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History XXL looks back on the horrors and consequences of the First World War The First World War raged from 1914 to 1918. 60 million soldiers from five continents fought against each other. In a fierce battle, the military on both sides burned hundreds of thousands of soldiers in ever new battles. The trenches at the Somme and near Verdun became a symbol of massacre. On the German side, Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff were present, one as a simple messenger and the other as an almost omnipotent quartermaster general.