What started out as a local European war soon became a around the world, and is commonly called The Great War or The War to End All Wars. Check out the historical facts on World War I.
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On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand (no, not the band), the Archduke of Austria, in Sarajevo. Exactly one month later, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war divided Great Britain. As other countries began to sides, the Triple Alliance became known as the Central Powers and the Triple Entente became the Allied Forces.
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Most of the action took place in the trenches. They were dug deep into the ground in a zigzag pattern to protect soldiers from advancing enemies. Soldiers spent an average period of eight days in the trench, where they were constantly under threat of attack from shellfire, snipers and amputation!
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WWI was different from previous wars because soldiers used efficient weapons like machine guns, artillery, stop fighting.
World War I - Did U Know? 6j21z
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- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was a surgeon during WWI. Inspired by the sight of red poppies growing among the graves of fallen soldiers, he wrote the memorable poem called In Flanders Field.
- So far about 4,159 coalition soldiers have died during the latest war in Iraq - compare that to 7,996,888 soldiers who died in WWI.
