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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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More than 15 million people were killed.

One of the most deadliest conflicts in history.

Started: July 28,1914

End: November 11,1918

It lasted 4 years.

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230 soldiers died every hour of the ww1 which lasted for 4 and a quarter years

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1.it was started in 19500;s...

2.it was rainy season.

3.and it gives many life..

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Was about a fight over who eat the last doughnut in the box.

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The war was on for 4 years.

It started 1914 and finished 1918

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