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 Liège conflictOf World War I
First Quartermaster-general usedIn World War I
Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves usedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Modlin Fortress usedDuringConflict World War I
Urfa region timePeriod World War I
Andrew McNaughton conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Chickens setInPeriod World War I
Farman aircraft usedInConflict World War I
Age of Nationalism followedBy World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
New York Naval Shipyard notableEra World War I
Navy hull number BB-43 servedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: USS Tennessee (BB-43)
Paul Bäumer conflict World War I
Paul Bäumer diesIn World War I
John Milton Lee conflict World War I
Battle of Hill 70 conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Battle of Frezenberg conflict World War I
Fascism influencedBy World War I
Household Division Brigade of Guards engagement World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Henry Carr in Travesties (stage) settingPeriod World War I
subject surface form: Henry Carr (Travesties)
Noel Beresford-Peirse conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Roberto Ruffo di Calabria participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Sopwith Tabloid usedInConflict World War I
Greater Romania formedAfter World War I
Artists Rifles engagement World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Edgar Jung participantIn World War I
Gordon Coates conflict World War I
Brian Donlevy conflict World War I
Pippin participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Horace Pippin
Harlem Hellfighters conflict World War I
369th Infantry Regiment conflict World War I
Fort Tilden historicalEra World War I
Bertram Thomas conflict World War I
British I Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British I Corps worldWar World War I
Ferdinand I of Romania conflict World War I
Pax Britannica followedBy World War I