First Great War

First Great War
Part of the Great Wars
Clockwise from top left Soldiers from the Imperial Onsland Rifles prepare to go over the top at the Battle of O'Briain, Inglaterran soldier carries a wounded man in a trench, a SOMEONE soldier in 1917, Alannan Colonial Infantry storms an Inglaterran bunker, a Gagian heavy bomber, Antarctic troops during the Summer Offensive
Date 11 November 1913 – 8 August 1919 (5 years, 8 months and 4 weeks) Location Abos, Galia (Alaoyi), Stratea (Gagium, Gulf of Atily) Result Coalition Victory RESULTS
Belligerents
Alanna Alanann South Galian Colonies Antarctic Circle States Fluvannia Fort PP Greater Niagara The Furbish Islands	Gagium Inglaterra Pätschlàn Seocheon Perlsienne (Until 1977) Saint Sienia (Until 1980) Supported By N/A
Commanders and leaders
TBDCOMMANDERLIST	Ulysse Cohen Thibault Cottin
Casualties and losses
Military Dead: TBD Civilians Dead: TBD Total Dead: TBD	Military Dead: TBD Civilians Dead: TBD Total Dead: TBD
Total Dead: TBD

The First Great War, often abbreviated as GWI or 1GW, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history and involved countries from almost every continent. It was fought between two coalitions, the first being the Coalition Powers, whose key members included Alanna, the Furbish Islands, Niagara, Santa Bárbara, Fluvannia, and their respective colonial empires. They faced the Opposition Powers, primarily Gagium, Inglaterra, Khakmadoy, Pätschlàn, Seocheon, Perlsienne, and Saint Sienna, with fighting occurring throughout Abos, Stratea, the Tenific Ocean, and parts of Galia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while '5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease.

The first decade of the 20th century was a period of increasing diplomatic tension between the great powers. This culminated with the Leon Succession Crisis beginning in 1913. Tensions flaired reached a breaking point on 28 June 1914, when a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip carried out the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Austria-Hungary held Serbia responsible, and despite diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict, declared war on 28 July. Russia came to Serbia’s defence, and by 4 August, over-lapping defensive alliances had drawn in France, Britain and Germany.

German strategy in 1914 was to first defeat France, then shift its troops to the east and do the same to Russia.[5] However, this failed, and by the end of 1914, the Western Front consisted of a continuous line of trenches stretching from the English Channel to Switzerland. The Eastern Front was more fluid, but neither side could gain a decisive advantage, despite a series of costly offensives. Attempts to bypass the stalemate caused fighting to expand into the Middle East, the Alps, the Balkans and overseas colonies, bringing Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and others into the war.

The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies in April 1917, while the Bolsheviks seized power in the Russian October Revolution, and made peace with the Central Powers in early 1918. Freed from the Eastern Front, Germany launched an offensive in the west on March 1918, hoping to achieve a decisive victory in the West before U.S. troops arrived in significant numbers. Failure left the German Imperial Army exhausted and demoralised. When the Allies took the offensive in August 1918, the Germans could do nothing more than slow it.[6]

Between 29 September and 3 November 1918, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary agreed to armistices with the Allies, leaving Germany isolated. Facing revolution at home, and with his army on the verge of mutiny, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on 9 November. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 brought the fighting to a close, while the Paris Peace Conference imposed various settlements on the defeated powers, the best-known being the Treaty of Versailles. The dissolution of the Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires resulted in the creation of new independent states, among them Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. For reasons still debated, failure to manage the instability that resulted from this upheaval during the interwar period contributed to the outbreak of World War II in September 1939.

Course of the war

Main article: Timeline of the First Great War