
World War I - Wikipedia
World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian dead from causes including genocide. The movement of large numbers of people was a major factor in the deadly Spanish flu pandemic.
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1 天前 · World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist on June 28, 1914. What countries fought in World War I? The war pitted the (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) against the (mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States). Who won World War I?
World War I: Summary, Causes & Facts | HISTORY
2009年10月29日 · World War I, also known as the Great War, started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918.
World War I: The Real Reason the Great War Happened
2017年4月6日 · World War I and World War II had the same cause—the desire of German elites to use aggressive war to turn Germany from a regional power into a global superpower—and the same result—the defeat of...
Causes of World War I - Wikipedia
World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded. Moreover, the Russian Civil War can in many ways be considered a continuation of World War I, as can various other conflicts in the direct aftermath of 1918.
World War I facts and information - National Geographic
2019年4月11日 · In just four years between 1914 and 1918, World War I changed the face of modern warfare, becoming one of the deadliest conflicts in world history. World War I had a variety of causes, but its...
WW1: Was it really the first world war? - BBC News
2014年6月28日 · It is true that none of the war's land battles occurred in the Americas, which some historians have claimed meant that World War One was not as global as the Seven Years war or the Napoleonic Wars...
World War I 1914-1918 - Encyclopedia Britannica
Four great empires—the Hohenzollern, the Habsburg, the Romanov, and the Ottoman —fell, and the intercontinental movement of troops helped fuel the deadliest influenza pandemic in history. The ripple effects of the war, from the Great Depression, to World War II, to the Cold War, continue to be felt today.
World War I: Facts & Related Content - Encyclopedia Britannica
5 天之前 · World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the Middle East, and other regions. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties and, in its destabilization of …
A true world war - Alpha History
It is with good reason that the conflict of 1914-18 is considered the first ‘world war’ in human history. Though the bulk of fighting took place on the Western and Eastern Fronts, World War I was not confined to Europe.