1. WW1
• It was the first world war and it was known as the
great war at that time
• It began in the Summer
• It ended in November 1918
• By the war's end, four major imperial powers—the
German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman
Empires—had been militarily and politically defeated
• On 1 July 1916, the British Army endured the
bloodiest day in its history, suffering 57,470
casualties, including 19,240 dead on the first day of
the Battle of the Somm
• At the start of the war, the German Empire had
cruisers scattered across the globe, some of which
were subsequently used to attack Allied merchant
shipping