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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Battle of Amiens (1918) conflict World War I
Edmund Allenby conflict World War I
French 45th Division conflict World War I
Red Patch Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
CMGC conflict World War I
Lewis gun usedInConflict World War I
Military Service Act enactedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Military Service Act warRelatedTo World War I
Wartime Elections Act warContext World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Unionist Party activeDuring World War I
subject surface form: Unionist Party (Canada)
United States Army and Navy engagement World War I
subject surface form: United States Army
United States Army and Navy engagement World War I
subject surface form: United States Navy
Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire significantEvent World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Engelbert Dollfuss participantIn World War I
Nevil Shute participantIn World War I
Carrickfergus Castle usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Pursuit to Mons (1918) conflict World War I
No. 3 Squadron RAAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Yakov Slashchov participantIn World War I
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham conflict World War I
subject surface form: Arthur Coningham
this entity surface form: First World War
Austro-Hungarian Navy activeDuring World War I
Arras Offensive conflict World War I
Canadian National Vimy Memorial commemoratesConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Vimy, France wasBattlegroundIn World War I
Pursuit to Mons conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Canadian infantry brigades usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
“Iron Division” (attributed in some sources) associatedWithConflict World War I
subject surface form: Iron Division
this entity surface form: First World War
“Iron Division” (attributed in some sources) participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: 3rd Canadian Division
this entity surface form: First World War
PPCLI engagedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Andrew Hamilton Gault conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
The Patricias conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Karl Korsch participantIn World War I
Denys Finch Hatton conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Sam Hughes conflict World War I
Horace Smith-Dorrien conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Field Marshal Sir John French conflict World War I
subject surface form: John French
this entity surface form: First World War
Fulco conflict World War I
subject surface form: Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Nadežda Petrović participatedIn World War I
Alexander Samsonov conflict World War I
Tyne Cot Cemetery conflictCommemorated World War I
this entity surface form: First World War