WORLD WAR 1 FACTS | SUMMARY OF WW1 FOR KIDS

World War I, also known as the First World War, was a global conflict centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918, lasting exactly four years, three months, and 14 days. Before World War II began in 1939, it was called the Great War, the World War, or the War to End All Wars. It involved nearly all the world's major powers, with 135 countries participating and more than 15 million people losing their lives. The war was fought between the Allies—Russia, France, the British Empire, Italy, the United States, Japan, Romania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, and Montenegro—and the Central Powers—Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.