The Events Of World War One - 1108 Words

World War One, a war that was centralized in Europe and resulted due to the reaction to the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz, Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophia, on June 28th, 14 at Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s at the hands of Gavrilo Princip, a nineteen year old who had ties with the military group known as the Black Hand. For the war, there were two alliances made that were fighting: the Triple Entente made up of Britain, France, and Russia and the Triple Alliance made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. As a result following the assassination of the archduke, Austria-Hungary July 28, 1914 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, the Germany Declares War on France on August 2, 1914, and†¦show more content†¦The United States was a power that wanted to remain neutral and was not involved in the first World War until national security was tested and decided to get involved by joining the war on April 6, 1917, supplying f ood to the allied forces, and my recruiting soldiers. Although not a direct involvement in the war, the United States decided to partake in the First World War by supplying and rationing food to the allied forces, including Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy. The war had begun in 1914 and after three years of fighting in the war, the allies were facing starvation in Europe. Farms had been turned into battlefields and agricultural workers were forced to serve in the warfare, which then made food importation very difficult. In the United States, on August 10, 1917, the Food Administration was started in order to manage and control the wartime supply, the conservation, the distribution and transportation of food. The American children were also called upon to show thrift and economy during the war. One thing that was very important was wheat, where Americans were urged and encouraged to give up or stop consuming wheat in order to send it overseas and feed the allied soldiers. Meat was another well rationed item where butchers were tol d to evenly distribute meat between registered customers. As the war progressed, rationing and food supplying was not the only way the U.S. was involved in the war as they also called upon those to