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Razzle Dazzle

This was the license

plate of the car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in. It can also be read as Armistice November 11 '18, the day that the war ended.

The name of a tactic first used in WWI in which armies painted ships with eye-bending designs. Good luck finding anywhere to shoot in that mess.

Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery was invented in WWI by a doctor named Harold Gillies who tried to reconstruct soldier's faces who had been horribly scarred by shrapnel

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Age of Britain's youngest soldier, Sidney Lewis

Interesting Facts about WW1

Battle of Passchendaele

Battle between Allied forces and German Empire between July 31 and August 10 1917 where nearly half a million men died to gain only five miles of ground. Price to pay for one mile of ground was ~ 100,000 lives.

Neat details that commonly escape attention.

German Trenches

We've all likely heard that German trenches were nicer than American ones, but they actually took it so far as to have bunk beds, furniture, cupboards, running water, electric lights, and DOORBELLS.

Hamburgers and Hot Dogs

A little known fact: hamburgers originated in Hamburg, Germany, and therefor were renamed 'Salisbury Steaks' during WWI. Similarly, frankfurters (or hot dogs) were named after Frankfurt, Germany, and were renamed 'Liberty Sausages'.

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