The Bolsheviks signed an armistice followed by a separate peace shortly after their armed seizure of power. ^ Often abbreviated as WWI or WW1 ^ Only the Triple Alliance was a formal …

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Oct 29, 2009 · French soldiers in Verdun endure the horrors of trench warfare, a strategy that led to rampant disease, shell shock and mass casualties during WWI.

5 days ago · Imperial War Museums (CC BY-NC-SA) The Trenches of WWI Despite Germany's hopes that its prepared Schlieffen Plan would win a swift victory over France and its allies, the …

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11 hours ago · The Last American Killed in WWI Charged a German Machine Gun Seconds Before the Armistice Took Effect Portrait of Henry Gunther, the last American soldier to be …

WWI Inventions, From Pilates to Zippers, That We Still Use Today These World War I inventions made life easier during—and after—the war.

World War I: To its contemporaries, it was known simply as "the World War" or "the Great War," because it was nearly impossible to imagine a conflict that would surpass the one that …