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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Tour of Flanders heldDuring World War I
this entity surface form: World War I (interrupted years)
Ypres wasHeavilyDamagedDuring World War I
Ypres wasRebuiltAfter World War I
DSO campaignUsage World War I
subject surface form: Distinguished Service Order
this entity surface form: First World War
Commander‑in‑Chief, India significantEvent World War I
subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India
Western Approaches Command conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
pan-Slavism declinedAfterEvent World War I
subject surface form: Pan-Slavism
Horatio Herbert Kitchener notableWork World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Horatio Herbert Kitchener conflict World War I
Kaunas Fortress significantEvent World War I
Blamey conflict World War I
subject surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey
Indian Expeditionary Force D conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Major-General Sidney Kirkman conflict World War I
subject surface form: Sidney Kirkman
this entity surface form: First World War
Hainaut historicalEvent World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Battle of Qurna (1914) conflict World War I
Ottoman 6th Army conflict World War I
Charles Portal conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
William Birdwood conflict World War I
Infantry of the Line usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Great General Staff usedInConflict World War I
Auftragstaktik historicalContext World War I
Romanian Air Force conflict World War I
Maréchal de France usedInConflict World War I
Romanian Campaign conflict World War I
Salonika Expedition conflict World War I
Boris III of Bulgaria conflict World War I
Nevil Macready conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps activeIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Nur-ud-Din Pasha participatedIn World War I
Nur-ud-Din Pasha conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Brzeżany wasAffectedBy World War I
Kritzinger conflict World War I
subject surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Kenneth C. Royall conflict World War I
Battle of Mons partOf World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Battle of Mons conflict World War I
John de Robeck conflict World War I
Enver Pasha participatedIn World War I
Ottoman Fifth Army conflict World War I
Eight-Eight Fleet Plan affectedBy World War I
Wilhelm Schepmann participatedIn World War I
Madariaga associatedWithEvent World War I