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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Walter Fries conflict World War I
Boris Stürmer participantIn World War I
No. 3 Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 3 Squadron RAAF
this entity surface form: First World War
Coningham conflict World War I
subject surface form: Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)
this entity surface form: First World War
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Canadian Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hamilton Gault conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hamilton Gault conflict World War I
subject surface form: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
this entity surface form: First World War
Bombardment of Ancona conflict World War I
SMS Viribus Unitis usedInConflict World War I
SMS Tegetthoff conflict World War I
SMS Szent István usedInConflict World War I
SMS Prinz Eugen conflict World War I
SMS Novara conflict World War I
SMS Saida conflict World War I
Maximilian Njegovan conflict World War I
Arthur participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: Arthur Coningham
Anton Haus participantIn World War I
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Otto Schniewind participatedIn World War I
Otto Schniewind conflict World War I
Smith-Dorrien conflict World War I
subject surface form: Horace Smith-Dorrien
Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in South Africa conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ypres Salient fighting conflict World War I
Robert Musil conflict World War I
Mark VIII conflict World War I
subject surface form: Mark VIII torpedo
HMS Dreadnought revolutionized battleship design participatedIn World War I
subject surface form: HMS Dreadnought
RAF Catterick conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Denys George Finch Hatton conflict World War I
Air Marshal Sir Philip Wigglesworth conflict World War I
subject surface form: Philip Wigglesworth
this entity surface form: First World War
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
New Zealand Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
48th Highlanders conflict World War I
subject surface form: 48th Highlanders of Canada
this entity surface form: First World War
St. Julien, Belgium conflict World War I
Brutinel conflict World War I
subject surface form: Raymond Brutinel
Air Marshal Sir William Coryton conflict World War I
subject surface form: William Coryton
this entity surface form: First World War
Peter Kollwitz conflict World War I
Carl Zuckmayer participantIn World War I
Major-General Sir Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin conflict World War I
subject surface form: Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin
this entity surface form: First World War
Egyptian Labour Corps conflict World War I
XX Corps (British Army) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Harry Chauvel conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ismet Bey participatedIn World War I
Ismet Bey conflict World War I
Chanute Air Force Base conflict World War I