History is a part of who we are. But alot of people don't seem to care about history or what it stands for. Especially when it comes to history that has long past like all the wars that our country fought in order for us to have freedom. Most people say it was long ago and most say sadly we don't care we were not part of it. We are all a part of what happen in the wars. If not for all the lives that where lost we would not be free and living they way we do today. It saddens me to even read my son's history books from school. They put very little in them on the wars. I guess talking about Ceasar is and the Olympian gods is more important. But for me it's different. I had family who fought and died in the wars and I want to revisit that history. So I am going to start with World War 1.

I hope you enjoy my history as much as I do. And please if I miss anything along the way do let me know. And I promise I will post about the Civil War and Revolutionary war to. I'm Just going ass backwards as most would say =)

World War 1

A four year war that started in 1914 and ended in 1918. A war that most people don't realize started with the assassination of one man. Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The assassination was a political move by the Serbian Military hoping to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a greater Serbia or a Yuhoslavia.

The Serbian Military provided the assassins with the weapons and training to carry out their mission. So on June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed in Sarajevo by Princip. Those who did not kill themselves where rounded up and brought to justice. But no one at the time cared or thought it was a big deal that the Archduke had been killed.

Until one month later on July 28, 1914 when World War 1 began.