Wars Involving Portugal: War of the Spanish Succession, Peninsular War, World War I, Eighty Years' War, Nine Years' War

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 174. Chapters: War of the Spanish Succession, Peninsular War, World War I, Eighty Years' War, Nine Years' War, Portuguese Colonial War, 1961 Indian annexation of Goa, Mozambican War of Independence, Angolan War of Independence, War of the Castilian Succession, Portuguese Restoration War, French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Second Coalition, War of the Sixth Coalition, First Carlist War, Dutch-Portuguese War, Portuguese-Mamluk naval war, Turbot War, Brazilian Independence, 1383-1385 Crisis, War of the Portuguese Succession, Ottoman-Venetian War, War of the Two Peters, Liberal Wars, Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, Third Ferdinand War, Malayan-Portuguese War, Persia-Portugal war, Ottoman-Portuguese Conflicts, Ethiopian-Adal War, Unholy Alliance, Spanish-Portuguese War, Lusitanian War, War of the Oranges, April Revolt, Guarani War, Luso-Brazilian invasion, Holy League, Patuleia, Ferdinand Wars. Excerpt: World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance). More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history. The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was the proximate trigger o...