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https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635512869736220009-britain-world-war-1-votsjpg.jpg?w=600600399The Great War, as it was called, broke out 100 years ago this August and came to an end four years later, on this day in 1918, having caused more than 8 million total deaths.