6. WW1: The Famine of Mount Lebanon
24 October 2014 Last updated at 08:05 BST
As a proportion of the total population, more people died in Greater Syria than anywhere else in the
world during the First World War.
In Mount Lebanon, a semi-autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire, a third of the population
died of famine and disease.
As part of a BBC series looking at stories beyond the trenches, BBC Arabic's Carine Torbey visited
the region to recount a story of suffering and survival.
Graphics by Chris West and Charlie Newland.
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WAR 1
7. TRENCHES ON THE WEB: OUR ORIGINAL AWARD-WINNING AND
COMPREHENSIVEINTERNET HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR WAS CREATED BY
THE LATE MICHAEL IAVARONE AND IS MAINTAINED IN HIS HONOR.
8. DOUGHBOY CENTER: OUR SECOND AWARD-WINNING INTERNET SITE IS THE
MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE ON THE AMERICAN MILITARY EXPERIENCE
IN THE GREAT WAR. CONTAINS INFORMATION ON LAND, AIR, AND NAVAL
OPERATIONS, PERSONALITIES AND VETERANS, WEAPONS, UNIFORMS,
LOGISTICS, AND TRADITIONS. WE ARE REVAMPING THE DOUGHBOY
CENTER NOW BUT IT WILL REMAIN FULLY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES.
9. WORLD WAR I
The world’s first global conflict, the “Great War” pitted the Central
Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France,
Russia, Italy and Japan. The introduction of modern technology to
warfare resulted in unprecedented carnage and destruction, with
more than 9 million soldiers killed by the end of the war in November
1918.
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WORLD WAR I
THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL CONFLICT, THE “GREAT WAR” PITTED THE CENTRAL
POWERS OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AGAINST THE
ALLIED FORCES OF GREAT BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, RUSSIA, ITALY AND
JAPAN. THE INTRODUCTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO WARFARE RESULTED IN
UNPRECEDENTED CARNAGE AND DESTRUCTION, WITH MORE THAN 9 MILLION SOLDIERS
KILLED BY THE END OF THE WAR IN NOVEMBER 1918.