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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Mount Stanley, Queensland, Australia conflict World War I
subject surface form: Roderic Dallas
No. 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Breguet Aviation participatedIn World War I
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry participatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps activeDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Philip Neame conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Walter Blume conflict World War I
W. O. Bentley militaryConflict World War I
Fort Riley, Kansas (named after him) militaryConflictAssociation World War I
subject surface form: Fort Riley
Scarborough Castle usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Robert Laird Borden participatedIn World War I
Henry Gordon Bennett conflict World War I
Friedrich war World War I
Friedrich settingEvent World War I
Djemal Pasha participantIn World War I
Drake-class cruiser usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale conflict World War I
subject surface form: Willis H. Hale
Emilie setDuring World War I
Steve Trevor storyEra World War I
First Red Scare follows World War I
Bert Hinkler conflict World War I
British 5th Division activeDuringConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
A.V. Roe and Company operatedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski conflict World War I
subject surface form: Erich von Manstein
Albert Lebrun conflict World War I
Guillaume Apollinaire woundedIn World War I
Robert P. Patterson conflict World War I
Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes militaryService World War I
subject surface form: Charles Frederick Hughes
Clyde, California historicalEra World War I
Order of Vitéz foundedAfter World War I
RNLA participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Royal Netherlands Army
this entity surface form: World War I (neutrality enforcement)
20th century hasMajorEvent World War I
Portsmouth Naval Memorial commemoratesConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Wilson setInPeriod World War I
subject surface form: Wilson (1944 film)
Peter Englund writes about World War I
this entity surface form: First World War