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The Delaware Military Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time in the autumn of 2017. Our first exhibit featured the centennial observation of the Great War (later called World War One). America declared war in April 1917. Delaware shipyards built numerous ships, the DuPont Company manufactured gunpowder and the citizens of Delaware mobilized. The Delaware National Guard Regiment, the 58th Infantry Pioneers deployed to France and fought in the Meuse-Argonne campaign to victory over Germany.

What started World War One? The spark that set off the War was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian-hungry throne by a fanatical Bosnian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914. The Austro-Hungarian Government sent an ultimatum to Serbia, making demands that were rejected. The Austrian-Hungarian Government, supported by Germany, then declared war. on Serbia. Russia supported Serbia. Fearing fully mobilized Russia on its Eastern front, their ability to prevail depended on defending against France which was an ally of Russia. So, Germany invaded Luxembourg ( Bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south). on August 2, 1914. Other nations were brought into the conflict. These were referred to as the "Allied" nations. The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Battles waged in the Middle East, Asia, and almost every ocean, About sixty five million were mobilized, of whom ten million were killed. France lost sixteen percent of its male population. No previous war in history approached this magnitude. Its legacy was the triumph of Communism in Russia, Fascism in Italy, national socialism in Germany, planting the seeds to World War Two.

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