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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HMS Cairo serviceEntryConflict World War I
HMS Cairo conflict World War I
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Kirte hasStrategicSignificance World War I
Kirte conflict World War I
ANZAC Cove Cemetery conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Albatros C.III usedInConflict World War I
C96 pistol usedInConflict World War I
Royal Air Force aircraft era World War I
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Wilhelm Souchon
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon conflict World War I
subject surface form: Wilhelm Souchon
Admiral Wilhelm Souchon historicalPeriod World War I
subject surface form: Wilhelm Souchon
this entity surface form: World War I era
French battleship Bouvet conflict World War I
Ottoman minelayer Nusret conflict World War I
German battlecruiser Goeben conflict World War I
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subject surface form: Chris Myers (The Promise)
Belfast Lough historicallyUsedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Admiral John de Robeck conflict World War I
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Goldmark affectedBy World War I
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Percy Cox participatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army timePeriod World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Albatros C.I usedInConflict World War I
Fokker era World War I
Rumpler C.I usedInConflict World War I
Wilhelm Brückner participantIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Maxim gun usedInConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS M33 conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS M33 era World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hans Scharoun participantIn World War I
Independence Day relatedTo World War I
subject surface form: Polish Independence Day
George William Crisp conflictParticipatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Donald Crisp
Mikael Boghosian timePeriod World War I
Vilna Troupe foundedDuring World War I
Samuel Lipman historicalContext World War I
British battleship Barham servedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: HMS Barham