{"id":936,"date":"2014-08-01T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T16:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2014-08-01T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T16:57:12","slug":"world-war-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flag-works.com\/blog\/american-flags\/world-war-1\/","title":{"rendered":"World War 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

World War 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

100 years ago World War 1 began\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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48 Star\u00a0<\/strong>Field was the current flag at the time of War<\/b><\/p>\n

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The world\u2019s first global conflict, the \u201cGreat War<\/strong>\u201d pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan<\/a>. Since the time of WW1<\/strong> or before and after flags have change many times.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of countries:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>United States<\/strong><\/a>-The modern flag that changed in 1960 is 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States<\/a> of America\u00a0and the 13 stripes represent the\u00a0thirteen British colonies\u00a0that declared independence from the\u00a0Kingdom of Great Britain<\/a>\u00a0and became the first states in the Union.<\/p>\n

Germany<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 The colors of the modern flag are associated with the\u00a0republican democracy formed after\u00a0World War I. The black-red-gold colors were the colors of the democratic, centrist, and republican political parties<\/p>\n

Great Britain<\/a>–<\/strong>The current design of the flag dates in 1801.A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.<\/p>\n

World War I<\/strong> took the life of more than 9 million soldiers; 21 million more were wounded. Civilian casualties caused indirectly by the war numbered close to 10 million. The two nations most affected were Germany<\/strong> <\/a>and France<\/a><\/strong>, each of which sent some 80 percent of their male populations between the ages of 15 and 49 into battle. The war also marked the fall of four imperial dynasties\u2013Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey.<\/a><\/p>\n

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burdens, meet any hardship, support any friends, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. – John F Kennedy<\/p>\n

WWI<\/strong> may have been the war to end all wars, but it was also the beginning of many military and civilian technologies<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

United We Stand\u00a0\"waving<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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