World War I. World leaders, weapons, old photos.
42 PHOTOS
Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women.
The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
World War I was first global war. It began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
Two opposing alliances participated in the war: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy had also been a member of the Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the Central Powers.
After beginning of the war more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the Central Powers.
The 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo triggered the war.
After four years, the war ended in November 1918.
On 4 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian empire agreed to an armistice, and Germany, agreed to an armistice on 11 November 1918, ending the war in victory for the Allies.
More than 9 million militans and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war.
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World War I. World leaders, weapons, old photos. ... 42 PHOTOS
| Tsar Nicholas II was Russia's leader during World War One. He was part of the Triple Entente. |
| The Red Baron (Richthofen) - the most successful flying ace of the WWWI by shooting down 80 Allied planes . |
| Tanks appeared in World War I as a response to the stalemate that trench warfare had created on the Western Front. |
| David Lloyd George - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 1916 to 1922) |
| Raymond Poincaré – President of France, 1913–1920 |
| King George V (right) with his first cousin Tsar Nicholas II. |
| German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II (right) with his cousin Nicholas II, emperor of Russia |
| WWI – Italian troops in France. |
| WWI – British troops marching in London. |
| Women participated in WWI too. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II - Germany's leader in World War One |
| Woodrow Wilson - President of the United States |
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