World War I Fast Facts

That war ended up just being a meat grinder that caused more problems than it solved.
Spanish flu epidemic.
Bolshevik Revolution.
Russian Civil War.
Armenian Genocide.
Rise of Nazism.

The most fascinating fact is that many of the "royals" of the belligerent nations were all grandchildren of Queen Victoria and it frequently has been argued that she might have prevented the Great War had she still be alive

Thank you, my friend and CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the link. I would have preferred a WWI history site than CNN to be honest.
My paternal grandfather and his brother were with the British Expeditionary Force in Europe after serving in the 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey campaign.