Ten Things You Might Not Know About World War I-- Part 1

From the March 21, 2013, India TV. 

Fought 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

Called The Great War or World War until World War II.  It involved all of the world's great powers in two opposing alliances: The Triple Entente consisted of the United Kingdom, France and Russia.  The other one, the Central Powers, had Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy, though Italy did not join the war.  (I also thought the Ottoman Empire was in it.)

1.  There were 35 million civilian and military casualties.  Over 15 million were killed and 20 million wounded.

2.  The Germans used the first flamethrowers that could fire jets of flame 130 feet.

More to Come.  --Cooter