World War I

The Great War, WWI or The War To End All Wars took place in Europe. About 70 million soldiers took part in the fighting and about 60 were european.

What makes this war different form the others, is that it was faught in trenches. People fighting this war had to live in dugouts, waiting to be called to the front line to fight the German army. Here is more information about the life in the trenches, the trench system and the trench warfare.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

And finally, here is an article about how it really was to live in a trench:

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm