World War one originated through the Serbian assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in 1914. What made this war so unusual is the domino effect it had after the assassination. Because Russia wanted to protect its Serbs, they backed Serbia against Austria. Backing Austria was Germany, who was also opponents with France who had joined sides with Russia. Because of the Schlieffen Plan, Germany was forced to go through Belgium thus violating a neutrality treaty and bringing Britain into the war. Italy eventually backed Germany, and the U.S. joined late into the war against Germany. This ripple effect was caused by alliances, which also was why WWII was such a large war. World War One itself introduced some new technologies, such as faster firing guns and the introduction of trench warfare, but, just like in WW2, the war was lost when Germany tried to take over Russia.

Though many people believe the alliance system to be the method for such great destruction in the Great Wars, some good came out of it too. The

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