WW1 History

World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 and ended in 1918. On July 28th 1914 began the outbreak of the First World War, aka World War 1 or The Great War for Civilisation. Join us as we learn everything there is to know in our World War 1 facts. A hundred years might seem like a very long time ago, but it isn’t really. Your great-great grandparents were around then, and they would have lived through, and maybe even taken part in this terrible war. The Allies "won" World War I by simply outlasting the Central Powers. ... The Allies"won" World War I by simply outlasting the Central Powers. Germany was fighting a two front war for most of the conflict, an was bled by a long, grinding, attrition style of trench warfare that took millions of her young men.