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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Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France conflict World War I
subject surface form: Battle of Neuve Chapelle
this entity surface form: First World War
Indian Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Indian Corps conflict World War I
IV Corps (British Army) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Clyde Pangborn conflict World War I
Karabekir participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Kazım Karabekir
Arras campaign conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
George participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: George, Crown Prince of Serbia
Todor Alexandrov participatedIn World War I
Mim Mim Group conflict World War I
National Volunteers conflict World War I
Hans Globke conflict World War I
Private Arthur Hamp conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
The Deuce conflict World War I
Miklós Horthy – Austro-Hungarian Navy conflict World War I
subject surface form: Miklós Horthy
Lahore Division conflict World War I
James Crichton (soldier) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Isaac C. Kidd conflict World War I
Jack Pearson conflict World War I
French Second Army conflict World War I
German 7th Army conflict World War I
I Corps (through Joint Base Lewis–McChord) conflict World War I
subject surface form: I Corps (United States)
Page Belcher conflict World War I
RMS Oceanic conflict World War I
Thomas D’Oyly Snow conflict World War I
155th (South Scottish) Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith conflict World War I
subject surface form: Edmund Hakewill-Smith
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS Bristol conflict World War I
156th (Scottish Rifles) Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS Hogue conflict World War I
157th (Highland Light Infantry) Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Major-General Neil Ritchie conflict World War I
subject surface form: Neil Ritchie
this entity surface form: First World War
German U-boat U-20 conflict World War I
John conflict World War I
subject surface form: John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
this entity surface form: First World War
Warwickshire Yeomanry conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Birmingham Pals conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Freddie Thorne conflict World War I
HMS Cressy conflict World War I
Otto von Knobelsdorff conflict World War I
Lieutenant-General Richard Nelson Gale conflict World War I
subject surface form: Richard Nelson Gale
this entity surface form: First World War
Carl Goerdeler conflict World War I