The hundred years war

It began on July 28, 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. In those four years, the major military powers of the world in a race enrocaron an atrocity unprecedented emerged flamethrowers, zeppelins, aerial bombardments, chemical weapons ... the Spanish neutrality was a big deal: a flood of precious metals came into the coffers of traders. Actually, everything was conceived two years ago when in Germany and thundered the first war drums.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           In the 60s the German historian Fritz Fischer exhumed documents showing that in December 1912 the head of the German Navy announced his government in a year and a half would be ready for the "big fight". Since then historians are inclined to believe that the engine of the war was the militarist Germany of William II. The kaiser believed that Germany was destined to grow a forest and France rubbish destined to disappear, "a pile of manure on which a jiffy." His reign began with the sound of boots and fanfares and ended up causing the fire of old Europe. To carry out the Great Calamity, Wilhelm II needed a pretext and found him in the attempt on his friend the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.                                                                                                                                                                                                   In the Triple Entente lined France, Britain and Russia. Serbia and Belgium were incorporated after the Austrian attack on Serbia-which triggered the start of hostilidades-- and Germany's attack against Belgium. On the other side, the Triple Alliance was originally built by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires coalition, then Italy and the Ottoman Empire joined. Italy switched sides in 1915 and joined the Entente alleging failure to ensure their claims by the Central Powers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The war left some 10 million dead and six million disabled. That carnage generated multiple forms of mourning as tributes to the Unknown Soldier, golden books that preserve the names of the missing, Places of Memory or celebrations November 11, Armistice Day.