The Great War was the first conflict in which airplanes, submarines and tanks has great impacts in the result of the battle. This war caused so many casualties, thus, millions of people and animals lost their lives and billions of dollars are computed for the damages. Billions of gold are paid by Germany for compensation for their victims during the war. The formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting was signed on November 11, 1918. Because of greed in money and power some people will do anything to get these two things. They can even sacrifice their own country, people and family only for their own sake. Many have lost their lives specially those innocent victims and still war is emerging from nowhere. There are so many programs to stop war but as long as there is greed into someone's mind specially political leaders, then just accept the fact that wars will end but it will never cease to appear into this Earth.TOP : 10
Fact : Laid end-to-end the trenches built in WWI measured about 25,000 miles (40,250 km). Thats long enough to stretch all the way around the Earth.
Source : History Channel, NASA
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| World War I trenches |
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Fact : The great War was the first conflict in which tanks, airplanes and submarines had a significant impact.
Source : BBC
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| Tank during WW1 |
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Fact : Germany was forced to pay $64 billion in gold as reparations following the war. The last of the payments owed were made in 2010.
Source : Bloomberg, Daily Telegraph - UK
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| 64 billion gold - German reparations for WW1 victims |
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Fact : On Christmas Day 1914, a spontaneous truce broke out on the Western front. Future attempts at holiday ceasefire were stopped by officers.
Source : History Channel
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| Christmas truce WW1 |
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Fact : 40 million horses, dogs, carrier pigeons and other animals died in battle while serving in the armies of combatants.
Source : Daily Mail
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| Masked dog during WW1 |
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Fact : President Woodrow Wilson won a second term in 1916 using the slogan 'he kept us out of war'. In 1917 he took the USA into war with Germany.
Source : The White House Website
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| 'He kept us out of war' - Woodrow Wilson |
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Fact : Soldiers made makeshift gas masks by holding urine-soaked cloths over their faces.
Source : World War I by R. T. Feldman
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| Makeshift gas masks |
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Fact : The total financial cost of the Great War is estimated at $186 billion. That's the equivalent of $2 trillion today.
Source : The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Business Insider
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| $186 billion - total financial cost WW1 |
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Fact : Over 9 million soldiers lost their lives during the conflict, with 21 million wounded. Civilian casualties numbered 10 million.
Source : History Channel
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| WW1 no. of deaths, wounded and casualties |
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Fact : The Armistice was signed at 5 AM on November 11, 1918 but the ceasefire only came into effect at 11 AM. Nearly 11,000 pointless casualties occurred that day - the equivalent of total Allied casualties on D-Day in WW2.
Source : BBC, D-Day Museum
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| Armistice - signed November 11, 1918 |
Thats the top 10 incredible facts about the World War 1 (WW1).
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