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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John A. Lejeune conflict World War I
Kurt Student conflict World War I
Battle of Länkipohja timePeriod World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Georges Picquart conflict World War I
this entity surface form: World War I (early months, as minister)
Invasion of Serbia (1915) conflict World War I
Monastir Offensive conflict World War I
Captain Ernst Vanselow participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow conflict World War I
subject surface form: Ernst Vanselow
RAF Rochford usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Inigo Campioni conflict World War I
South African Army engagedIn World War I
Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Cambrai 1917 partOf World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Cambrai Day relatedTo World War I
Earl Haig Memorial (nearby on Whitehall) warCommemorated World War I
subject surface form: Earl Haig Memorial
General Alfredo Guzzoni participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Alfredo Guzzoni
Killingholme hasMilitaryHistory World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Vardar Offensive conflict World War I
General Detlof von Winterfeldt participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Detlof von Winterfeldt
British India Command activeDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Monte Carlo Rally interruptedBy World War I
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor conflictParticipatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Fort Douaumont usedDuringConflict World War I
Sergeant York setDuring World War I
United States Army Air Service historicalEra World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Alfred Dreyfus participantIn World War I
Jean Jaurès opposed World War I
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst conflict World War I
Lone Pine Cemetery war World War I
London Scottish Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Theodore Roosevelt III conflict World War I
Robert R. McCormick conflict World War I
Olaf Stapledon conflict World War I
Field Marshal (British Army) usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
One of Ours settingPeriod World War I
Noel Pemberton Billing parliamentaryTerm World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Leslie Morshead conflict World War I
Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews conflict World War I
subject surface form: Frank Maxwell Andrews
Battle of Shaiba (1915) conflict World War I
Khalil Pasha conflict World War I
Schlieffen Plan appliesToEvent World War I