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It was the first war in history that was fought world-wide, in many places around the planet, by a large number of nations.

It involved MILLIONS of men, and the death toll was in the MILLIONS! also.

It was the first war that saw the use of airplanes, and poison gas, and mass attacks by waves of men on foot, attacking the enemy's trenches.

At the time, it was hoped that it would be " The War that would end all Wars", but that wasn't the case. As you are probabbly aware, wars are still happening.

Young men went too! Many didn't return! WW1 went from 1914 to 1918! 4 years in total!well 4 years and a bit to be precise.

World War One was a conflict that lasted from 1914-1918. It invovled a number of countries from every continent. It was the first total war. Other conflicts had seen concepts of total war, but World War One was the first conflict where a nation(s) mobilized their entirety into destroying another. This war was fought on land and sea and in the air. States were brought together to work as one in order to better their war effort. Millions of men were shipped off to war and women took their places on the homefront. The war was effectively started by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand while touring in Sarajevo, Bosnia. This was just the spark that ignited a myriad of precursors that started the war. The major countries and their respective alignments were Germany, Italy, Austria and England, France and Russia. The United States was brought into the war in 1917 when the H.M.S Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in the Atlantic. Many Americans lost their lives and since it was never under government service, the U.S. saw this violent action as contrary to international law. This effectively brought the American war machine into the fray. The first armistice was signed by Bulgaria on Sept. 29, 1918 and the last was signed by Germany on Novermber 11. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919.

WWI got started because a teenager killed a ruler.

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