Following 1914, the world had succumbed to the Great War, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia triggered a chain reaction within the alliances of Europe. To the East, the Empire of Austria-Hungary casted the opening move by invading Serbia following an ultimatum that was refused, the Russians retaliating with an invasion of their own. In the West, the Germans, with their bold strategy of the “Schlieffen Plan,” which involved sending forces to bypass French defenses through neutral Belgium, had the offensive crucially slowed down by the Belgians resistance. Towards the south, the declining Ottoman Empire galvanized under a revanchist and nationalist movement allied itself to Berlin.

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