The beginning of World War 1 was a nightmare of alliances. Three empires - Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary - were trying ...

Watch this video to find out how alliances and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to the outbreak of World War One. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand ...

On 11 November 1918, as news of the end of World War One spread across ... "Bulgaria agreed an armistice with the Allies on 30 September, the Ottoman Empire agreed one on 30 October and the ...

War in Europe began in the late summer of 1914 and from the outset the United States clung to a policy of strict neutrality. Despite the loss of American life as a result of the War on the ...