10 Interesting Fact About World War I

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• World War I began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918.
• This conflict involved more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million European troops.
• New weapons such as tanks, toxic gas, and fighter aircraft are used for the first time in this war.
• Germany began the war by attacking Belgium, which then caused Britain and France to be involved in conflict.
• World War I is also known as a big war or war to end all wars.
• More than 16 million people were killed in this war, including 9 million troops and 7 million civilians.
• World War I triggered a social and political revolution in various countries, including the Russian Revolution in 1917.
• This war also triggered major changes in technology, economy and geopolitics throughout the world.
• Two countries that were not involved in war, namely the United States and Japan, gained a huge profit from this dispute.
• World War I became a trigger for World War II which occurred only 20 years later.