History Meme | One War | 1914-1918: World War I
In late June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I, which pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four years of the Great War—as it was then known—saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction, thanks to grueling trench warfare and the introduction of modern weaponry such as machine guns, tanks and chemical weapons. By the time World War I ended in the defeat of the Central Powers in November 1918, more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and 21 million more wounded. The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, determined post-war borders from Europe to the Middle East, established the League of Nations as an international peace organization and punished Germany for its aggression with reparations and the loss of territory. Tragically, the instability caused by World War I would help make possible the rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and would, only two decades later, lead to a second devastating international conflict. [+more]
#well I definitely thought that was Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a wig
take me there > bruce peninsula, ontario, canada
shut up
whaaat? it’s true
HOME; a mix about missing home, coming home… [basically sad]
including songs from bastille, mumford & sons, daughter, gabrielle aplin, city and colour, iron & wine…
of the blood of Old Valyria
If love were a disease, would you take the cure?
i cry when i see a beautiful graphic cause i know i’ll never be able to make one as good
60oh:
can you imagine if someone sent you a list of all the reasons why they love you.
