A Brief Overview of the Beginning of WWI Including Trench Warfare

Background
Following the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, all of the "Big 5" European countries were plunged into The Great War because of the intricate alliances set up by Otto Von Bismarck and other European political leaders. As the landscape of the war began to take shape, Germany set its Von Schlieffen Plan into motion. To eliminate the possibility of a two front war, the Von Schlieffen Plan stated that the Germany must swing through Belgium, and knock France out of the war before Russia even has a chance to mobilize. …