Lesson 2 - Lecture on the Great War

First World War.

28 July 1914 - November 1918

World War 1 was a global war centred in Europe. From the time of its occurrence until the beginning of World War II in 1939, it was called simply the World War or the Great War, as no one could have predicted a second one would follow. More than 9 million soldiers were killed: a scale of death impacted by industrial advancements, geographic stalemate and reliance on human wave attacks. It was the fifth-deadliest conflict in world history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.