WORLD WAR 1 WAS ALSO CALLED

WORLD WAR 1 WAS A MILITARY CONFLICT FROM 1914-1918

ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA AND HIS PREGNANT WIFE SOPHIA

US entered the war on April 6, 1917

DURING THAT TIME 116,000 WERE KILLED AND 204,000 WERE WOUNDED

MORE THAN 65 MILLION MEN FROM 30 COUNTRIES FOUGHT IN WWI.10 MILLION DIED

2 opposing alliances - the Allies and the Central Powers

RUSSIA, FRANCE, BRITISH EMPIRE, ITALY, UNITED STATES, JAPAN

RUMANIA, SERBIA, BELGIUM, GREECE, PORTUGAL AND MONTENEGRO

INCLUDED GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, TURKEY AND BULGARIA

WERE THE FIRST TO USE FLAMETHROWERS IN WW1.

WW1 included the first known use of chemical weapons (mustard Gas)

WAS THE FIRST PROTOTYPE TANK IN WW1, BUILT IN 1915

SOLDIERS DUG DEEP TRENCHES INTO THE GROUND

WE'RE USED AS MESSENGERS AND CARRIED ORDERS TO YHE FRONT LINES

WOMEN SERVED IN MILITARY HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND OVERSEAS

Women worked in factories, oFFICES, and shops.

built planes and tanks, grew food and made clothing.

KAISER WILHELM II, TSAR NICHOLAS II, PRINCE ALEXANDER OF SERBIA,

SIR EDWARD GREY BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY, PRESIDENT WILSON U.S. PRESIDENT

HITLER FOUGHT IN WW1 IN THE GERMAN ARMY

WHICH MAKES 57.6% OF THE TOTAL TROOPS THAT WERE MOBILIZED.

DURING WW1, THE SPANISH FLU CAUSED ABOUT 1/3 OF TOTAL DEATHS

THE TOTAL COST OF WW1 WAS MORE THAN $30 BILLON

NATIONS AGREED TO STOP FIGHTING WHILE THE TERMS OF PEACE WERE NEGOTIATED

WW1 WAS THE SIXTH DEADLIEST CONFLICT IN WORLD HISTORY

OTTOMAN, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN, GERMAN, AND RUSSIAN.

WAS RITTMEISTER VON RICHTHOFEN (1892-1918). SHOT DOWN 80 PLANES