World War I

Organizations| -Entente* British Empire
* France
* Russian Empire (1914 - 1917)
* Serbia
* Italy (joined 1915)
* Japan
* United States of America (joined 1917)
* Austria-Hungary
* Ottoman Empire
* Bulgaria

Personnel| * David Lloyd George
* Herbert H. Asquith
* Georges Clemenceau
* Raymond Poincare
* Nicholas II (1914 - 1917)
* Alexander Kerensky (1917 - 1918)
* Victor Emmanuel III
* Woodrow Wilson
* Yoshihito/Taisho
* Franz Joseph I (1914 - 1916)
* Karl I (1916 - 1918)
* Mehmed IV
* Ferdinand I

Strength| -Entente Forces* British Armed Forces
* French Armed Forces
* Italian Armed Forces
* Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Serbia
* Armed Forces of the Japanese Empire
* US Armed Forces (as of 1917-1918)
* Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces
* Ottoman Armed Forces
* Bulgarian Armed Forces

Result| Entente Victory:* The signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
* The Establishment of the League of Nations.
* The Outbreak of Spanish Flu.
* Fall of the Russian, Ottoman, German and Austro-Hungarian Empires.
* The Beginning of the Great Depression.
	+ The Rise of Adolf Hitler into Power in 1933, after the failure of the Treaty of Versailles and The Great Depression.
* The Establishment of the Soviet Union after the Russian Civil War.
* The outbreak of World War II after 21 years.

**World War I** (also known as the **First World War** or the **Terran Civil War**), was a global war on Earth that lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918. Contemporaneously known as the **Great War** and "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilization of over 70 million military personnel, making one of the largest wars in Terran history.

The conflict was fought between the European powers, the Entente (The British Empire, France, the Russian Empire, Italy, and Serbia), and the Central Powers (The German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria). Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after the assassination of it heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, during his visit to the city of Sarajevo, when Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip killed him. This ultimately led to Russia and France backing Serbia (Britain later), and Germany backing Austria-Hungary. Other nation later joined the war, including Italy, Bulgaria, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. Thus expanding the conflict from a European war, to a world war. The United States of America stayed neutral for most of the war, but ultimately joined the Entente after relations with Germany deteriorated.

The war ended with a victory for the Entente. The treaty that was signed in the end: The Treaty of Versailles, issued major punishment of the Central Powers, mainly on Germany, which led to the fall of their empires. As a result, new nations were formed, such as Yugoslavia, Turkey, the Soviet Union, and Poland (which did exist prior to the early 1800s).

The war would have a lasting legacy on Earth, and was considered "the dawn of modern warfare", and ultimately led to the rise of nationalism, the far-right, and Nazism. In turn, a second world war began just over 20 years later.

## Factions

### Entente

The Entente (also known as the Allies) was originally an alliance between the British Empire and France, which were historically rival for over half a millennia. However, a set of similar ideals and moral existed between the two, along with a fear of German dominance over Western Europe. The Entente grew to include nations that either had good relations with either Britain or France, mainly the Russian Empire.

#### British Empire

The largest empire in the history of mankind, the British Empire held territory over the entire world. From the Dominion of Canada to the British Raj. While its monarch was its head of state, the prime minster was the head of government. It had a small, but professional military, with the largest navy in the world at the time.

#### France

Angered by their defeat in Franco-Prussian War, the French Republic had been preparing for war for several decades. Though its forces weren't as experienced or well-equipped like their German counterparts, their bravery and sense of nationalism made up for that.

#### Russian Empire

Despite being the largest country in Europe, and having the largest army, the Russian Empire was a country out of time. Autocratic Tsar Nicholas II held absolute rule, with the government (the Duma) having little to no control. Industry was scare, man power was slow to get moving. Russia would eventually leave the war and fall into civil war in 1918, which leads the establishment of the Soviet Union.

#### United States of America

When war broke out, the United States upheld a strict policy of isolationism in order to keep the war from coming to their soil. A policy that had been in place since the country's founding. The US already had good relations with member of both the Entente and Central Powers, but Germany policy of strict submarine warfare that led to them sinking US ships made relations deteriorate, and the US joined the war on the side of the Entente in 1917. Filling the power vacuum that Russia left when it fell into civil war.

##### Others

###### Italy

Originally a member of the Central Powers, Italy joined the Entente after relations with Austria-Hungary fell apart.

###### Serbia

A nation within the "powder keg of Europe" Serbia was originally part of the Ottoman Empire until gaining independence. They dreamed of united all of the Slavic people in the Balkans, and were backed heavily by Russia. They ultimately succeeded, and Yugoslavia was formed after the war.

###### Japan

Japan entered World War I as a member of the Allies on 23 August 1914, seizing the opportunity of Imperial Germany's distraction with the European War to expand its sphere of influence in China and the Pacific. There was minimal fighting. Japan already had a military alliance with Britain, but that did not obligate it to enter the war. It joined the Allies in order to make territorial gains. It acquired Germany's scattered small holdings in the Pacific and on the coast of China.

### Central Powers

The Central Powers was an alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The latter leaving to join the Entente when the war broke out.

#### German Empire

A new great power in Europe at the time, the German Empire had the most powerful military in the world. Hoping to find glory at the end of the war, they ultimately defeated by the Entente, and suffered harsh reparations.

#### Austria-Hungary

An empire that was constantly on the verge of collapsing, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the most diverse countries in the world at the time. After the war, it broke apart into new countries.

#### Ottoman Empire

Known as "the sick man of Europe", the Ottoman Empire was struggling to maintain control of its territory by the time of the war. They managed to survive due to the existence of oil in it islands. After the war, the empire fell apart, with the Republic of Turkey becoming its successor state.