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Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	Western successes led to Ulysses S. Grant command of all Union armies in 1864.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	In the Western Theater, William T. Sherman drove east to capture Atlanta and marched to the sea , destroying Confederate infrastructure along the way.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	The Union marshaled the resources and manpower to attack the Confederacy from all directions, and could afford to fight battles of attrition through the Overland Campaign towards Richmond, the Confederate capital.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	The defending Confederate army failed, leading to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars .	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, and mass-produced weapons were employed extensively.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	The mobilization of civilian factories, mines, shipyards, banks, transportation and food supplies all foreshadowed World War I .	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	It remains the deadliest war in American history , resulting in the deaths of an estimated 750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties.	00
Q1243	when did the civil war start and where	American Civil War	Historian John Huddleston estimates the death toll at ten percent of all Northern males 20–45 years old, and 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18–40.	00
Q1244	What are the busiest airports in the world	World's busiest airport	The definition of the world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Geneva, Switzerland.	11
Q1244	What are the busiest airports in the world	World's busiest airport	The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic:	00
Q1244	What are the busiest airports in the world	World's busiest airport	Passenger traffic: total passengers emplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once	00
Q1244	What are the busiest airports in the world	World's busiest airport	Cargo traffic: loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes	00
Q1244	What are the busiest airports in the world	World's busiest airport	Traffic movements: landings and take-offs of aircraft	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	It involved all the world's great powers , which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy ; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war).	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	These alliances were both reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the Central Powers.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	More than 9 million combatants were killed , largely because of technological advancements that led to enormous increases in the lethality of weapons without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	It was the fifth- deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes, such as revolutions in many of the nations involved.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	One of the long-term causes of the war was the resurgence of imperialism in the foreign policies of the great powers of Europe.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	More immediately, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, on 28 June 1914 by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo triggered a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary subsequently delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia .	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Several alliances formed over the previous decades were invoked.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Within weeks, the major powers were at war and, via their colonies, the conflict soon spread around the world.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	On 28 July, the Austro-Hungarians fired the first shots of the war as preparation for the invasion of Serbia .	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	While the Russians mobilised, the Germans invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg on the way to France, providing a casus belli for Britain's declaration of war against Germany.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	After the German march on Paris was brought to a halt—the so-called Miracle of the Marne —the Western Front settled into a static battle of attrition with a trench line that changed little until 1917.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	On the Eastern Front , the Russian army was successful against the Austro-Hungarians, but was stopped in its invasion of East Prussia by the Germans.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	In November the Ottoman Empire joined the war, opening up fronts in the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and the Sinai.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Italy and Bulgaria went to war in 1915 and Romania in 1916.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	In Russia, the tsar's government collapsed in March 1917 and a subsequent revolution in November brought the Russians to terms with the Central Powers.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	After a 1918 German offensive along the western front, the Allies drove back the Germans in a series of successful offensives and American forces began entering the trenches.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Germany, which had its own trouble with revolutionaries , agreed to an armistice on 11 November 1918.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	The war ended in victory for the Allies.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	Events on the home fronts were as tumultuous as on the battle fronts, as the participants tried to mobilize their manpower and economic resources to fight a total war .	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	By the end of the war, four major imperial powers—the German , Russian , Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires—ceased to exist.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	The successor states of the former two lost a great amount of territory, while the latter two were dismantled entirely.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	The map of central Europe was redrawn into several smaller states.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict.	00
Q1245	who staRTED WORLD WAR I?	World War I	The European nationalism spawned by the war and the breakup of empires, the repercussions of Germany's defeat and problems with the Treaty of Versailles are agreed to be factors contributing to World War II .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP -operated Macondo Prospect , considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, estimated to be between 8% and 31% larger in volume than the earlier Ixtoc I oil spill .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig , which claimed 11 lives, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed unabated for 87 days, until it was capped on 15 July 2010.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	The total discharge is estimated at .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	A massive response ensued to protect beaches, wetlands and estuaries from the spreading oil utilizing skimmer ships, floating booms , controlled burns and of Corexit oil dispersant .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well was declared sealed on 19 September 2010.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Some reports indicate the well site continues to leak.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Due to the months-long spill, along with adverse effects from the response and cleanup activities, extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats, fishing and tourism industries, and human health problems have continued through 2013.Three years after the spill, tar balls could still be found on the Mississippi coast.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Numerous investigations explored the causes of the explosion and record-setting spill.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Notably, the U.S. government's September 2011 report pointed to defective cement on the well, faulting mostly BP, but also well operator Transocean and contractor Halliburton .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Earlier in 2011, a White House commission likewise blamed BP and its partners for a series of cost-cutting decisions and an insufficient safety system, but also concluded that the spill resulted from "systemic" root causes and "absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur".	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	In November 2012, BP and the United States Department of Justice settled federal criminal charges with BP pleading guilty to 11 counts of manslaughter , two misdemeanors, and a felony count of lying to Congress.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	BP also agreed to four years of government monitoring of its safety practices and ethics, and the Environmental Protection Agency announced that BP would be temporarily banned from new contracts with the US government.	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	BP and the Department of Justice agreed to a record-setting $4.525 billion in fines and other payments but further legal proceedings not expected to conclude until 2014 are ongoing to determine payouts and fines under the Clean Water Act and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment .	00
Q1247	what part of the bp oil spill affected the water	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	As of February 2013, criminal and civil settlements and payments to a trust fund had cost the company $42.2 billion.	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a song by rock band U2 .	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	It is the opening track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's third single in August 1987.	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	The song's hook is a repeating guitar arpeggio using a delay effect, played during the song's introduction and again at the end.	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	Lead vocalist Bono wrote the lyrics in response to the notion that it is possible to identify a person's religion and income based on the street on which they lived, particularly in Belfast .	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	During the band's difficulties recording the song, producer Brian Eno considered erasing the song's tapes to have them start from scratch.	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	"Where the Streets Have No Name" was praised by critics and became a commercial success, peaking at number thirteen in the US, number fourteen in Canada, number ten in the Netherlands, and number four in the United Kingdom.	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	The song has become one of the band's most popular songs and has remained a staple of their live act since the song debuted in 1987 on The Joshua Tree Tour .	00
Q1248	where the streets have no name filming location	Where the Streets Have No Name	The song was notably performed on a Los Angeles rooftop for the filming of its music video, which won a Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video .Recently the song has been used by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens as their entrance song in Super Bowl XLVII	11
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.	00
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	Hanks is known for his roles in Apollo 13 , Big , That Thing You Do!	00
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	, The Green Mile , You've Got Mail , Sleepless in Seattle , Charlie Wilson's War , Catch Me If You Can , Forrest Gump , Cast Away , A League of Their Own , The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , as well as animated films like the Toy Story film series, The Polar Express , and The Simpsons Movie .	00
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	He has earned and been nominated for numerous awards during his career, including winning a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia and a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump , and earning the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the BAFTAs in 2004.	00
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	Hanks is also known for his collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan and the mini-series Band of Brothers , which launched Hanks also as a successful director, producer and writer.	00
Q1249	what movies has tom hanks died in	Tom Hanks	As of 2012, Hanks' films have grossed over $4.2 billion at the United States box office alone, and over $8.5 billion worldwide making him the highest all-time box office star.	00
Q1250	what time does the cape come on?	The Cape (2011 TV series)	The Cape is an American superhero drama series.	00
Q1250	what time does the cape come on?	The Cape (2011 TV series)	It premiered on NBC during the 2010–2011 television season as a mid-season replacement beginning with a two-hour pilot episode on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 9 pm Eastern and Pacific Time.	00
Q1250	what time does the cape come on?	The Cape (2011 TV series)	An encore played on Monday, January 10, with follow-up episodes continuing on Monday evenings in the 9 pm timeslot beginning on January 17.	00
Q1250	what time does the cape come on?	The Cape (2011 TV series)	NBC subsequently cut the total number of episodes to be aired from 13 to 10 as a result of low ratings.	00
Q1250	what time does the cape come on?	The Cape (2011 TV series)	On March 2, 2011, NBC announced that the series finale would only be aired on the network's website.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Halley's Comet or Comet Halley ( or ), officially designated 1P/Halley, is the best-known of the short-period comets and is visible from Earth every 75–76 years.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Halley is the only short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Other naked-eye comets may be brighter and more spectacular, but will appear only once in thousands of years.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Halley's returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers since at least 240 BCE .	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Clear records of the comet's appearances were made by Chinese , Babylonian , and medieval European chroniclers , but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at the time.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	The comet's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley , after whom it is now named.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	During its 1986 apparition, Halley became the first comet to be observed in detail by spacecraft , providing the first observational data on the structure of a comet nucleus and the mechanism of coma and tail formation.	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	These observations supported a number of longstanding hypotheses about comet construction, particularly Fred Whipple 's "dirty snowball" model, which correctly predicted that Halley would be composed of a mixture of volatile ices – such as water , carbon dioxide and ammonia – and dust .	00
Q1251	where did halley's comet come from	Halley's Comet	The missions also provided data which substantially reformed and reconfigured these ideas; for instance it is now understood that Halley's surface is largely composed of dusty, non-volatile materials, and that only a small portion of it is icy.	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places of the United States of America .	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	As defined by the United States Census Bureau , an " incorporated place " includes a variety of designations, including city , town , village , borough , and municipality .	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	A few exceptional Census Designated Places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places.	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or county equivalent.	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places.	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	This list presents only that portion (or "balance") of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place.	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	Note that this list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits , which does not include other municipalities or unincorporated suburban areas within urban agglomerations .	00
Q1252	what are the 40 largest cities in the us	List of United States cities by population	A different ranking is evident when considering U.S. metropolitan area populations .	00
Q1253	where did the mayflower land	Mayflower	The Mayflower was the ship that in 1620 transported 102 English Pilgrims , including a core group of Separatists , to New England.	11
Q1253	where did the mayflower land	Mayflower	Their story is one of travail and survival in a harsh New World environment.	00
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	A New Zealand forward (in white) takes a shot on goal against Cameroon in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup .	00
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.	11
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	This very advanced position and its limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals than other players.	00
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	This position requires intelligence, speed, and power, both of execution and of thought, to perform the role well.	00
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	Modern team formations usually include one to three forwards; two is the most common.	00
Q1254	what is a forward in soccer	Forward (association football)	Coaches typically field one striker who plays in an advanced position (the centre forward), and another attacking forward who plays somewhat deeper and assists in making goals as well as scoring (the second striker).	00

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

Western successes led to Ulysses S. Grant command of all Union armies in 1864.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

In the Western Theater, William T. Sherman drove east to capture Atlanta and marched to the sea , destroying Confederate infrastructure along the way.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

The Union marshaled the resources and manpower to attack the Confederacy from all directions, and could afford to fight battles of attrition through the Overland Campaign towards Richmond, the Confederate capital.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

The defending Confederate army failed, leading to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars .

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, and mass-produced weapons were employed extensively.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

The mobilization of civilian factories, mines, shipyards, banks, transportation and food supplies all foreshadowed World War I .

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

It remains the deadliest war in American history , resulting in the deaths of an estimated 750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties.

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when did the civil war start and where

American Civil War

Historian John Huddleston estimates the death toll at ten percent of all Northern males 20–45 years old, and 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18–40.

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What are the busiest airports in the world

World's busiest airport

The definition of the world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Geneva, Switzerland.

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What are the busiest airports in the world

World's busiest airport

The ACI defines and measures the following three types of airport traffic:

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What are the busiest airports in the world

World's busiest airport

Passenger traffic: total passengers emplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once

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What are the busiest airports in the world

World's busiest airport

Cargo traffic: loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes

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What are the busiest airports in the world

World's busiest airport

Traffic movements: landings and take-offs of aircraft

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

It involved all the world's great powers , which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy ; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war).

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

These alliances were both reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the Central Powers.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

More than 9 million combatants were killed , largely because of technological advancements that led to enormous increases in the lethality of weapons without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

It was the fifth- deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes, such as revolutions in many of the nations involved.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

One of the long-term causes of the war was the resurgence of imperialism in the foreign policies of the great powers of Europe.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

More immediately, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, on 28 June 1914 by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo triggered a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary subsequently delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia .

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Several alliances formed over the previous decades were invoked.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Within weeks, the major powers were at war and, via their colonies, the conflict soon spread around the world.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

On 28 July, the Austro-Hungarians fired the first shots of the war as preparation for the invasion of Serbia .

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

While the Russians mobilised, the Germans invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg on the way to France, providing a casus belli for Britain's declaration of war against Germany.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

After the German march on Paris was brought to a halt—the so-called Miracle of the Marne —the Western Front settled into a static battle of attrition with a trench line that changed little until 1917.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

On the Eastern Front , the Russian army was successful against the Austro-Hungarians, but was stopped in its invasion of East Prussia by the Germans.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

In November the Ottoman Empire joined the war, opening up fronts in the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and the Sinai.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Italy and Bulgaria went to war in 1915 and Romania in 1916.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

In Russia, the tsar's government collapsed in March 1917 and a subsequent revolution in November brought the Russians to terms with the Central Powers.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

After a 1918 German offensive along the western front, the Allies drove back the Germans in a series of successful offensives and American forces began entering the trenches.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Germany, which had its own trouble with revolutionaries , agreed to an armistice on 11 November 1918.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

The war ended in victory for the Allies.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

Events on the home fronts were as tumultuous as on the battle fronts, as the participants tried to mobilize their manpower and economic resources to fight a total war .

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

By the end of the war, four major imperial powers—the German , Russian , Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires—ceased to exist.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

The successor states of the former two lost a great amount of territory, while the latter two were dismantled entirely.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

The map of central Europe was redrawn into several smaller states.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict.

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who staRTED WORLD WAR I?

World War I

The European nationalism spawned by the war and the breakup of empires, the repercussions of Germany's defeat and problems with the Treaty of Versailles are agreed to be factors contributing to World War II .

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