Characters. ORKNEY. Scapa flow. How it Began. If you are new to the First World War - or are rusty after many years since history class - the reasons for the so-called 'Great War' can be shrouded in confusion.
The Second World War was rather more straightforward: no questions there who did what and who was at fault. This website contains much material based in and around the events of World War One - but if you are unsure how it began and who did what, well, where to begin? The Great War . Timeline . Pre-1914. Www.teachers.ausd.net/socialsci/map-Europe-1914.jpg. Europe_in_1914.jpg (JPEG Image, 1198 × 863 pixels) File:Austria Hungary ethnic.svg.