The Causes of World War I The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife by a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, …showed first 75 words of 2825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2825 total…were either physically or psychologically wounded. The impact of the First World War is still with us. In many respects the events of modern Europe are a direct result of what happened in 1914 -1919. "Had there be a World War I, of course have been no Second..." Adolph Hitler himself was a product of the First World War. World War I also gave Lenin an opportunity to overthrow the government in Russia and proclaim communism.