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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No. 2 Squadron AFC conflict World War I
No. 2 Squadron AFC era World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
James A. Van Fleet conflict World War I
Fort Drum usedDuring World War I
Empire Division conflict World War I
subject surface form: 27th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division (German Empire) era World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
The Lost Prince depictsEvent World War I
Wyoming class inServiceDuring World War I
BB-33 servedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: USS Arkansas
The Second Coming influencedBy World War I
Frances Marion participatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: World War I (as war correspondent)
Bitlis Vilayet timeOfMassViolence World War I
Second Army conflict World War I
Second Army formedIn World War I
Józef Haller participatedIn World War I
Major-General Francis Tuker conflict World War I
subject surface form: Francis Tuker
this entity surface form: First World War
Hubert Lyautey conflict World War I
Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British VIII Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British VIII Corps formedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British VIII Corps worldWar World War I
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British XII Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British XII Corps formedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
RMS Lusitania war World War I
Baron Jellicoe associatedWithConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
26th Infantry Division conflict World War I
Battle of Arras (1918) conflict World War I
Major-General John Harding conflict World War I
subject surface form: John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
this entity surface form: First World War
Petrograd garrison timePeriod World War I
Tommy Shelby conflict World War I
Arthur Shelby conflict World War I
Thomas Shelby conflict World War I
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion (CEF) war World War I
this entity surface form: First World War