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The quality of this board is declining. This makes me sad.
>What do you think the main causes of the war was?
As in any large scale event there are no main causes but a number of converging problems and a main cause (singular) that tips the balance and blows up everything.
Now the German reason for war was the Baghdad - Istambul - Berlin oil pipeline which needed to be secured from the British.
The Austro-Hungarian reason for war was a declining monarchy that failed to modernize and hold onto power. We can also argue jews: Read L'Autriche Juive - Trocase François.
Also the Serbs being a tool right in the heart of the Central Powers.
The Russian ambition was the Balkans.
The French ambition was revanche for 1871 (The year in which French hegemony on the continent was ended. It lasted just under 400 years).
The British, well they needed to secure oil monopoly for the future. Which is exactly the first prize of the war.
> What were the ramifications of the war?
The war occurred after the bloodiest century the world has ever seen. The XIX'th century saw dozens of major and bloody wars on all continents with China taking the prize by far.
During the XIX'th century war can be considered one of the main causes of death worldwide. (Around 7-10% of deaths over 100 years).
The war broke apart the liberal and conservative truce. It broke society apart which was barely mended together at the end of the last century.
The war caused "hell to break loose and made men become demons". It simply surfaced the unthinkable and the worst of human nature.
It caused empires to fall, alliances to change, ideas to die and worse things to be born.
>Which nation do you think gained the most from the it, and which do you think lost the most?
The US gained an empire overnight. It lost nothing and gained every benefit possible. Not even the British Empire by gaining oil monopoly and by eliminating competition from the Germans could pride itself with more gains than the americans.
Germany lost the most. It lost global power status and will never regain it again. It lost too much territory and population, influence and trade, money and a whole young generation.
>What is your favorite battle?
Marasesti, Marasti, Oituz.
>Who is your favorite commander?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Averescu
>What is your favorite weapon and/or vehicle of the war?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannlicher_M1895
>What's the craziest story you have about it?
There was about 1-2 survivors in each trench at Oituz and they placed the dead bodies of fellow soldiers in firing positions so that the Germans will not charge the line.