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World War 1 saw the introduction of devastating new technologies such as poison gas, tanks, submarines, and machine guns, which transformed modern war into a highly tech dependent and deadly conflict. Innovations like the German U boat and early armored tanks first deployed by the United Kingdom reshaped military strategy and marked the beginning of progressive warfare.
World War 1 led to the collapse of empires such as the Ottoman Empire, Austro Hungarian Empire, German Empire, and Russian Empire, resulting in the creation of several new nations in Europe and the Middle East. Some of the countries that emerged from this were, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Finland emerged as independent, and powerful states, they went on to reshape the political map of the world.
World War 1 began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Hungary in 1914, which triggered a chain reaction of war declarations among European countries due to strong military alliances.