Apart from general known facts about I World war or how they called it back then, Great War, this attachment reveals other interesting facts tied to this event. Do know about statistical information that total length of trenches that were dug out was over 25 000 miles.
This was will remain remembered by the fact that for the first time in history of warfare aviation was used, tanks and submarines. It involved a lot number of states, and behind left a large number of casualties, unlike any previous conquering or CIVIL WAR until then. What makes it characteristic and what makes it different from other wars of that time, you can find out in this attachment.
10FACT No 10
Laid end-to-end the trenches built in WWI measured about 25.000 miles (25.000 km). That’s long enough to stretch all the way around the Earth.
09FACT No 9
The Great War was the first conflict in which tanks, airplanes and submarines had a significant impact.
08FACT No 8
Germany was forced to pay 64 billion dollar in gold as reparations following the war. The last of the payments owed were made in 2010.
07FACT No 7
On Christmas Day 1914 a spontaneous truce broke out on the Western front. Future attempts at holiday ceasefires were stopped by officers.
06FACT No 6
10 million horses, dogs, carrier pigeons and other animals died in battle while serving in the armies of combatants.
05FACT No 5
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.
04FACT No 4
Soldiers made makeshift gas mask by holding urine-soaked cloths over their faces.
03FACT No 3
The total financial cost of the Great War is estimated at 186 billion dollars. That is equivalent of 2 trillion today.
02FACT No 2
Over nine million soldiers lost their lives during the conflict, with 21 million wounded. Civilian casualties numbered 10 million.
01FACT No 1
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.
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