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Europe before World War I was a snarl of international competition, diplomatic tension and overlapping alliances and treaties between nations for support in case of attack or invasion. There was a general feeling at a war was inevitable and everyone was getting themselves into as powerful a position as possible before it started.The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is often identified as the "spark" that started it all but anything would have done.
September 1 1939.
Arch-Duke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist. Within a month this resulted in the beginning of World War I.
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Hitler survived world war 1.
WW1 ended on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month (Veterans Day) in 1918. The GLOBAL portion making WORLD WAR two a global war commenced on December 7, 1941; when the United States of America entered WW2.