Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 proved to be the spark that

ignited World War I (1914-1918). Called "the Great War", it

quickly came to involve all the great powers of Europe and

eventually most countries of the world, and cost the lives

Among the causes of the war were rising nationalist

sentiment (manifested both in the chauvinism of the great

European powers and in the unrest among the subject peoples

of the multinational European empires), colonial and

economic rivalries, the formulation of hostile alliance

systems, and arms races, all of which contributed to the

growing sense of international tension during the prewar

years. When World War I erupted, U.S. president Woodrow

Wilson declared that the United States would adopt a policy

of strict neutrality. Past loyalty to France, as well as

the German invasion of neutral Belgium, however, resulted in

the development of pro-Allied sentiment in the United

The sinking of the Lusitania sent the first shock

waves. Wilson strongly protested against what he regarded

as needless slaughter. Following the sinking of the British

157,000 Italian casualties against about 75,000 Austrians.

life was worth, how much merchant shipping and property

allied beligerent to put more than a million men under arms,

figure, whatever it meant, was arrived at by juggling the

percent, the highest of any of the surviving states.

fields. The war's end found them in Britain's hands, at a

On August 21 the British and French armies renewed the

The United States on the other hand, the only other

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