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The First World War was provoked in the city of Sarajevo, a major city of the then-region of Bosnia-Herzegovina within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first formal military conflict took place on the border of that same Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia to its south.
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The World War 1 started at London,England exactly near at Rhine river alongside English Channel (British's route of scouting)
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How did they do World War 1 and World War 2?
In world war 1,germany started the war,but in world war 2,japan started it and usa ended the war
What year did World War I and 2 begin?
world war 1 started July 28th 1914 and world war 2 started 3rd September 1939
How did World War 1 directly to the outbreak of World war 1I?
Hitler started world war II
What nation got out of the war a year early during World War 1?
Russia
What nation controlled Iraq after World War 1?
The United Kingdom.
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