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WW1 FACTS
The total cost of the First World War is estimated at $208 billion (equivalent to about $11 trillion in 2020)
Herbert Hoover, who would become president in 1929, was appointed U.S. Food Administrator. His job was to provide food to the U.S. army and its allies. He encouraged people to plant “Victory Gardens,” or personal gardens. More than 20 million Americans planted their own gardens, and food consumption in the U.S decreased by 15%
WW1 FACTS
Over 12,000 Native Americans served in the US Army during World War I
The total cost of WWI for the U.S. was more than $30 billion.
The war left thousands of soldiers disfigured and disabled. Reconstructive surgery was used to repair facial damage, but masks were also used to cover the most horrific disfigurement. Some soldiers stayed in nursing homes their entire lives.
WWI is the sixth deadliest conflict in world history.
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British author T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, worked for Allied intelligence in the Middle East. He also led an Arab revolt against the Turks and wrote about it in his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.[
WW1 FACTS
Explosions on the front line in France could sometimes be heard in London, England
Four empires collapsed after WWI: Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian.
WW1 FACTS
Diseases including the Spanish Flu caused about a third of all military deaths during the First World War
WW1 FACTS
The term “World War I” was first used by Time Magazine in their issue on June 12th, 1939
While the first military submarine (named the Turtle) was first used by the Continental Army during the American Revolution, submarines only made a large military impact during WWI when Germany launched its fleet of U-boats. Its submarines mostly stayed on the surface and submerged only to attack ships with torpedoes. Germany’s indiscriminate submarine warfare was a primary reason the U.S. joined the war
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Tanks were initially called “landships” but were renamed to “tanks” in order to preserve secrecy
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Germany only deployed 20 of their own tanks during the duration of the First World War
World War I was also known as the Great War, the World War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars
WWI was fought from 1914-1918 on every ocean and on almost every continent. Most of the fighting, however, took place in Europe.
WWI began on June 28, 1914, when a Serbian terrorist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. Russia and France sided with Serbia, and Germany supported Austria-Hungary. Other countries around the world were soon pulled into the fighting. WWI officially ended 4 years later on November 11, 1918.
Russia mobilized 12 million troops during WWI, making it the largest army in the war. More than 3/4 were killed, wounded, or went missing in action.
The terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was called Black Hand, Sarajevo.
The United Sates joined WWI during the final year and half of fighting.
For the span of WWI, from 1914-1918, 274 German U-boats sank 6,596 ships. The five most successful U-boats were U-35 (sank 224 ships), U-39 (154 ships), U-38 (137 ships), U-34 (121 ships), and U-33 (84 ships). Most of these were sunk near the coast, particularly in the English Channel.
German trenches were in stark contrast to British trenches. German trenches were built to last and included bunk beds, furniture, cupboards, water tanks with faucets, electric lights, and doorbells
France, not Germany, was the first country to use gas against enemy troops in WWI. In August 1914, they fired the first tear gas grenades (xylyl bromide) against the Germans. In January 1915, Germany first used tear gas against Russian armies, but the gas turned to liquid in the cold air. In April 1915, the Germans were the first to use poisonous chlorine gas.
During WWI, the Germans released about 68,000 tons of gas, and the British and French released 51,000 tons. In total, 1,200,000 soldiers on both sides were gassed, of which 91,198 died horrible deaths.
Approximately 30 different poisonous gases were used during WWI. Soldiers were told to hold a urine-soaked cloth over their faces in an emergency. By 1918, gas masks with filter respirators usually provided effective protection. At the end of the war, many countries signed treaties outlawing chemical weapons.
WW1 FACTS
France produced more tanks than all other countries combined
During the war, the U.S. shipped about 7.5 million tons of supplies to France to support the Allied effort. That included 70,000 horses or mules as well as nearly 50,000 trucks, 27,000 freight cars, and 1,800 locomotive
WW1 FACTS
Russia had the largest army, with over 12 million troops mobilizing during World War I
WW1 FACTS
The first British Army soldier to die in action in the First World War was John Parr, who was killed at the age of 17 on the 21st August 1914