For the journal, see Injury Prevention (journal). Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur.
Report Abuse. 1  WWI was primarily fought by the Central Powers -- Gemany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey --and the Triple Entente --Great Britain, France and Russia. Italy later joined the on the side of the Entente against Austria -Hungary, and of course, the United States eventually joined France and Britain to fight on the western front in 1917.
For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.