This year marks the 110th anniversary of the start of World War I. The “War to End All Wars” lasted over four years and resulted in more than 9 million soldiers killed and over 20 million wounded, and between 7 and 13 million civilians dead.
The United States entered the “Great War” in 1917 on the side of the Allies (France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy and Japan), who were in conflict with the Central Powers of the German empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Ultimately, the U.S. suffered more than 116,000 military deaths.
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