Major conflict that started in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and ended in 1918. This mostly European war was won by the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia [until 1917, when they quit], Italy [after they switched sides], and the United States [who joined in 1917]), who defeated the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Italy, before they switched sides). The war was very destructive and deadly due to industrial technology. It concluded with the infamous Treaty of Versailles.

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Major conflict that started in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and ended in 1918. This mostly European war was won by the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia [until 1917, when they quit], Italy [after they switched sides], and the United States [who joined in 1917]), who defeated the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Italy, before they switched sides). The war was very destructive and deadly due to industrial technology. It concluded with the infamous Treaty of Versailles.