The War to end all Wars

In the years of 1914 and 1917 commenced the Great war or the War to end all Wars. Steam vehicles featured as a center piece of the war. Both the Germans and British used steam engines predominately in there campaigns as well as the french and Italy used some primitive machinery.

Before the war the were already hostilities forming but the real cause of the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo.

The Archduke and his wife Sophie were driving there Steamhorse (shown here) when the horse exploded mortally wounding both of them. It is rumored that the Archdukes dying words to his wife were "Don't die darling, think of the children."

When news of the Archdukes death reached Austria they presumed it was an attack from Serbia. In fact it was recently found that it was a fault in the boiler that had ruptured.

During the war the Steamhorse was used to transport supplies and cannons to the front lines.