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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Leslie Beauchamp conflict World War I
EEF conflict World War I
subject surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force
General Sir Archibald Murray conflict World War I
subject surface form: Archibald Murray
this entity surface form: First World War
Desert Column conflict World War I
Australian Mounted Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Pierre van Ryneveld conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Courageous-class ships conflict World War I
subject surface form: Courageous-class ship
Shiny Four conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 4 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 4 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 4 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Montenegrin Navy conflict World War I
Battle of Mughar Ridge conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Capture of Aleppo (1918) conflict World War I
Noël de Castelnau conflict World War I
Franco-German front conflict World War I
sinking of SMS Emden conflict World War I
SMS Emden conflict World War I
Camp Wheeler, Georgia usedDuring World War I
XX Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Yeomanry Mounted Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Lionel Dunsterville conflict World War I
XXI Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
60th (2/2nd London) Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
17th Infantry Regiment conflict World War I
Boston Harbor defenses usedDuring World War I
74th (Yeomanry) Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
32nd Infantry Regiment conflict World War I
Battleship Division 9 conflict World War I
Tirailleurs malgaches conflict World War I
Legione Redenta conflict World War I
Operation Hush conflict World War I
Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo conflict World War I
subject surface form: Henry T. Mayo
Clarence L. Tinker conflict World War I
James C. Fitzmaurice conflict World War I
Battle of Moon Sound conflict World War I
Liam O’Flaherty conflict World War I
FGH conflict World War I
subject surface form: Fort Garry Horse
this entity surface form: First World War
Winifred Holtby participantIn World War I
James Fownes Somerville conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Camp Lee usedDuring World War I
11th Infantry Regiment conflict World War I
Admiral Albert Gleaves conflict World War I
subject surface form: Albert Gleaves
Jasta 6 conflict World War I
Roucourt airfield conflict World War I