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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Arthur MacArthur III conflict World War I
David Henderson conflict World War I
Antonio Sant'Elia conflict World War I
Massachusetts regiments conflict World War I
Fokker Eindecker series conflict World War I
Louis Aragon militaryConflict World War I
Billy Bishop Home & Museum theme World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Winged Warfare mainSubject World War I
Winged Warfare timePeriodCovered World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Silesian Lachs affectedBy World War I
Jagdstaffel conflict World War I
Albatros D.III usedInConflict World War I
4th Queen’s Own Hussars conflictParticipated World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Territorial Force notableConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Territorial Force mobilisedFor World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Albatros D.V conflict World War I
Flanders Fields conflict World War I
Yser River historicalSignificance World War I
Flanders Fields memorials timePeriod World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
First Silesian Uprising follows World War I
J. B. Priestley conflict World War I
Yser Front conflict World War I
Dover Western Heights usedDuring World War I
32nd Infantry Division conflict World War I
Otto Lasch conflict World War I
Alexander of Greece participatedIn World War I
Alexander of Greece wasKingDuring World War I
Norman Wilkinson conflict World War I
Big Bertha howitzer usedInConflict World War I
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars servedIn World War I
subject surface form: 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
this entity surface form: First World War
German Eighth Army conflict World War I
German Eighth Army era World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era