World War One: Simple Version by AngusBurgers

Aside from America didn't actually get chance to do much at all, really enjoyable strip though.

Very funny and I love it

makes sense to me!

That's why world war 2 existed

That was beautiful

I really love to share this for my 2 kids..Thanks for sharing this to us..

Can I use this as a reference for whenever someone wants to talk about 'The peace to end all peaces?' At least for the Elementary aged and up?

Austria-Hungary wanted to impose rule on Serbia, so gave an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand by Gavrillo Princip. Serbia actually accepted all but one of Austria's conditions (Which every other power in Europe, including Germany and Russia) thought was sufficient to avoid war. Austria, however, refused to accept Serbia's acceptance, and declared war.

Russia, which had a historic tie to the Slavic peoples in Serbia, issued a half-mobilization order for it's armed forces. Russia told Austria to cease hostilities with Serbia, and when Germany told Russia to cease mobilizations, Tzar Nicholas actually tried explaining it to his cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm, both of them expressing desires to remain at peace. They even signed their telegrams with "Nicky" and "Willy".

Unfortunately, German diplomats had other things in mind, and issued an ultimatum to Russia, stating that if Russia did not cease it's mobilization, Germany would mobilize against Russia. Russia didn't cease mobilization, and turned to France, which it had a treaty with. France, which wanted vengeance for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, agreed wholeheartedly, and mobilized.

Austria sent troops into Serbia, Russia crashed into Germany and Austria, and Germany, wanted to fight a two-front war for as little time as possible, rapidly mobilized against France, choosing to march through Belgium to try to seize Paris as fast as possible. This enraged Great Britain, who had a treaty with Belgium, and Britain deployed it's army, the only professional army in Europe at the time.

The Ottoman Empire joined shortly after solely due to the war-hawkish actions of Enver Pasha, Italy joined the war in late 1915 to seize territory from Austria that it had claim to, Romania joined the war in September of 1916 after the massive Brusilov Summer Offensive shattered the Austro-Hungarian army for the time. The United States however waited until late 1917 after Germany began unrestricted U-Boat warfare for the second time, after Wilson had threatened war.

The United States WAS the reason the war ended when it did, since Britain and France had plans for 1919 offensives. Kaiser Wilhelm only agreed to abdicate because Woodrow Wilson had assured him that he, not the British or French, would be the one leading the peace talks. When Woodrow was given a minor role, THAT was when Germany got screwed over.

Sorry for the huge comment, but I am a Great War historian, so it makes me uncomfortable when the actual sequence of events isn't shown.

That's it.

That's WWI.

Even the countries blaming Germany for the war was the technically the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany's face when US enters is PRICELESS XD

Oh my god. This is what I'm using to teach my kids about WW1. Thank you.

Fantastic, I'm sure I just learned something and now I can teach others. Great job.

I caught that Monty Python reference.

I LOVE the expressions here XD

. . . WW1 wasnt funny, but holy shit this is hilarious! XD

Simple. Too much simple indeed, but good for a first approach. Good job.

"Wooo, France. What are you going to do, pelt me with croissants? Bleed on me?"

That part cracks me up every time,

well ... i think .... fuck it

I would use this to revise for an exam.

That Final part with Poland was the best!  

It's honestly sad how much this and the other history comics he's done are helping me with my essay

WWI: the McLeod edition. Like history but with meme like faces.

XD

I wonder if there can be an anime/Gmod versions... (No I'm not into Hetalia. Don't even ask.) Otherwise, TV tropes brought me here.

Flame-throwers were introduced during WWI, as was tear gas, chlorine gas, mustard gas, and phosgene/diphosgene gas. WWI was the first war with tanks too. In the last couple of years of the war, European soldiers had better and more food than civilians. Mass numbers of soldiers refusing to keep on fighting. Civilians targeted. Trench life. The futility of it all.  

It's a fascinating subject, if a morbid one. I  was hooked when I took a lit class about 20th century war. The Regeneration trilogy was especially provokative. And, of course, the works of Wilfred Own and Siegfried Sassoon. 

Some people think that WWII wouldn't have happened at all if we, the U.S. had stayed out of WWI. Without our intervention, the Europeans would have had to negotiate for peace. NO complete surrender or years of punitive sanctions. I don't know. I'm not sure things would have worked out that way. Germany and Britain were too proud to give in. For them it was all or nothing. The mentality was a lot like the attitude of the Japanese in WWII. Those same folks believe that the First World War was inevitable. As if it were a perfect storm of factors that had to end up leading to warfare. I don't think any of us can be confident in that conclusion. The previous two centuries were so changeable and unpredictable with rapid innovations and social upheaval, I can imagine that in 1914 anything might have happened, not necessarily open war. 

I recommend the Regeneration books, historical fiction, for those who want to understand how the people felt during those times--soldiers, doctors and nurses, women working in dangerous factories to support the war effort. Read those books. 

love the fases

this is honestly the best thing

Hey, would it be okay if I posted this on my World War One page on Facebook if I gave you credit?
www.facebook.com/Worldwaronepo…  <--- My WWI page on FB

Is that a TF2 reference...? The backstab? The gentlemen greeting? Hmmm

Or as I want to say it;all of Europe going through a cluster fuck of problems lead to a new cluster fuck of alliances between nations that ended up with everyone fighting everyone else.(My version of ZeroPunctuation's on youtube,a video of a guy reviewing a game called Valiant Hearts)

This is too amazing, and funny on so many levels..  

This is the best fucking thing ever!!!!

Made my life! HILARIOUS!

I didn't know it was you who drew these!

I love the comic, but really, Serbia is blamed for the war?

My war-history pants say otherwise.