14 Facts About World War I

1. World War I was declared on the other Central Powers shortly thereafter.

2. World War I resulted in a dramatically changed geo-political landscape, including the destruction of three empires: Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian.

3. World War I is known for the extensive system of trenches from which men of both sides fought.

4. World War I known as the First World War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28th July 1914 and lasted until 11th November 1918.

5. World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history.

6. World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.

7. World War I took the lives of more than 9 million soldiers; 21 million more were wounded.

8. World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918.

9. World War I was unlike any conflict the world had ever seen.

10. World War I launched an offensive against the Russians in the Caucasus in December 1914 with 100,000 troops, insisting on a frontal attack against mountainous Russian positions in winter.

11. World War I was a significant turning point in the political, cultural, economic, and social climate of the world.

12. World War I began as a clash of 20th-century technology and 19th-century tactics, with the inevitably large ensuing casualties.

13. In 1912 and 1913, the First Balkan World War I was fought between the Balkan League and the fracturing Ottoman Empire.

14. World War I, known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.