1, World War I, referred to as "World War I" for short, was a large-scale irreconcilable contradiction in the process of capitalist countries' transition to their ultimate stage, namely imperialism, at the beginning of the 20th century. Colonies and semi-colonies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania were basically divided up by the great powers; Against the background of intensified contradictions between old and new colonialism, unbalanced economic development of various imperialists and unequal division of order, a world-class imperialist war broke out to carve up the world again and compete for global hegemony.
2. The war process is mainly the fighting between the allies. The German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria belong to the allied camp, while the British Empire, the Third Republic of France, the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the United States of America, the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Greece belong to the allied camp. This war is one of the most destructive wars in European history. About 65 million people participated in the war, more than 6.5438+million people died and 20 million people were injured. The war caused serious economic losses.
World War I brought great disasters to mankind, but objectively promoted the development of science and technology. In the First World War, various new weapons, such as airplanes, poisonous gas, tanks and long-range artillery, entered the war one after another, which was an important stage in the history of weapons development.
So much for the introduction of the First World War.