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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Archduke Eugen of Austria conflict World War I
No. 2 Squadron RAAF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Drastamat Kanayan participantIn World War I
HMS Royal Sovereign (05) conflict World War I
Buck Jones conflictParticipatedIn World War I
AIF conflict World War I
subject surface form: Australian Imperial Force
William Throsby Bridges conflict World War I
Harry Tate conflict World War I
Royal Flying Corps No. 52 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 52 Squadron RFC
R.E.8 usedInConflict World War I
Battle of Tabsor conflict World War I
Karl Weisenberger conflict World War I
Emil Leeb conflict World War I
Italian 2nd Army conflict World War I
Philippine National Guard conflict World War I
4th Australian Division conflict World War I
5th Australian Division conflict World War I
Battle of Arara conflict World War I
Monte Pasubio conflict World War I
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 84 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki conflict World War I
subject surface form: Guillaume Apollinaire
2nd Australian Division conflict World War I
3rd Australian Division conflict World War I
Panama Canal Department conflict World War I
Horace Hood conflict World War I
Ulrich von Hassell participantIn World War I
New York State Volunteers conflict World War I
Rudolf Schmundt participantIn World War I
Rudolf Schmundt conflict World War I
Max von Fabeck conflict World War I
Battle of Bash Abaran conflict World War I
Battle of Karakilisa conflict World War I
Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead conflict World War I
subject surface form: Leslie Morshead
this entity surface form: First World War
Lieutenant General John Northcott conflict World War I
subject surface form: John Northcott
this entity surface form: First World War
Sherston conflict World War I
Lochnagar Crater memorial site conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Kitchener's Army conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
New Army divisions conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Pals battalions conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War