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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HMS Aboukir conflict World War I
Otto Weddigen conflict World War I
Georg von Sodenstern conflict World War I
British Fourth Army conflict World War I
6th Army (German Empire) conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Loerzer conflict World War I
subject surface form: Bruno Loerzer
25th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Fifty Squadron conflict World War I
subject surface form: No. 50 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: First World War
26th Battalion (New Brunswick), CEF conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
Governor General of Canada Julian Byng conflict World War I
subject surface form: Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
this entity surface form: First World War
Battle of Haelen conflict World War I
Gérard Leman conflict World War I
Lieutenant-General John Crocker conflict World War I
subject surface form: John Crocker
this entity surface form: First World War
Harry Frank Guggenheim conflict World War I
Maurice Martenot participatedIn World War I
Alexander Ragoza conflict World War I
Farman HF.20 usedInConflict World War I
Dennis King conflictParticipatedIn World War I
SS Empress of Asia usedInConflict World War I
Stanislaus Katczinsky conflict World War I
Albert Kropp conflict World War I
Tjaden conflict World War I
Corporal Himmelstoss conflict World War I
Battle for Hill 70 conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
British 27th Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS Monmouth conflict World War I
British 28th Division conflict World War I
this entity surface form: First World War
HMS Glasgow conflict World War I
Farman F.50 usedInConflict World War I
Emden Gun conflict World War I
HMS Otranto conflict World War I
Fort of Huy conflict World War I
Farman F.40 usedInConflict World War I
Gnome Lambda usedInConflict World War I
Ralph Bagnold conflict World War I
Joseph Gordon Coates conflict World War I
William Gott conflict World War I
Henry Johnson conflict World War I
Needham Roberts conflict World War I
Needham Roberts participantIn World War I
James Reese Europe conflict World War I