From 1914 to 1918, the wealthy and powerful countries and empires of the West had to dominate the world, and they destroyed themselves in an unprecedented destruction. Empires fell, millions died, and the world changed forever. After World War I, nations sought appropriate forms of public mourning and tribute to honor and commemorate their dead. There is a strong desire among allies and enemies alike that such a war should never happen again, "No war for anything! Anything!" French novelist and pacifist Roger Martin Dugard "...no trial, no slavery cannot be reduced to war," Martin du Gard wrote in 1936, "The First World War: A Definite Visual History"

"The story is set in Adapted and reprinted with permission from "The First World War: A Defining Visual History" by DK Publishing. Text Copyright ? Dorling Kindersley Ltd. Buy "KDSP" today and find WWI memorials, monuments and museums throughout the Badante Nation. From Ireland's rose gardens to the vast war cemeteries built on or near major battlefields, these sites ensure that the memory of war and the sacrifice of those who lost their lives never fades. The Anzac Memorial in Australia, as seen across from the 'Reflecting Lake', at night (Leonid Andronov/Istock)

Located in Sydney's Hyde Park, this is New South Wales's major war memorial. Designed in the Art Deco style by C. Bruce Dellit and made of granite, the statues and bas-reliefs were created by artist Raynor Hoff. The buttresses outside the building each feature a mournful figure, while bas reliefs depict scenes from the Australian campaigns at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Ceremonies are held at the Memorial Hall on Remembrance Sunday (11 November) and Anzac Day (25 April).

Australian War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, Canberra (ijeweb/iStock)

The National Memorial to the Australian War Victims was built after the First World War. Although it commemorates Australian military personnel who have lost their lives in all conflicts. The main parts of the memorial are the Memorial Area (including the Memorial Hall), the ANZ *** and the Sculpture Garden. In the museum on the ground floor of the main building, a newly added high-tech exhibition space, the ANZ Airline Gallery, includes a permanent exhibition telling the story of the Air Bats of World War I, including five original aircraft from the war, memorabilia , a personal testament and a sound and light show.

Memorial Park, Canberra Memorial poppies planted in front of the Memorial Shrine as part of Remembrance Day (Kokkai Ng/iStock)

Built to commemorate the victims of the Victorian War 1914-18 , one of Australia's greatest memorials. Inspired by the tomb of King Suskalia in Halikana, Turkey, the temple was dedicated in November 1934. There is a memorial stone in the sanctuary that is engraved with the words "Great Love Has No Master" and is designed so that there is a ray of sunlight (or artificial light) over the word "Love" which is held every November 11th at 11am. More than 120 ceremonies are held at the temple each year.

Flandersfield American Cemetery and Memorial, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Flandersfield American Cemetery and Memorial (Havana 1234/Istok)

is Belgium The only American Battle Monument Commission cemetery, this commemorates America's contribution to the War on the Western Front. It is smaller and more private than most war cemeteries in Belgium, consisting of 368 graves with tombstones arranged around a central chapel. Many of the casualties buried here are from the U.S. 91st Division who lost their lives fighting in this area in October and November 1918. The walls of this chapel bear the names of 43 missing persons, and the rose patterns are the names of soldiers whose remains were later found and identified.

Southeast of Vareghen

, along the Lillegent road E-17 at Flandersfield Museum Flandersfield Museum (Steve Taylor via Flickr)

The Cloth Hall in the center of the market square of Ypres, the site of three of the most important battles of the war, has become a museum with a major collection of First World War artifacts and documents. Exhibitions and interactive audio-visual displays cover the 1914 invasion of Belgium and the first months of the war, with a particular emphasis on the fighting around Ypres and its impact on the town. The Documentation Center includes an extensive collection of original trench maps, a photography library, a postcard collection and contemporary newspaper reports.

Visitors can also climb the bell tower to overlook the town and the ruins of the surrounding battlefields. Entry to the center is free, although some collections can only be viewed by appointment.

Lakenhallen Grote Markt 34, Ieper Langemark German War Cemetery Langemark German War Cemetery (vau902/iStock)

Official German War Cemeteries Commission website, Langemark Cemetery contains more than 40, dating from 1915 By 1930, the Communists discovered the graves of 1,000 soldiers. In 1930, the cemetery was officially named German Military Cemetery No. 123 and was officially dedicated two years later. Among the soldiers buried in the cemetery, 24,917 lie in mass graves. The annex to the German Students Memorial Hall lists the 3,000 students killed in the 1914 Battle of Langermark (part of the First Battle of Ypres). Known in Germany as Kindermord (Children's Massacre), the first YPRE included many young German volunteers, most of whom had only received two months of military training. In the cemetery stands a memorial sculpture of a soldier by Emil Krieger. Also noteworthy is the basalt lava cross on a small mound that marks one of the three original battlefield bunkers.

Located north of the village of Langemark, 6 kilometers (4 miles) northeast of the Menin Gate of Ieper (lucentius/iStock)

It is one of the most visited attractions on the Western Front, Ieper. The Menin Gate Memorial in Poole was designed by Reginald Blomfield and opened in 1927. This marked the departure from the town for the majority of British soldiers to proceed to the battlefield of Ypres Bulge. The names of the 54,896 Commonwealth soldiers who died at the Ypres Salient before August 16, 1917 are engraved on the walls of the memorial hall. Every evening at 8 o'clock, traffic stops and the last column is played under the monument's arch.

Meensestratat, Ieper Messines Battlefield and Memorials Messines Battlefield and Memorials (Wikimedia Commons)

Around the village of Wystchaete, St Eloi, Peckham Farm, St Yvon, Crewstratat and the Spanbroke Moline Crater confirmed the detonation of 19 huge mines under the German trenches at Messines. An information board in the village gives directions to the crater, where there are more than 1,000 graves in the Wytschaete military cemetery, not far from the main square. A smaller cemetery near Spanbroke Moline, Lone Tree Cemetery, has 88 graves, mainly for soldiers from the Royal Irish Rifles.

The Memorial includes a No. 365 London Scots Regiment between Wytschaete and Messines, marking the site of their first action. In Messines itself, which was completely destroyed during the battle, there is the New Zealand Memorial Park and Messian's Ridge Military Cemetery. Adolf Hitler is said to have been treated for a bat wound in 1914 at the Mason Church (reconstruction).

To the south of Mason is the modern Irish Island Peace Park, opened in 1998 in memory of the Irish soldiers who died in the First World War,

Around Mason (Menesses) Passchendale Battlefield Passchendale New British Cemetery (Michael Day via Flickr)

Few battlefield areas evoke the tragedy of Ypres more than Passchendale, the modern village surrounding Passchendale. The area is dotted with memorials to individual battles and regiments, including the 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion Memorial at Crest Farm, the French Soldiers' Memorial and the British 7th Division Memorial, all at Denseseinde.

Cemeteries include Passchendaele New Britain Cemetery, which contains 2101 British and Commonwealth cemeteries, and the extensive Tyne Cot Cemetery to the south-west of Passendale. In Zombek, the Parsondale Memorial 1917 houses a large collection of military artefacts.

Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History at various locations near Zonnebeck and Passendale Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Wikimedia Commons)

This museum contains a collection of The entire military history of Belgium, not just the First World War, it also includes a permanent exhibition 1914-18 and an extensive collection of First World War artifacts, documents and memorabilia. Exhibits include FI vehicles, artillery, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker three-lane.

Jubelpark 3, 1000 St. Julian's Memorial in Brussels

This granite memorial was designed by the British-Canadian architect Frederic Chapman Clemesa and is 11 meters high. (36 feet). It is called the Meditating Soldier and features a Canadian infantryman at his head and shoulders, his head bowed in mourning. The memorial also remembers the Canadian troops killed near St. Julian's during the Second Battle of Ypres. Many of the dead were victims of the first use of poison gas (chlorine gas) on the Western Front, as the memorial inscription attests: "This column marks the 18,000 Canadians on the British left who withstood the German attack on April 22-24, 1915. The site of the first gas attack. Fallen in 2000 and buried here

Located 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) northeast of Ypres, take the N313 towards the Rule Reserve Timber Cemetery and Museum. Hill 62 Hill 62 Reserve Timber Museum Direction, preserved trench system in 1914 (Michael Day via Flickr)

However, the sanctuary woods served as a protective barrier between British and Commonwealth troops and the front line. , it was also involved in fierce fighting between 1915 and 1916, mainly between Canadian and German troops.

One of three Allied cemeteries was established in the area. The remains laid the foundations for the current cemetery, which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutjen after the war. In the 1920s and 1930s the cemetery was expanded from the wider western front, which today houses 1989 burials. Spread over 5 plots), of which only 637 have been identified, not far from the cemetery is a private institution, the Reserve Timber Museum Hill 62. A series of them can be seen outside the museum. Extensively preserved trench lines, all open for traversal, are the Canadian Memorial at Hill 62, commemorating the thousands of Canadians who died in the futile battle to retake Hill 62 in June 1916.

Located 5 kilometers (3 mi) east of the town of Iper, on the N8 "KDSPE" St George's Memorial Church (Wikimedia Guild) "KDSPs" Field Marshal, Plummer, British Army 2nd Corps During the Flemish War, the foundation stone of St. George's Church in Ieper was laid in 1927. The building was commissioned two years later and is still an active place of worship today.

While the church primarily commemorates the death of Ypres by the British and Commonwealth forces - its stained glass, wall panels, banners and kneelers reflect the various regiments of the British Army - it now commemorates all those who fought in both Church of those who died in the Battle of Flanders during World War I Tiento Cemetery Tyntot Cemetery (Havana 1234/iStock)

Is the largest British war cemetery in the world, Tiento* ** There are 11,953 graves, mostly British and Commonwealth troops, including four German soldiers. Most of the people buried here were killed during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917. The name Tyne Cote is believed to have originated in England. According to a local story, the Northumberlanders thought the barn on the ridge here looked like their cottage on the Tyne, back home in England. The cemetery's landmarks include the Memorial Cross and the Arc of the Missing, which lists the names of 35,000 soldiers who have no known graves. South-west of Passendale

Signed N332, grieving parents (Wikimedia Commons) after Frazlo German War Cemetery in Zonnebek, Frazlo German War Cemetery (Wikimedia Commons)

This German cemetery is the burial place of 25,644 soldiers, most of whom were moved here from elsewhere in the 1950s (the site has been used as a bat cemetery since 1914). While some tombstones date from the war, most were inscribed after the war. Each flat granite slab has 20 names written on it with name, rank and date of death. The grieving parents, a pair of statues made by German sculptor K?the Kollwitz, stand in the cemetery. In October 1914, Kolwitz's son died for the first time in Ypres. 3 km (1.8 mi) northeast of Frazlo

Fighting remains at Ypres Salient Battlefield from Bilster on Route 363 (Andrew Nash via Flickr)

The area surrounding the Ypres salient, centered on the modern town of Ypres, is the most frequented destination for visitors to the battlefield. The town is home to the Menin Gate and St. George's Memorial Church, both commemorating those who disappeared near Ypres, as well as the Flanders Fields Museum. There are many other points of interest outside the city, including more than 140 military cemeteries and military cemeteries. There are 40,000 unidentified graves in British cemeteries alone. The cemetery is managed by the British, Belgian, French and Italian War Graves Missions.

Among some interesting museums around Ypres are the Temple Wood Museum Hill 62, the Hodge Crater Museum, the Passchendaele Memorial Museum (in Zonnebeek) and Messine Mason Historical Museum (Mason). Popering is located 13 kilometers (8 mi) west of Ypres and was the center for British troops heading to the front. The town's Talbot House Museum is a British Army Club. It was opened by the army chaplain Philip Clayton as an alternative place of recreation for those in the more dissolute parts of the town, open to all classes. Officers on leave can also spend the night here before catching their train back to the UK.

Neuville St Vaast exit, from the A26 motorway, follow the D49 France Doaumont Ossuary and Verdun Memorial Museum Doaumont Ossuary and Verdun Memorial Museum (Nine Lamasery via Flickr) "KDSP “This is arguably one of the most powerful memorials on the Western Front. In 1920, construction of a temporary columbarium began to store the bones of the deceased and provide shelter for the hundreds of thousands of bones scattered on the battlefield of Verdun. Construction of a permanent columbarium began in 1920 and was moved here from the battlefield in 1927. The columbarium contains the remains of 130,000 unidentified soldiers, arranged according to the area of ??the Verdun battlefield where they were found.

Douaumont Tables Military Cemetery Tables Military Cemetery (Wikimedia Commons)

The many British military barracks and hospitals surrounding Tables meant that a large British and Commonwealth cemetery was needed in the area. In use since May 1915, it contains 10,733 burials from the First World War, including 35 burials of unknown soldiers, as well as burials from the Second World War. Between Bologne and Etaples

Fricourt German War Cemetery Fricourt German War Cemetery (Wikimedia Commons)

Although not the largest in the Somme region German War Cemetery - Welmandeville with 26,000 graves - Fricourt with 17,027 German soldiers, about 10,000 of whom were killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 (the dates of the burials are from 1914 to 1918 Year). Only 5,057 graves contain individual graves; another 11,970 graves are contained in four mass graves.

Near Fricott, the Somme Meuse Argonne American Cemetery and the Memorial Meuse Argonne A are home to Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Third Afghan War in 1919. Originally known as the All India War Memorial, the arch is 42 meters (137 feet) high and has the names of more than 70,000 people engraved on it. Under the arch are the tombs of Amar Jawan Jyoti (Immortal Warrior of Fire) and the Unknown Warrior. There are four continuously lit torches surrounding the monument.

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens on Rajpath in Delhi (Wikimedia Commons)

were built to commemorate the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in World War I. These gardens are Designed by Sir Edwin Lutjens in the 1930s, it covers 8 hectares (20 acres) and includes a sunken rose garden and two studies containing rolls of honor listing the names of the deceased. There is also the Cross of Kinch, a wooden monument built by soldiers of the Irish 16th Division and originally built on the battlefield of the Somme. Engraved on the floor of the domed temple on the banks of the River Liffey at the northern end of the gardens is an excerpt from Rupert Brooke's War Sonnet 2: Security,

Island Bridge, Israel Ram, Dublin CWGC Cemetery, Lech CWGC Cemetery, Ramlech (Archives New Zealand follow up via Flickr) 'KDSP' Established in December 1917 to serve the field hospital established in the area, Cemetery at Ramlech (now Ramla) It was later expanded by graves moved here from other cemeteries in Palestine and Israel. From November 1917, Ramle was occupied by the Australian 1st Light Horse Brigade. The cemetery contains 3,300 Commonwealth burials from the First World War, plus nearly 1,200 burials from the Second World War and a number of other non-Commonwealth and non-BAT burials. There is also a memorial to Commonwealth, German and Turkish servicemen buried elsewhere in Palestine and Israel, and the cemetery is no longer maintained. The memorial was built in 1961,

Near Ramla, Italy Sacario Milidi Redi Puglia Sacario Milidi Redi Puglia (Hect/iStock)

Built under Mussolini and opened in 1938, it is a military sanctuary in northern Italy, located on the western slopes of Montesebus, at the eastern end of the Aesop Front. It holds the remains of more than 100,000 Italian soldiers who died in World War I - 40,000 on the 22 steps leading to the top of the temple alone. The shrine also contains the tombs of five generals and the tomb of the Duke of Aosta, commander of the Third Army. The site includes a chapel and a museum containing artifacts from the Italian front and some original trench defenses.

Monte Sei Busi Italian/Slovenian Isonzo Front Battlefield Isonzo Front Battlefield, Klu?e (Wikimedia Commons)

Battlefield tourism relics, on the French and Belgian battlefields, the Aesop Front Battlefield is often used Overlooked, it is equally rich in heritage and places of interest. The challenges of visiting the Aesop Front are the distances involved and the difficult terrain. A typical route might be from Kranjska Gora in northwest Slovenia to Duino on the Adriatic coast of northeastern Italy, although there are many other options. Highlights include the Soca Valley, with its many positions and forts on the rock face; the Vrsic Pass, built by Russian prisoners in 1916; and the Cruz Fortress with its military tunnels. In Kobarid, Slovenia (Caporetto during the First World War), it is possible to walk along the former trench lines. The town also has an excellent museum dedicated to the fierce battles along the Isenzo Front, with large-scale maps, terrain models, artifacts and photographs.

New Zealand Auckland War Memorial along the Slovenian/Italian border Auckland War Memorial (Onfokus/iStock)

Built in the 1850s, etc. This museum is often called the Auckland Museum, Houses a large general collection of New Zealand history, not just military history. The modern annex was built in 1929 to commemorate the fallen soldiers of Auckland Province in World War I. The walls of the First World War shelter are inscribed with the names of fallen soldiers, whose graves are unknown. Under the central stained glass skylight are the insignia of their units and regiments.

The War Memorial and Armory Information Center showcases extensive war-related collections and research facilities, and the museum often hosts events, lectures and exhibitions, particularly around Remembrance Day. The database contains bibliographic records of 35,000 New Zealanders killed in war since the late 19th century.

Auckland Romania Malasesti Mausoleum Malasesti Mausoleum (Wikimedia Commons)

Built between 1923 and 1938, it is a mausoleum for heroes in the war of national unification. Giving it its full name, it is a majestic monument commemorating the Romanians who died in the First World War. The Battle of Malasesti in 1917 was the last major battle on the Romanian front before Romania was occupied. The mausoleum is about 30 meters (100 feet) high and contains the remains of 6,000 Romanian soldiers. The mausoleum also contains the sarcophagus of General Grigorescu, who died in 1919, and a rotunda containing the flags of the Romanian troops who fought in Malasesti. The top of the main building is the "Glory Dome". A large bas-relief on the dome depicts a scene from the Battle of Malasesti, between Fuksani and Ajad, county of Vrancea. Gallipoli Battlefield, Turkey Gallipoli Battlefield (Clay Gilliland via Flickr)

The Gallipoli Peninsula Historic National Park is one of the most worthwhile places to visit for military history tourists and researchers. Covering approximately 33,000 hectares (81,500 acres), it encompasses 31 CWGC cemeteries, containing 22,000 graves, most of which are easily accessible, as well as many memorials. "KDSP" has three main areas of interest: Hellers Point Cemetery (V-Beach Cemetery, Hellers Memorial Cemetery and Red Dob Cemetery); Pine Ridge (Beach Cemetery, Outpost 2, Courtney and Stair The main sites of Post Cemetery, Chunuk Bair Cemetery and Memorial, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery and Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial; and Suvla (Green Hill Cemetery and Anzac Cemetery) can be covered in a single day, but for more thorough exploration, It takes two to three days. At Cape Helles, it is also worth seeing the Canakkale Memorial, the main memorial to the Turkish dead of Gallipoli.

The special service is held in Gallipoli on Anzac Day on 25 April, which commemorates the first day of the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, when Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Anzac Bay.

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, UK Brookwood Military Cemetery (Wikimedia Commons)

This cemetery predates the First World War, but the war cemetery land was established in 1917 It was awarded in 2001 mainly for the burial of soldiers who died from war wounds in the London area. It is now the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the UK. Although most of the burials date from 1939-1945, there are still 1,601 graves from the First World War. The Brookwood 1914-18 Memorial commemorates the more than 200 Commonwealth casualties who died during the First World War but whose graves could not be found. In Brookwood Cemetery, the World War I American Military Cemetery contains 468 graves commemorating 563 American service members whose graves are unknown.

Brookwood, Surry County The American Freedom Tower is at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. (Sean Pavone/iStock)

This towering monument in Kansas City is the United States’ World War I Memorial. On November 11, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge designed the building in the Egyptian Revival style, and Harold Van Buren Magonigle presented it to the American Institute of Architects. Institute of Architects won the assignment.

The centerpiece of the site is the 217-foot Memorial Tower. Its four numbers represent courage, honor, sacrifice and patriotism. At night, a stream of steam, illuminated by orange lights, gushes out of the tower and looks like a burning pyre. The Great Wall depicts the transition from war to peace, while another memorial wall displays bronze statues of five Allied leaders attending commemorative ceremonies.

Opened in 2006, the Memorial Hall is one of the best centers for World War I research in the United States. In addition to a large collection of documents and photographs, the exhibits include a Renault FY-17 tank, replica trenches, Paul von Hindenburg's field jacket and propaganda posters.

Kansas City, Missouri