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia. Austria then declares war on Russia. Germany declares war on Russia. Two days later Germany declares war on France. Later, Great Britain declares war on Germany. Alliances were formed, Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the Central Powers. On the other side, United states, Great Britain, France, and Russia were known as the Allied powers. Japan joined the allies, and Italy later joined. ( page 411) The Great War created new weapon inventions like poison gas, machine guns, tanks, and submarines. (page 414) Opposing armies on the Western Front dug miles of trenches to protect from enemy fire range. This became known as the trench warfare.(page 413) The Eastern Front was a battlefield area along the German and Russian border. The war in the east was more mobile than the war in the west.
The Great War had many effects on the countries and the world. “The war changed the economical balance of the world, leaving European countries deep in debt and making the U.S. the leading industrial power and creditor in the world.” https://www.historyonthenet.com/effects-of-world-war-1/
The Russians population was so large that throughout the war even though they lost a lot; the army continuously built their ranks back up. Russian armies could tie up hundreds of thousands of Germans. Germany could not give its full fight force as the west. As the war raged on, fighting spreaded from Europe to Africa, to Southwest and Southeast Asia. (page 415) The war claimed the lives of millions. The war affected everyone from civilians and soldiers in the trenches. Russia’s withdraw from the war allowed the German to send all their troops to the Western Front. Germany felt as though victory was in reach. (pge