World War I shocked the modern world, then locked Europe into trench stalemate while submarines, new fronts, and political gambles spread the war across oceans and empires. From Lusitania to Gallipoli ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A war that would eclipse all other conflicts up until that time, taking the nickname “The Great War,” and what we know as World War I, began on July 28, 1914. The war traced ...
A young Bosnian Serb had one plan to free his people from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the crown. The intricate assassination plan ended up setting off a ...
As World War I dragged on, the Austro-Hungarian Empire faced growing internal crises — from weak military leadership and failing supply lines to rising nationalist movements among its many ethnic ...