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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2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Norman S. Case conflict World War I
Super Handley usedInConflict World War I
William S. Benson conflict World War I
3rd (Naval) Brigade conflict World War I
190th Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
General Henri Guisan conflict World War I
subject surface form: Henri Guisan
Nieuport Memorial conflict World War I
Arab Bureau conflict World War I
Rudolf Veiel participatedIn World War I
Rudolf Veiel conflict World War I
Medal of Honor recipient Charles Hammann conflict World War I
subject surface form: Charles Hammann
USS Utah (BB-31) participatedIn World War I
Judge Thurman Arnold conflict World War I
subject surface form: Thurman Arnold
Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
The Firebirds conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 56 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Friedrich Hoßbach participantIn World War I
No. 17 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Seringes-et-Nesles conflict World War I
subject surface form: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial
Heinrich Müller participantIn World War I
Rear Admiral William S. Sims conflict World War I
subject surface form: William S. Sims
Franz Xaver Schwarz conflict World War I
No. 19 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Joe Randolph Ackerley conflict World War I
Malcolm Campbell conflict World War I
Slim conflict World War I
subject surface form: Bill Slim
John Crocker conflict World War I
AEF conflict World War I
subject surface form: American Expeditionary Forces
Cannone da 149/35 A usedInConflict World War I
Captain Cassin Young (killed in action) conflict World War I
subject surface form: Cassin Young
Lieutenant-General Sir William Holmes conflict World War I
subject surface form: William Holmes
this entity surface form: First World War
Georg Ehrenfried Groß conflict World War I
No. 23 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Asiago plateau conflict World War I
Sir John Lavarack conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Charles P. Summerall conflict World War I
USS Cassin (DD-43) conflict World War I
USS Ingram (DD-694) conflict World War I
subject surface form: Osmond Kelly Ingram
American Second Army conflict World War I
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen conflict World War I
subject surface form: Victor McLaglen
Cecil Lewis conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
A. K. Chesterton conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War