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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Three-Line Rifle usedInConflict World War I
Battle of Cantigny conflict World War I
Russian cruiser Askold sawActionIn World War I
Russian cruiser Askold conflict World War I
Rose Buck fictionalTimePeriod World War I
Tasker H. Bliss conflict World War I
Rauf Orbay participantIn World War I
June Offensive conflict World War I
Royal Indian Artillery conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Russian cruiser Diana conflict World War I
Johnny Walker conflict World War I
subject surface form: Walton H. Walker
Treaty of Rome (1924) followsEvent World War I
Hendon Aerodrome usedDuringConflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Imperial Service Troops notableEngagement World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Edward Quinan conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Auchinleck, Claude conflict World War I
subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck
this entity surface form: First World War
Field Marshal Philip Chetwode conflict World War I
subject surface form: Philip Chetwode
this entity surface form: First World War
Mudros conflict World War I
subject surface form: Armistice of Mudros
Mudros usedDuringConflict World War I
Mudros historicalEra World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
RAF Digby usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Nureddin Pasha participatedIn World War I
Nureddin Pasha conflict World War I
Elisabeth of Bavaria notableEvent World War I
Habsburg cavalry conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Calshot Castle usedDuring World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
William D. Byron conflict World War I
John L. McClellan conflict World War I
Brudenell White conflict World War I
William Bridges conflict World War I
Armistice Museum theme World War I
Rosslyn participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Rosslyn Wemyss
Mauser C96 usedInConflict World War I
1921 UK miners' strike follows World War I
Antonín Zápotocký participantIn World War I
George E. Stratemeyer conflict World War I
Pierre Ruffey conflict World War I
Wonder Woman film series setting World War I
French field army historicalUse World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
1st Australian Division conflict World War I
Deputy First Sea Lord usedInPeriod World War I
this entity surface form: World War I era
Baron Wester Wemyss associatedWith World War I