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[3] [4] More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
This is a list of World War I-related lists: . Bibliography of World War I; Indian Army during World War I order of battle; Ireland and World War I; List of ambulance drivers during World War I
[9] On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg , were shot dead after a wrong turn by two gun shots [ 10 ] in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip , one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosniak) co-ordinated by Danilo Ilić , a Bosnian Serb ...
The Italians capture Gorizia (August 9). August 6 Italian: Battle of Doberdo, part of the Sixth Battle of Isonzo. August 9–18 Balkan: First battle of Doiran. August 10 Middle Eastern: Ottomans take Hamadan. August 24 African: Battle of Mlali. August 27 Balkan: Romania enters the war on the Entente's side. Her army is defeated in a few weeks.
A Message to Garcia is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, expressing the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. The essay's primary example is a dramatized version of a daring escapade performed by an American soldier, First Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, just before the Spanish–American War.
As soon as the war began, the major nations issued "color books" containing documents (mostly from July 1914) that helped justify their actions.A color book is a collection of diplomatic correspondence and other official documents published by a government for educational or political reasons, and to promote the government position on current or past events.
Weapons for Liberty – U.S.A. Bonds, Liberty bond poster by J. C. Leyendecker (1918). During World War I, the United States saw a systematic mobilization of the country's entire population and economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, ammunitions and money necessary to win the war.