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hello my name is oliver and i'm going to be talking about world war one i hope you enjoy

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in 1914 a serbian guy assassinated the the duke of the austro-hungarian empire and his wife

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the serbian guy killed the duke of the austro-hungarian empire and his wife

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so war spread across austro-hungary and serbia russia was allied with

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Serbia and France but Germany was allied with Austro-Hungary and Serbia. Russia was allied

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with Serbia and France and Germany was allied with Austro-Hungary. So Germany decided to attack France

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but for Germany to attack France German forces would have to go through Belgium and Belgium

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was allied with Britain. Germany was allied with Germany was had to go through Belgium. Belgium

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was an allied weapon and that meant war.

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Europe was now at war. This war revolutionised

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the art of battle. Planes started bombing around

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and in 1914 officers went into battle with swords and a pistol. In 1918

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there were tanks on the battlefield. Europe was cut in half by trenches,

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filthy veteran places machine guns had only recently been invented so back then

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soldiers were weren't used to rapid fire millions of soldiers died just charging

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at enemy guns there were two sides in Europe the Allied forces and the central

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powers between 1914 and 1918 more than 30 nations joined the war most of them

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on the Allies' side. In 1917, the Americans finally joined the war, and so did the Japanese,

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both on the Allies' side, and helped facilitate the end and potential victory of the war.

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Some of the bloodiest battles in recorded history happened during this war. For example,

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of the Somme July 1st 1916, Battle of Amiens August 8th 1918, Battle of Cambrai November

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20th 1914, Battle of Verdun February 21st 1916, Battle of Tannenby August 26th 1914,

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Battle of the Marne in September 12, 1914. By 1918 Germany was finally crippled and could

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no longer support the German army. Several German politicians surrendered. Military leadership

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felt betrayed by this and wanted to carry on but weren't able to financially. This

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betrayal gave one of the foundations for the rise of Hitler. In 1918, the two sides decided

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to stop fighting and make peace. This agreement took place at the 11th hour of the 11th day

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of the 11th month, 1918. Thank you for listening.