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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How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: World War I Context triple: [Edwin H. Armstrong, conflict, World War I]
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World War II
World War II was a global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involving most of the world’s nations, marked by unprecedented destruction, the Holocaust, and the use of atomic weapons, and resulting in a major reshaping of the international order.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was a late 19th–early 20th century conflict in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer republics, notable for its guerrilla warfare, concentration camps, and role in shaping modern South African and British imperial history.
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Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) was a major post–World War I conflict between the newly re-established Poland and Soviet Russia that helped determine the borders of Eastern Europe and the fate of the region’s independence movements.
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Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: World War I Target entity description: 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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World War II
World War II was a global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involving most of the world’s nations, marked by unprecedented destruction, the Holocaust, and the use of atomic weapons, and resulting in a major reshaping of the international order.
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B.
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was a late 19th–early 20th century conflict in South Africa between the British Empire and the Boer republics, notable for its guerrilla warfare, concentration camps, and role in shaping modern South African and British imperial history.
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C.
Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) was a major post–World War I conflict between the newly re-established Poland and Soviet Russia that helped determine the borders of Eastern Europe and the fate of the region’s independence movements.
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D.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
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E.
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (85)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century war
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global conflict ⓘ interstate war ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
The Great War
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| belligerent |
Allied Powers of World War I
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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
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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
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mass conscription ⓘ rationing in many countries ⓘ |
| immediateCause | assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ⓘ |
| immediateCauseDate | 1914-06-28 ⓘ |
| location |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| longTermConsequence |
conditions contributing to the outbreak of World War II
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conditions contributing to the rise of Nazism in Germany ⓘ |
| mainAlliedPower |
France
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Italy ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| mainCentralPower |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Bulgaria ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| militaryCasualtiesEstimate | millions of soldiers killed ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Gallipoli
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Battle of Jutland ⓘ Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ Battle of Verdun ⓘ Battle of the Somme ⓘ First Battle of the Marne ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Douglas Haig
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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
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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
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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
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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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Subject: World War I Description of subject: 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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