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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Ottoman 35th Division conflict World War I
29 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 29 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
della Chiesa ledDuring World War I
subject surface form: Pope Benedict XV
Ad beatissimi Apostolorum relatedConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Lancashire Fusiliers conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Eddie Rickenbacker conflict World War I
1921 film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse setDuring World War I
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)
Helen Ferguson settingOfWork World War I
novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse settingPeriod World War I
subject surface form: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Nicholas II of Russia (son-in-law) notableEvent World War I
subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
Australian war memorials commemorateConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British Guards units engagedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Noel Irwin conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
B. Everett Jordan conflict World War I
A Sparrow Falls settingPeriod World War I
Shout at the Devil settingPeriod World War I
The Girl on the Cliff hasSubject World War I
Mauser 1910 pistol inServiceDuring World War I
Ottoman 38th Division conflict World War I
HMHS usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hajime Sugiyama conflict World War I
Ettore Bastico conflict World War I
3 (F) Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 3 (F) Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal conflictUsage World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS Pegasus conflict World War I
HMS Pegasus servicePeriod World War I
this entity surface form: World War I period
No. 216 Squadron RAF theatre World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ian Hay conflict World War I
Afterlives settingPeriod World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Auguste Dubail conflict World War I
Auguste Dubail era World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Udine-Campoformido Airport (historical) usedDuringConflict World War I
subject surface form: Udine-Campoformido Airport
No. I Squadron conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
French Army Group usedInConflict World War I
Fall of Giants settingPeriod World War I
Century Trilogy coversEvent World War I
Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe conflict World War I
subject surface form: Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe
Sir Alan Lascelles conflictParticipatedIn World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Vladimir Sukhomlinov conflict World War I
Mikhail Belyaev conflict World War I
Mikhail Belyaev participantIn World War I