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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Nicholas II of Russia
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Silesia
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