WORLD WAR I Years: 1914-1918 | Est. deaths: 14 000 000 Published
prior to 2013 World War I (also known as the First World War and
the Great War) was a conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918.
Chemical weapons were used for the first time, the first mass
bombardment of civilians from the sky was executed, and some of
the century’s first genocides took place during the war. No
previous conflict had mobilised so many soldiers, or involved so
many in the field of battle. Never before had casualties been so
high. The First World War was the first total war. World War I
was also a war of change, a last blow to the old order in Europe
to pave way for the new. Dynasties such as the Habsburgs,
Romanovs, and Hohenzollerns, who had dominated the European
political landscape and had roots of power back to the days of
the Crusades, all fell after the 4 year war. Many of the events
and phenomena that would dominate the world of the 20th century
can trace their origins to this war--including Communism, World
War II and even