World War I

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World War I was a global conflict from 1914 to 1918 that pitted the Allied Powers against the Central Powers and reshaped the political and social landscape of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century war
global conflict
interstate war
war
alsoKnownAs World War I
surface form: First World War

World War I
surface form: The Great War
belligerent Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers

Central Powers
casualtiesEstimate over 15 million deaths
civilianCasualtiesEstimate millions of civilians killed
commemorationDate Armistice Day
Armistice Day
surface form: Remembrance Day
commemorationSymbol red poppy
endDate 1918-11-11
endedBy Armistice of 11 November 1918
followedBy interwar period
formalEndTreaty Treaty of Lausanne
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)

Treaty of Sèvres
Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Versailles
front African theatre
Balkan Front
Eastern Front
Italian Front
Middle East combat operations
surface form: Middle Eastern theatre

Western Front
hasGenre total war
homeFrontImpact increased participation of women in the workforce
mass conscription
rationing in many countries
immediateCause assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
immediateCauseDate 1914-06-28
location Africa
Asia
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Middle East
Pacific Ocean
longTermConsequence conditions contributing to the outbreak of World War II
conditions contributing to the rise of Nazism in Germany
mainAlliedPower France
Italy
Russian Empire
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainCentralPower Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Bulgaria
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
militaryCasualtiesEstimate millions of soldiers killed
notableBattle Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Tannenberg
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
First Battle of the Marne
notableCommander Douglas Haig
Erich Ludendorff
Ferdinand Foch
John J. Pershing
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Paul von Hindenburg
organizationCreated League of Nations
partOf 20th-century history
politicalConsequence creation of new nation-states in Europe
redrawing of European borders
rise of Japan as a major power in Asia
rise of the United States as a major world power
weakening of European colonial empires
precededBy Balkan Wars
result Russian Revolution and withdrawal of Russia from the war
abdication of German Kaiser Wilhelm II
collapse of Ottoman Empire
defeat of the Central Powers
dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Empire
startDate 1914-07-28
technologicalFeature first large-scale use of chemical weapons
introduction of tanks
large-scale use of trench warfare
use of military aircraft
use of submarines (U-boats)
widespread use of machine guns
timePeriod 1910s
triggerEventLocation Sarajevo

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369th Regimental Band conflict World War I
Black Rattlers conflict World War I
Men of Bronze conflict World War I
subject surface form: 369th Infantry Regiment
French 16th Division conflict World War I
4th Infantry Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Marie of Edinburgh participatedIn World War I
Ferdinand the Unifier conflict World War I
Major R. Williams conflict World War I
Major R. Williams conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Friedrich Dollmann conflict World War I
27th Infantry Division conflict World War I
Robert G. Simmons conflict World War I
Johannes Frießner conflict World War I
Kosta Pećanac participatedIn World War I
HMS Carnarvon participatedIn World War I
Lord Casey conflict World War I
Sir Ross McLarty conflict World War I
subject surface form: Ross McLarty
Hans Janowitz conflict World War I
HMS Kent conflict World War I
Ivan Ribar participantIn World War I
Owen Brewster conflict World War I
Major General Gordon Bennett conflict World War I
subject surface form: Gordon Bennett
this entity surface form: First World War
Helmuth von Pannwitz conflict World War I
New York class usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: New York-class battleship
New York class usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: USS New York (BB-34)
New York class usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: USS Texas (BB-35)
97 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 97 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Friedrich Kirchner conflict World War I
Boaz Island usedDuring World War I
General Officer Commanding VIII Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hunter-Weston conflict World War I
subject surface form: Aylmer Hunter-Weston
Rear Admiral Harold Burrough conflict World War I
subject surface form: Harold Burrough
Admiral Sir Max Horton conflict World War I
subject surface form: Max Horton
this entity surface form: First World War
Richard Dehmel participantIn World War I
Ansaldo SVA biplane conflict World War I
subject surface form: Ansaldo SVA
Arditi conflict World War I
Guido Keller participantIn World War I
Tirailleurs indochinois conflict World War I
Miles Christopher Dempsey conflict World War I
Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith conflict World War I
subject surface form: Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
this entity surface form: First World War
Heinrich Lersch participantIn World War I
Richardson Dilworth conflict World War I