"Seating War"? A prelude to this real, World War II? If the mention of the conflict from 1914-1918 makes you sleepy only, it's time to check out our ranking. There are bears in the Polish army, chafing butts of Kadrówka soldiers and real brothels on wheels ...
As always, all items in our TOP10 are based on articles published by "Curiosities of History". We invite you to an overview of 10 interesting facts that will change your perspective on World War I.
Perhaps you didn't learn at school that…
 | 10. | The Austrian Archduke did not want to go to Sarajevo at all. The Serbian government, although it knew about the planned coup, almost forced the heir to the throne to come. Anyway, the Archduke could still get out of the coup alive. His fate was determined by the self-confidence of one local official (read more on this topic) . |
 | 9. | The Auschwitz camp was built in 1917. He was sent to workers from Galicia who set off to the West in search of a better life. The Austro-Hungarian authorities could hold up to 12,000 people in it at the same time. But it was by no means a concentration camp (read more on that). |
 | 8. | In fact, the march of the First Cadre Company was far from the well-known idyllic image . Instead of beautiful girls throwing garlands of flowers around their necks, the soldiers were accompanied by dirt, hunger and stink (read more on this). |
 | 7. | German U-boats were causing terror to French and British ships and ships as early as 1914. Though initially neglected, they quickly showed their worth. In September 1914, the U-9 submarine managed to torpedo and sink as many as three British cruisers (read more about this) within an hour. |
 | 6. | Taking part in World War I could be very, very difficult. When tens of thousands of soldiers freezing in the trenches dreamed of getting out of this hell, a Venezuelan named Nogales did everything to reach him. To count the countries in which he tried to enter the service, he would not have enough fingers of one hand. There were quite a few cases like this (read more about this). |
 | 5. | During the First World War, the Allies created a true underground city. In 1917, 24,500 soldiers were stuffed underground, who, without seeing the sun, ate, slept and served. They felt safe in the network of interconnected bunkers. (read more about this). |
 | 4. | Wojtek the bear was not the first bear serving in Polish armed formations. More than twenty years ago, the hearts of the brave , The Murmanians who were fighting with the Bolsheviks were conquered by the polar bear Baśka. (read more about this). |
 | 3. | Before World War II broke out, Poles already had experience fighting the German occupier. The Polish conspiracy effectively made life difficult for the Germans, into whose hands Warsaw fell in 1914. Attacks, blowing up various objects and expropriation actions were commonplace in the Polish capital. (read more about this) . |
 | 2. | In the Congress Kingdom of Piłsudski and his supporters, they were considered a bunch of madmen and troublemakers. As the legionaries bitterly recalled, when they marched into the territory of the Russian partition, local Poles slammed the door in front of them and hid food. (read more about this). |
 | 1. | Soldiers fighting on the fronts of World War I could use brothels on wheels… literally! The representatives of the oldest profession in the world decided not to wait for customers, but to follow them. Whole caravans of mobile brothels followed the shifting frontline. (read more about this). |