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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Wiley Post conflict World War I
Konstantin von Neurath conflict World War I
Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb conflict World War I
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Field Marshal Georg von Küchler conflict World War I
subject surface form: Georg von Küchler
Gorizia annexedAfter World War I
Gorizia sawHeavyFightingDuring World War I
George Halas conflict World War I
Royal Berkshire Regiment participatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
RCN notableConflict World War I
subject surface form: Royal Canadian Navy
this entity surface form: First World War
Battle of Arras (1917) conflictOf World War I
Romanian Armed Forces conflict World War I
Douglas Clifton Brown conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Erhard Raus conflict World War I
Stephen T. Early conflict World War I
Walther Nehring conflict World War I
Tynemouth Priory usedDuring World War I
Ludvík Svoboda participantIn World War I
Downton Abbey featuresHistoricalEvent World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Andrew Cunningham conflict World War I
Type 38 rifle usedInConflict World War I
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese conflict World War I
subject surface form: Oliver Leese
this entity surface form: First World War
Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey conflict World War I
subject surface form: Charles Allfrey
this entity surface form: First World War
Royal Military Police conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Jan Smuts participantIn World War I
Royal Army Pay Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Czechoslovak Legion conflict World War I
3rd Infantry Division service World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
3rd Infantry Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ferdinand Schörner participantIn World War I
Kingdom of Bulgaria partOf World War I
Kingdom of Bulgaria majorWar World War I
William Sims conflict World War I
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William A. Moffett conflict World War I
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Henry Moore conflictParticipatedIn World War I
Kingdom of Serbia participatedIn World War I
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Battle of Soissons conflict World War I
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