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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HMS Caroline conflict World War I
Captain Winston Havlock conflict World War I
Joyce Kilmer conflict World War I
Alfred Ritter von Hubicki conflict World War I
No. 7 Squadron Royal Flying Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Karl Emil Schäfer conflict World War I
Major General Lewis Heath conflict World War I
subject surface form: Lewis Heath
this entity surface form: First World War
Type 30 rifle usedInConflict World War I
Mercedes D.II inline engine usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: Mercedes D.II
Iona Yakir participantIn World War I
General Paulus conflict World War I
subject surface form: Friedrich Paulus
2e REI conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Type 44 carbine usedInConflict World War I
Generalleutnant Kurt Student conflict World War I
subject surface form: Kurt Student
William Hayward conflict World War I
5th Battle Squadron conflict World War I
Millard E. Tydings conflict World War I
Generaloberst Richard Ruoff conflict World War I
subject surface form: Richard Ruoff
42nd Infantry Division conflict World War I
Fahrettin Altay conflict World War I
Julius Ringel conflict World War I
Hans Kreysing conflict World War I
3e REI conflict World War I
John Charles Walsham Reith conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
William S. Graves conflict World War I
Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Paolo Thaon di Revel
Alfredo Acton conflict World War I
Ernest Troubridge conflict World War I
August von Heeringen (naval Adriatic command context) conflict World War I
subject surface form: August von Heeringen
Novara-class cruiser SMS Novara conflict World War I
subject surface form: SMS Novara
Frederick Lindley conflict World War I
subject surface form: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
this entity surface form: First World War
Charles Dobell participatedIn World War I
SMS Helgoland conflict World War I
Action of 15 May 1917 conflict World War I
Caroline-class cruiser conflict World War I
Caroline-class cruiser conflict World War I
subject surface form: HMS Caroline
Battery Randolph usedDuring World War I
Charles Lightoller conflict World War I
20th Corps conflict World War I
Air Chief Marshal Roderic Hill conflict World War I
subject surface form: Roderic Hill
this entity surface form: First World War
Matthew Crawley conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
J. Franklin Bell conflict World War I
3/6 participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines