the leading industrial power and creditor in the world. It is not surprising that the effects of WW1 were still evident decades later. Over 9 million military personnel died during this war, and over 7 million men were left permanently disabled. The weapons used during WW1 were also more advanced than any previous war, using tanks, submarines, poison gas, airplanes and long range artillery. It was the deadliest war which involved more countries and was more expensive than any other war before it.
The effects of World War 1 are still being felt a century after its conclusion.
