Description

This captivating addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be the war to end all wars but tragically wasn’t.

In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke led to a disastrous four-year-long conflict. Many countries were involved, and battles took place all around the world. World War I was the first war to use planes and tanks, as well as deadly gases that left soldiers blinded or shell shocked (now called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome). There were battles that lasted for months, with troops fighting from rat-infested trenches. These battles often ended in a small victory, with only a small area of land regained. The author of many successful Who HQ titles, Nico Medina, provides young readers with a clear and compelling account of this long and tragic event. It was a war that resulted in over 20 million deaths and served as a lead-up to World War II, which occurred barely twenty years later.