World War 1 World War 1 was called "The Great War", "The war to end all wars", and "The first modern war". It had many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail. The most widely known reason for the start of World War1 was the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinad of Austria-Hungary in the Serbian capital of Sarajevo. The ArchDuke was there to talk to the Serbian leaders about peace in …showed first 75 words of 454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 454 total…prevented. The second way WW1 could have been stopped is if the Germans could have been persuaded not to join Austria-Hungary in their war against Serbia. If this had been done Russia and Serbia, in my opinion, would have crushed the Austrian-Hungarian Govt. bringing an end to the First World War before it even began. This is my opinion and I have stated facts to back it up and I hope you see my point.