World War 1 and the Environment

What this article explains is basically the relationship between the environment and humans. In this case, it's a negative relationship. In this case it originated in Europe, beginning in 1914 to 1918, in which left 16 million people dead, while 21 million others had been wounded by the causes of combat and disease. The allies that had been established before the war, so the spark that managed to create chaos between al of the world had been in Bosnia, where the archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand was murdered while he was in his car alongside his wife parading through Bosnia. This was caused by a group of Serbian Terrorists, not knowing what the consequence would be. Soon, each country sent their armies in order to defend their allies in each agreement they had established. 3 of the main alliances made were Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary. The other Main Alliances were France, Great Britain, and Russia. The participation of the United States wasn't until later into the war. This wasn't until Germany used U-boats in order to sink Ships containing civilians from the US, importing supplies to Britain, even though it had stayed neutral. But what got president Wilson to declare war was the Zimmerman telegram, which was Germany proposing Mexico to join them, giving them back the territory in the USA which was rightfully theirs. However, in 1917, Russia had to withdraw from this war to focus on their own conflicts. The Bolsheviks Revolution occurred, in which peasants rebelled, with their leader Vladimir Lenin By all means, one word that would describe this war, was brutal. The fighting conditions they had to fight were harsh and disastrous. This was due to the fact that they all were under trenches, a new tactic known as tench warfare. This was where they had to live in, eat, and their source of safety, meaning that was where they had to use the bathroom. In other words, they lived and breathed this environment 24/7. All of these factors played a place in making life unsanitary and deadly. This can be compared to the Black Death since many diseases had spread from the cause of rats, the waste of other soldiers, and the dead bodies, which had grown in amount each time. Additionally, there was the spread of Trench Fever, which was a lice infestation. But what made matters worse was the rainfall. This made a river of all the waste in the trenches, and the soldiers had to stay in it, in which it entered their feet, and gave them the disease known as Trench foot, which brought even more death. After the war, in 1918, when soldiers began to return to their countries world wide, they also spread diseases they had obtained from the war. The main one had been Influenza. This had been an epidemic in which many people died. What can be concluded from this was the relationship between the environment and humans, in this case had been disastrous since it brought the continuous of millions.