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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22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Ottoman Eighth Army conflict World War I
4th Light Horse Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
8th Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Pál Prónay conflict World War I
Louis James Lipsett conflict World War I
4th Light Horse Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
John P. Marquand conflict World War I
Valentine Henry Baker conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
12th Light Horse Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Sixt von Armin conflict World War I
British Second Army conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Australian divisions conflict World War I
John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Armeeoberkommando usedInConflict World War I
Prince Georg of Bavaria conflict World War I
Anzac Mounted Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Messines Ridge conflict World War I
Wytschaete conflict World War I
The 60th Rifles conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Rifleman Henry May VC conflict World War I
subject surface form: Henry May
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Stephen Dimmer VC conflict World War I
subject surface form: John Henry Stephen Dimmer
African American 369th Infantry Regiment conflict World War I
subject surface form: 369th Infantry Regiment
Lost Battalion conflict World War I
subject surface form: Lost Battalion (World War I)
Prince Konrad of Bavaria conflict World War I
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Rifleman William Mariner VC conflict World War I
subject surface form: William Mariner
this entity surface form: First World War
No. 4 Squadron RNAS conflict World War I
Bombay Grenadiers conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Sir Richard Peirse conflict World War I
subject surface form: Richard Peirse
this entity surface form: First World War
Sir Norman Bottomley conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Surrender at Khorab conflict World War I
14th Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Adna R. Chaffee Jr. conflict World War I
15th Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Sanctuary Wood conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Observatory Ridge conflict World War I
16th Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Canadian Mounted Rifles conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Hans von Salmuth conflict World War I
3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
18th Canadian Infantry Brigade conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War