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  1. World War I Timeline: Battles & Major Events | HISTORY

    Apr 8, 2021 · This World War I timeline of battles outlines the most important engagements of the 1914-1918 war, from the first Bat...

  2. How Many People Died in World War I? - HISTORY

    Apr 19, 2023 · Major powers such as Britain, France, the U.S. and Germany kept detailed records of the war’s human cost. But the carnage of World War I was so extreme and pervasive, and involved …

  3. Life in the Trenches of World War I - HISTORY

    Apr 23, 2018 · Trenches—long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses—are most often associated with World War I, and the results of trench warfare in that conflict were hellish indeed.

  4. Armistice Day: World War I ends | November 11, 1918 | HISTORY

    Mar 10, 2010 · At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany signed ...

  5. How the World War I Era Broke the British Aristocracy

    Sep 11, 2025 · World War I not only toppled empires and redrew borders—it remade the modern world, with few nations feeling the effects as profoundly as Great Britain. The country’s deadliest war —from ...

  6. Treaty of Versailles: Definition, Terms, Dates & WWI | HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 and set harsh terms for Germany’s surrender to Allied powers after World ...

  7. London’s World War I Zeppelin Terror - HISTORY

    Jun 2, 2014 · Before London was blitzed in World War II, massive German zeppelins rained bombs and terror upon the British capital in World War I.

  8. Kaiser Wilhelm II - WWI, Abdication & Death | HISTORY

    Apr 14, 2010 · Wilhelm II (1859-1941) was the last German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, and one of the mos...

  9. How Airplanes Were Used in World War I - HISTORY

    Feb 10, 2022 · Even though airplanes were a relatively new invention, the race for air superiority started during World War I.

  10. How the Shocking Use of Gas in World War I Led Nations to Ban It

    May 17, 2021 · The Germans were the first to successfully weaponize gas in World War I—to horrifying effect.