World War I
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
Recorded HistoryWorld War I
The war that began in 1914.
The First World War is dated from 28 July 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, to the armistice of 11 November 1918. Germany, Russia, France and Britain joined within a week.
Counts of the dead run past sixteen million, and four empires did not survive in their old form.
28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918, placed on the scale of its era on a line leading toward now.
- Period
- 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
- Edition
- 1/1
- Status
- Not Released
Background artwork
Crowd reading mobilization notices in Paris, 2 August 1914. Agence Rol, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica). Public domain. Cropped to remove the scan border.