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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Battle of Arleux conflict World War I
RMR conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ypres 1915 conflict World War I
Wilhelm Wassmuss participatedIn World War I
Yeghishe Charents participantIn World War I
Tirailleurs marocains conflict World War I
von Kluck conflict World War I
subject surface form: Alexander von Kluck
Bill Tilman conflict World War I
Trench of Death conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Trench of Death conflict World War I
Erich Paul Remark participatedIn World War I
Oscar M. Westover conflict World War I
Ernst Toller participantIn World War I
Edmund Blunden conflict World War I
Vyvyan conflict World War I
subject surface form: Vyvyan Holland
Hovhannes Bagramyan conflict World War I
Noel Odell conflict World War I
George Butterworth conflict World War I
HMS Courageous conflict World War I
Charles T. Menoher conflict World War I
No. 60 Squadron RAF (historical) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 143 Squadron RAF (historical) conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 143 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Norman Holbrook conflict World War I
No. 255 Squadron RAF (historical) conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 255 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Russian Caucasus Army conflict World War I
Cassin Young conflict World War I
Medal of Honor recipient Cassin Young conflict World War I
subject surface form: Cassin Young
German 9th Army conflict World War I
Edward Grigg conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 21 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Frederick Augustus participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
48th Battalion (British Columbia), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Archibald Edward Nye conflict World War I
67th Battalion (Western Scots), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
100 Squadron conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Henry conflict World War I
subject surface form: Henry Jones Jr.
143rd Battalion (British Columbia Bantams), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
141 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 141 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
John L. Hines conflict World War I
Karl Litzmann conflict World War I
No. 222 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 74 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War