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The '''Great War''' (also known as '''the First World War''' and '''The War to End All Wars''') was a conflict fought between July 28th, 1914 to November 11, 1918 between the Triple Alliance (The German, Austro/Hungarian and Ottoman Empires) and the Entante Powers (Britain, France, the Russian Empire until 1917 and the United States from 1917).
The '''Great War''' (also known as the '''First World War''' and '''The War to End All Wars''') was a conflict fought from July 28th, 1914, to November 11, 1918, between the Triple Alliance (the German, Austro/Hungarian, and Ottoman Empires) and the Entante Powers (Britain, France, the Russian Empire until 1917, and the United States from 1917).
 
The war was notable for being the beginning of modern warfare. It saw the first use of combat aircraft and [[tank]]s as well as gas-based [[chemical weaponry]]. It was also the first war in which advanced modern weapons such as machine guns and [[artillery]] were used, forcing military strategists to adopt completely new tactics.


The war was notable for being the begining of modern warfare. It saw the first use of combat aircraft, [[Tank]]s as well as gas  based [[Chemical weaponry]]. It was also the first time in which advanced modern weaponry such as machine guns and ballistic shell based artillery, which forced military stratagists to completely change military tactics.
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Revision as of 15:10, 5 February 2010

The Great War (also known as the First World War and The War to End All Wars) was a conflict fought from July 28th, 1914, to November 11, 1918, between the Triple Alliance (the German, Austro/Hungarian, and Ottoman Empires) and the Entante Powers (Britain, France, the Russian Empire until 1917, and the United States from 1917).

The war was notable for being the beginning of modern warfare. It saw the first use of combat aircraft and tanks as well as gas-based chemical weaponry. It was also the first war in which advanced modern weapons such as machine guns and artillery were used, forcing military strategists to adopt completely new tactics.


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