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WW1 brief summary of my knowledge i know im dyslexic
Franz ferdinand was assiasinated july 28th 1914 by a serbian terrorist group. Austria blamed this on serbia, and declared war on Serbia.This caused germany to get involved and back up austria. Russia who had very strong ties with the serbians.Germany then escalated this and declared war on austria and france and russia as france were allies with russia. Germanys plan to defeat france was to march through belgium but belgium troops stood up to the germans and the Germans invaded them anyway.This nrought the UK into the war then declared war on germany as the uk was treaty bound to protect belgium.The uk also had treatys to protect russia and france but belgium was what got them in. The germans knew they couldnt defeat america so they sent a message to the mexicans saying to fightnwith them as america had taken overe them and their land. Before the message even reached mexico the British decrypted it and told the Americans naturally the Americans were very angry and this is what caused the Americans to join ww1. The war ended on 11th of november 1918.
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That is, essentially, the US High School standard explanation of the war. It isn't technically wrong, but it is highly simplified and entirely from the perspective of the US's involvement in the war.
The perceived immorality of unrestricted U-boat warfare was the bigger straw on the US-camel's back.
Sort of, not really. Those ruling Austria-Hungary saw their opportunity to, in their words, 'eliminate Serbia' and took it, with the assassination as their justification. They didn't really think Serbia had actually arranged it, but they deliberately engineered a war because they thought they could get away with it.
You have this backwards. Austria-Hungary went to Germany and asked for support if they waged an aggressive war on Serbia. Germany (really, just the kaiser) agreed because the Austro-Hungarian diplomat, Szogyeny, knew the kaiser very well, had been in Berlin a long time, and knew how to talk to him.
Germany did not declare war on Austria-Hungary.
It is arguable to what extent the Schlieffen plan was even a thing, and it's debatable to what extent it could ever have succeeded, especially in the face of stiff Belgian resistance:
From Zuber, The Schlieffen Plan Reconsidered, War in History.
The UK had no actual military alliance with France until after the war began.
The Americans had been supplying materiel and finance to the Entente, and the Germans essentially considered them hostile. The sinking of American shipping by German unrestricted submarine warfare was a major issue for the Americans, and the Zimmerman telegram was the step too far.