A boy named Princip who lived in Serbia assassinated the Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.  The Archdukes' wife was shot and died instantly, and the Archduke was also shot in the neck and his last words were "Sophie, Sophie dear live for our children."  Serbia did this because they wanted to be a free country. If the Archduke took the throne he would own Serbia.  That is what started World War 1.

The war started in 1914.  Our soldiers lived like moles in the war in skinny tunnels called trenches. They ate, slept, fought and died in the trenches. In winter, it was cold and wet, and in summer it's hot and humid and the soldiers were always stepping in mud puddles.  The trenches were filled with body lice and rats. 

                   German Submarines

The Red Baron (aka The Red Knight) was on Britain's side. Britain ruled the sky for about a year, until a 24 year old boy, Roy Brown, came down where the sun was shining, that way the pilot wouldn't see him, and shot down the Red Baron.

                          Zeppelins

On April 22, 1915, the first use of poison gas by Germany, in history, occurred.  That was against the Geneva Convention.  The Geneva Convention was a treaty that set up rules about the war, that people would not suffer, but die instantly.  The Germans wore gas masks to protect themselves from dying from the poison gas.  They used what was called chlorine, a deadly gas that affects your nose, throat, and lungs.  When the British started using the gas too, the Germans were very mad.  The gas didn't bring the Germans the victory they had planned.

In 1932 the Americans told Germany that they had a choice, either keep fighting or they would have to give up an huge amount of money and goods.  Germany had to give up their money and goods according to the Treaty of Versailles.  So the Americans cut army down to 100,000 men, they limited navy to six battleships, six light cruisers, twelve destroyers and twelve torpedo boats.  The Germans couldn't have anymore U. Boats, and they couldn't make anymore poison gas.

                     The Lusitania

                     The Battle of Somme

                      Calls For Peace

The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I in 1919.  The money that was spent on World War I could have bought every family in England, France, Germany, Belgium, Russia, United States of America, Australia, and Canada a furnished house, and every community a large library of 200,000 people.  It could've also set up  fund to give a substantial bonus to 125,000 nurses, and 125,000 teachers indefinitely.  It also could have replaced the entire wealth of France and Belgium, but instead, all of that money was spent on one war.