No one expected a war of such magnitude or duration as
World
Wled many people (more than 9 million soliders, sailors,and flyers and another 5 million civilians.
Involved more countries (28 nations), and cost more money ($186 billion in direct cost and another $151 billion in indirect costs), than any previous war in history.
Few events better reveal the uttermost unpredictability of the future. At the dawn of the 20th century,
Most Europeans anticipated a future of peace and prosperity. Europe had not fought a major for 100 years.
Economically , the war severely disrupted the European economies and allowed the Uinted States,to become the World’s
Economically, the war severely disrupted the European economies and allowed the United States to become the world’s leading creditor and industrial power. The war also brought vast social consequences,including the mass murder of Armenians in Turkey and an influenza epidemic that killed ove 25 million people woldwide.
7 million 25 million
Consequences of the war
1914---1918 European
9 million 5 million
28 nations
100 years
$186 billion
$151 billion
World War lasted from 1914 to 1918 ,it is really an important war in history
It was the first war to use airplanes,t anks,longrange artillery ,su bmarines,a nd poison gas.
It was left at least 7 million men permnently disabled.