World War 1 - The Great War - BBC Documentary

Though most of this war was fought in Europe,there was also fighting in the Pacific,Middle East and in Africa. It was for the  first time in World War-1 that aeroplanes were used to wage war. The German pilot Manfred von Richthofen was one of the first ace pilots of the German Air force. In 1916 the British used tanks for the first time in France.

Most Terrible War in History

The German used submarines to attack and sink allied ships thus preventing supplies from reaching Britain. In one such attack in May 1915, a German submarine sank the British passenger liner Lusitania and killed over 100 people. During the initial years of the war, Morales ran high and thousands of young men joined the armed forces and went to fight for their country. Gradually it became clear that little was being achieved at a very high cost of human lives and suffering.