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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Lucien Petit-Breton participantIn World War I
Colt M1911 pistol usedInConflict World War I
V Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
IX Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
29th Infantry Division conflict World War I
No. 206 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
1st Earl of Ypres conflict World War I
Macchi M.5 usedInConflict World War I
Raoul Salan participatedIn World War I
Michael Joseph Mansfield conflict World War I
Antonio Salandra participantIn World War I
Earl of Ypres conflict World War I
subject surface form: John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
this entity surface form: First World War
94th Aero Squadron conflict World War I
SPAD S.XIII usedInConflict World War I
Raoul Lufbery conflict World War I
19th Hussars conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
27th Aero Squadron conflict World War I
147th Aero Squadron conflict World War I
George Giffard conflict World War I
The Cape Town Highlanders Regiment conflict World War I
subject surface form: Cape Town Highlanders Regiment
this entity surface form: First World War
Frank Worsley conflict World War I
Tim McCarthy conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound conflict World War I
subject surface form: Dudley Pound
this entity surface form: First World War
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal conflict World War I
subject surface form: Charles Portal
this entity surface form: First World War
Edward Hines Jr. conflict World War I
Erich Hoepner participantIn World War I
Colonel Colin Gubbins conflict World War I
subject surface form: Colin Gubbins
Hermann Löns participantIn World War I
1st Viscount Allenby conflict World War I
Eustis participantIn World War I
subject surface form: William Corcoran Eustis
Frank O’Driscoll Hunter conflict World War I
Arturo Ui; Adolf Hitler conflict World War I
subject surface form: Adolf Hitler
Dogsborough; Paul von Hindenburg participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Paul von Hindenburg
Roma; Ernst Röhm participantIn World War I
subject surface form: Ernst Röhm
Roma; Ernst Röhm conflict World War I
subject surface form: Ernst Röhm
Vittorio Ambrosio conflict World War I
Richard Derby participantIn World War I
Hobey Baker conflict World War I
Alfred Cheetham participantIn World War I
Fawzi al-Qawuqji conflict World War I
Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald conflict World War I
subject surface form: Robert A. Theobald
Allenby conflict World War I
subject surface form: Edmund Allenby
The Bull conflict World War I
subject surface form: Edmund Allenby
Shiny Eight conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 8 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War