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What Was World War I? by Nico Medina, Who HQ
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1. The two groups of soldiers climbed cautiously out of their trenches and stepped into no-man’s-land. They met in the middle and shook hands, wishing one another a Merry Christmas. The Christmas Truce was celebrated by as many as one hundred thousand soldiers, all along the Western Front.
2. When World War I began, aviation was still new. Orville and Wilbur Wright had flown the first motor-operated airplane just eleven years earlier. Planes were fragile—painted canvas stretched over a wood frame encasing the engine—and highly flammable. There were no navigational tools, and pilots became lost easily.
3. After nightfall on January 19, 1915, two zeppelins crossed the English Channel. Witnesses said it was as if the airships had appeared out of nowhere, looking like floating cigars. Two English towns were bombed. Four people died.
4. Most Americans did not want to get involved in World War I. In 1914, US president Woodrow Wilson declared America’s neutrality. The United States would not pick sides. Wilson won reelection in 1916, in part because of one of his campaign slogans: “He kept us out of war.”
5. The day World War I ended, President Wilson wrote, “Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service.” In the coming years, states began declaring Armistice Day an official holiday. It became a national holiday in 1938. After World War II, November 11 became a holiday to honor veterans of all wars: Veterans Day.
6. Because of McCrae’s poem, the poppy became a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice borne by fallen soldiers. Wearing a poppy became a way to honor those who died for their country. Today, almost twelve thousand soldiers are buried at Tyne Cot, a cemetery in West Flanders. Most of them are identified only as “A Soldier of the Great War, Known Unto God.”
2. When World War I began, aviation was still new. Orville and Wilbur Wright had flown the first motor-operated airplane just eleven years earlier. Planes were fragile—painted canvas stretched over a wood frame encasing the engine—and highly flammable. There were no navigational tools, and pilots became lost easily.
3. After nightfall on January 19, 1915, two zeppelins crossed the English Channel. Witnesses said it was as if the airships had appeared out of nowhere, looking like floating cigars. Two English towns were bombed. Four people died.
4. Most Americans did not want to get involved in World War I. In 1914, US president Woodrow Wilson declared America’s neutrality. The United States would not pick sides. Wilson won reelection in 1916, in part because of one of his campaign slogans: “He kept us out of war.”
5. The day World War I ended, President Wilson wrote, “Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service.” In the coming years, states began declaring Armistice Day an official holiday. It became a national holiday in 1938. After World War II, November 11 became a holiday to honor veterans of all wars: Veterans Day.
6. Because of McCrae’s poem, the poppy became a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice borne by fallen soldiers. Wearing a poppy became a way to honor those who died for their country. Today, almost twelve thousand soldiers are buried at Tyne Cot, a cemetery in West Flanders. Most of them are identified only as “A Soldier of the Great War, Known Unto God.”