Oct 29, 2009 · 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 …

World War I was fought from 1914 to 1918. Learn more about World War I combatants, battles and generals, and what cau...

Apr 6, 2017 · The United States entered World War I in 1917, following the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania and the sho...

Apr 23, 2018 · 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.

Sep 11, 2025 · World War I not only toppled empires and redrew borders—it remade the modern world, with few nations feeling the effects as profoundly as Great Britain. The country’s deadliest war —from ...

Mar 10, 2010 · 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 ...

Oct 29, 2009 · The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 and set harsh terms for Germany’s surrender to Allied powers after World ...

Jun 27, 2019 · After the Treaty of Versailles called for punishing reparations, <br> economic collapse, the rise of Naziism, and another world war thwarted Germany's ability to pay.

Apr 28, 2021 · World War I saw the crumbling of empires, and among those to collapse was the Russian empire of Czar Nicholas II. When Nicholas declared war against Germany and Austria-Hungary in …

Oct 12, 2010 · The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about ...