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The first major conflict of the 1900s featured 37 million deaths, the first planes and tanks used in battle, and the first chemical warfare. The Great War was one of the most destructive wars of the 20th century, and it is one that still affects us today. This period from 1914 to 1918 caused the fall of the Ottoman Empire, led to the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, and sparked the United States into being a world power.