WW1 Soldiers Offensive

The first World War, also called the Great War, happened in Europe in a time period from 1914 to 1918. It started off with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and ended up with the Treaty of Versailles. It changed the map of Europe, power balance between countries and way of warfare forever.

Soldiers charging, World War 1.

Probably the greatest symbol of the first World War was trench warfare. A stalemate where two sides are dug into trenches and between them is no-mans land. The flow of battle would usually be artillery fire from one side on the other, followed by an infantry charge (as seen on the picture) which was usually "greeted" by machine gun fire from the other side, leading to heavy losses. The process was repeated over and over again, leading to lands soaked in blood and battles remembered for extremely slow progress.