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{{Infobox Military Conflict 
|conflict=Great War
|partof= [[Timeline-191]]
|image= 
|caption=
|date=[[1914]] - [[1917]]
|place=[[World war|Worldwide]]
|casus=Assassination of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]]
(contracted; show full)l Powers]]''' include the [[United States of America|United States]], the [[German Empire]], [[Austria-Hungary]], the [[Ottoman Empire]], [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]] and eventually the [[Empire of Brazil]]; the '''[[Entente]]''' consists of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]], the [[British Empire]], [[France]], [[Tsarist Russia]], the [[Japanese Empire]], [[China]], and [[Argentina]].  In Turtledove's books, this war is referred to as the 
'''''Great War'''''.

==The Road to the Great War: 1882-1914==

Though triggered by a random event, the war was three decades in the making. The United States, shamed by its twin defeats at the hands of the CSA and Britain, wasted little time in courting Germany as an ally. In short order, the Quadruple Alliance was formed; Germany, Austria-Hungary, the United States, and Italy.

(contracted; show full)amatic changes as well.  Voters would not reelect Theodore Roosevelt for a third term in 1920, instead giving the office to [[Upton Sinclair]], making him the first Socialist president.  The nation found itself ruling a great empire and finding Germany a rival instead of a friend.  There was talk of conflict between the two powers in the 1920's, but the [[Great Depression]] and the return of old enemies kept this from happening.

==See also==
[[World War II in Timeline-191]]

[[Category:Timeline-191]]