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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia

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  • World War I Leaders
    World War I Leaders

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    World War I ravaged Europe from 1914 until an armistice was signed in November 1918. In all, more than 9 million soldiers would be killed, and nearly 21 million more wounded.

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  • World War I: Trench Warfare
    World War I: Trench Warfare

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    Trench warfare reached its highest development on the Western Front during World War I (1914–18), when armies of millions of men faced each other in a line of trenches extending from the Belgian coast through northeastern France to Switzerland.

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  • Veterans Day: Remembering the Armistice
    Veterans Day: Remembering the Armistice

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    Veterans Day falls on the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I on November 11, 1918. Meet several World War I veterans and read their reflections on that momentous occasion.

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Videos (9)

  • Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at Gallipoli
    Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at Gallipoli

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    An ill-fated assault on Turkish forces leads to 500,000 casualties in World War I.

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  • WWI Firsts
    WWI Firsts

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    WWI may have been the war to end all wars, but it was also the beginning of many military and civilian technologies.

    Video Clip (1:18)
  • World War I: Germans Attack U.S. Navy Boats
    World War I: Germans Attack U.S. Navy Boats

    Video Clip (2:31)

    In this History Rewind video clip, take a step back in time to the beginning of World War 1. The repeated sinking of American ships caused the President to declare war. Watch the historic black and white footage of some of the attacks.

    Video Clip (2:31)
  • 1916 Battle of the Somme
    1916 Battle of the Somme

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    After two years of trench warfare, the Allies attempt to break through German lines on the Western Front. The ensuing battle will last for months and result in more than one million casualties.

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  • Trench Warfare
    Trench Warfare

    Video Clip (1:14)

    Although best known for its role in the long slog of World War I, trench warfare actually got its start on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Find out how new weapons and technology played a part in both its development and destruction.

    Video Clip (1:14)
  • World War I Soldiers Learn to Pack
    World War I Soldiers Learn to Pack

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    Backpacks developed in World War I are still relevant today. In this Modern Marvels video, each soldier literally carries the gear they need to function in battle and to sustain them for a long period of time.

    Video Clip (3:36)
  • Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I
    Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I

    Video Clip (1:56)

    German resentment over harsh peace terms leads to a rise in nationalist sentiment and the eventual rise to power of Adolf Hitler.

    Video Clip (1:56)
  • World War II Diseases
    World War II Diseases

    Video Clip (4:18)

    In a Color of War video, learn that for United States soldiers, cold and damp environments produced dangerous health risks, one of the worst being trench-foot, which struck when a soldier's feet were wet for an extended period of time.

    Video Clip (4:18)
  • U-Boats Sink the Lusitania in 1915
    U-Boats Sink the Lusitania in 1915

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    When Germany torpedoes a British passenger ship believed to be smuggling arms, anger at the resulting American deaths increases pressure on President Wilson to enter World War I.

    Video Clip (2:04)

Speeches & Audio (1)

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer

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    In a national radio broadcast on June 6, 1944, as 160,000 Allied troops land in Normandy in an attempt to liberate France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks America to join him in a prayer.

    Audio Clip (3:37)

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In 1915-16, during World War I, the Allies attempted to seize control of the Dardanelles and western Turkey during the Gallipoli Campaign.

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