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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Colossus-class battleship usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: HMS Colossus
Colossus-class battleship usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: HMS Hercules
Admiral Andrew Cunningham conflict World War I
subject surface form: Andrew Cunningham
Hugh Walpole participantIn World War I
KSLI conflict World War I
subject surface form: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
this entity surface form: First World War
Admiral William H. Standley conflict World War I
subject surface form: William H. Standley
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel conflict World War I
subject surface form: Husband E. Kimmel
No. 263 Squadron RAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ben Chifley conflict World War I
Wilhelm Canaris conflict World War I
Don Liddell participatedIn World War I
Somerset Light Infantry conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hermann von Eichhorn participantIn World War I
Hermann von Eichhorn conflict World War I
Viscount Galway conflict World War I
subject surface form: George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway
this entity surface form: First World War
Peter Conover Hains conflict World War I
Vanier family conflict World War I
subject surface form: Georges Vanier
this entity surface form: First World War
Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves conflict World War I
subject surface form: Joseph M. Reeves
RCOC conflict World War I
subject surface form: Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
this entity surface form: First World War
13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Jagdstaffel 26 conflict World War I
Bentley BR2 aircraft engine usedInConflict World War I
subject surface form: Bentley BR2
Tim Birkin participatedIn World War I
Franklin D’Olier conflict World War I
Günther Blumentritt conflict World War I
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin conflict World War I
subject surface form: Orin G. Murfin
Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Orin G. Murfin
73rd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
General Harry Hines Bandholtz conflict World War I
subject surface form: Harry Hines Bandholtz
Charles Fergusson conflict World War I
Walter Edward Guinness conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
IV. Armeekorps conflict World War I
Sir Henry Birkin conflict World War I
5th Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
William Barclay Parsons conflict World War I
Archibald Christie conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hubert R. Harmon conflict World War I
II Corpo d’Armata conflict World War I