Britain entered World War I after declaring war on Germany on August 4, 1914. This was a direct response to Germany’s invasion of Belgium, a neutral country whose independence Britain had pledged to protect under the 1839 Treaty of London. On this day in 1944, Anne Frank was captured along with seven others by the Gestapo read more World War I was an event that changed the course of history forever. It all began when the Austro-Hungarian Empire attacked Serbia following the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. While the war was at its peak, Britain joined it...