LondonCityGirl's video: WORLD WAR 1 EXPLAINED SIMPLY - what the heck happened

Hi Everyone, World War I can be a confusing one to understand owing to the number of interweaving alliances and agreements between the great European powers which meant countries from all over the world were drawn into the conflict. The war resulted in the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and Ottoman empires as well as the death of millions. The aftermath of the war would sow the seeds for the rise of the Nazis in Germany which would result in another global war being fought just two decades later - World War II. Today I’m going to try and explain what led up to World War 1 and to try and make sense of what happened during the four year period during which the war raged on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS COVERED IN THIS VIDEO: What was the First World War / The Great War / World War I / The war to end all wars? - 0:03 The Balkans and Slavic nationalism - 0:41 Triple alliance and triple entente explained - 1:52 The trigger for World War I and the domino effect that led the European powers to war - 2:07 The Schlieffen Plan - 2:45 The Western front and Eastern front - 3:51 The Ottoman Empire joins World War I - October 1914 - 4:23 Global fronts in World War I - 4:48 Winter 1914 - 5:21 Naval blockades during World War I - 5:41 The sinking of the Lusitania - 6:04 Industrialised warfare during World War I - 6:21 Italy joins World War I - April 1915 - 6:35 The sinking of the S.S. Arabic - 6:49 Bulgaria joins the war - October 1915 - 7:07 War of attrition - 7:22 Germany declares war on Portugal - March 1916 - 7:51 Easter rising - April 1916 - 8:09 The Arab revolt - June 1916 - 8:29 Romania joins the war - August 1916 - 8:56 The US joins the war - April 1917 - 9:13 Russia is knocked out of the war - 9:52 The tide turns in favour of the allies - 10:30 When did the German’s surrender in WW1 - 11:09 Changed attitude to war after World War I - 11:21 The Aftermath of World War I - 12:06 Map of Europe before and after World War I - 12:07 The Ottoman empire before and after World War I - 12:24 The Treaty of Versailles explained - 12:37 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/londoncitygirl