^ Including 2,000,000 German soldiers, at least 1,000,000 Austro-Hungarians, 800,000 Ottoman troops[2] ^ Often abbreviated as WWI or WW1 ^ Only the Triple Alliance was a formal "alliance"; the …

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Oct 29, 2009 · WWI was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, with total casualties estimated at over 16 million.

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Library of Congress image In the summer of 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ignited a continental war between the Central Powers of Germany, …

May 13, 2025 · World War I was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Find out what happened after that event in this WWI timeline.

4 days ago · The First World War (1914-18) was the first global conflict, the first mechanised conflict, and the first to involve civilians far from the fighting front. In this gallery of 50 images, we explore the...

Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later.

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Nov 30, 2025 · World War I started with the shot heard around the world: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo. By 1918, more than 9 million people had …