World War 1, also known as the Great War and WW1 was one of the largest wars of modern times. One of the largest wars, one then have some of the biggest battles. This is a compilation of some the most famous, the ones you likely learned about in school, or possibly heard your great grandparents talking about of WW1. You can read about the Battle of Verdun where more than 250,000 people were killed. Another famous battle was the Battle of Waterloo which was the last battle fought by Napoleon Bonaparte. One of the largest battles of ww1 was the Battle of the Somme, where there was over 1 million reported casualties. Please feel free to browse around this site to learn about all of these famous battles, which played major roles in everyones lives today. You can also learn about some of the people of WW1 here.