World War I, also known as the Great War, started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder escalated into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918 ...
World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary set off a chain reaction of alliances.Rising nationalism, militarism and imperial rivalries quickly ...
This World War I timeline of battles outlines the most important engagements of the 1914-1918 war, from the first Bat...
World War I, which lasted from 1914 until 1918, introduced the world to the horrors of trench warfare and lethal new technologies such as poison gas and tanks. The result was some of the most ...
The United States entered World War I in 1917, following the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania and the sho...
Major powers such as Britain, France, the U.S. and Germany kept detailed records of the war’s human cost. But the carnage of World War I was so extreme and pervasive, and involved soldiers and ...
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany signed ...
Trenches—long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses—are most often associated with World War I, and the results of trench warfare in that conflict were hellish indeed.