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1) it started in 1914 and ended in 1918.
2) First known use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas
3) Was known as the Great war before WW2 happened as it was supposed to be the war to end all wars
4) The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand has been blamed as the means for WW1
5) The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 bought the US into the war, plan theorists say that it may have been the British that sunk her and not the Germans with the goal of involving America.
6) 58000 British soldiers were lost in the first day at the battle of the Somme
7) Aviation Technology was vastly better after the war than before due to militarists realizing the potential of Air to Land conflict
8) An Armistice was signed ending the war at 5 AM the conflict ended at 11am on the 11.11.1918
9) Hitler fought in ww1 in the German Army.
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10) Hitler wasnt happy about the truce which left Germany poor and lead to him gaining power so WW1 leads Into WW2
11) U.S. troops engaged: 4,734,991
12) 116,000 soldiers of US Army died in a short period of seven months
13) American casualties: 53,402
14) The U.S. declared war on Germany April 6, 1917, and submarine warfare reached its peak in the North Atlantic Ocean
15) By the end of the war there were 250,000 wounded British soldiers who suffered total or partial amputation
16) Over 200,000 men died in the trenches of WW1
17) Trenches were infested with millions of rats, frogs and lice
18) 80,000 British troops suffered from shell-shock
19) Four empires collapsed: the Russian Empire in 1917, the German and the Austro-Hungarian in 1918, and the Ottoman in 1922.
20) Deadliest battle in human history
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How many out of the 15 million deaths in world war 1 were soldiers?
About 58% of the deaths in world war I were military personnel, the remaining 42% were civilians.
Was the great depression betwween the civil war and world war 2?
yes, it was about 15 years before ww2 and 65 years after civil war.
How many combatants from both sides died in World War 1?
15 million
What is value of World War 1 eating utensils?
15 to 30 dollars depending on condition
How old was the youngest Canadian to serve in World War 2?
He was actually 15 years of age!
