16/10/2014 · World War 1 lasted for 4 years, 3 months and 1 week. What next? Discover more facts about World War 1, or learn more about Remembrance Day.

15/08/2018 · Maximum: 4 years and 106 days. Depending on where you were in the world, however, the exact length of the war could vary .

09/11/2018 · First World War, Foreign Office Historians. Every year we remember that the guns of the First World War ceased firing at 11am on 11 November 1918. We imagine universal relief at the carnage of war finally ending, at least in the victorious countries. The armistice was agreed at 5.10am on 11 November to come into effect at 11am.

World War I was a long fought war between the Allied Powers—United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy—and the Central Powers—Germany, Austro Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The war began in 1914 and the United States entered the war in 1917. The war ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.

The war was suddenly ended with the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When the poll asking when the war in the Pacific would be over was conducted in November 1944, there were 10 different responses. Most Americans were of the opinion that the war would last for well over a year.

World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.In a total war directly involving more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries, the major ...