- the war lasted 4 years
- Italy was not in the war for a whole year
- Nine million combatants died
- Seven million civilians died
- 1917 is when the war begun to end
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated around 11:00 am on Sunday 28 June 1914
Britain declared war on Germany in August after Germany had invaded Belgium
Russia was able to call upon the largest army on mobilisation, approximately 5 million men
Lord Kitchener called for 200,000 men to sign up for the British army in the 1st month of the war – 300,000 men enlisted
750,000 British men appealed against their conscription in the first 6 months
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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