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 First World War
linked to: World War I

The Great War
linked to: World War I
belligerent Allied Powers
Central Powers
casualtiesEstimate over 15 million deaths
civilianCasualtiesEstimate millions of civilians killed
commemorationDate Armistice Day
Remembrance Day
linked to: Armistice 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 (1919)
Treaty of Sèvres
Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Versailles
front African theatre
Balkan Front
Eastern Front
Italian Front
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
mainCentralPower 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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Edwin H. Armstrong conflict World War I
Harry S. Truman conflict World War I
subject linked to: President Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill conflict World War I
NACA era World War I
United States Army engagedIn World War I
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland participatedIn First World War
linked to: World War I
Harry S. Truman conflictParticipatedIn World War I
subject linked to: Harry
George VI conflict World War I
United States Navy notableConflict World War I
Royal Air Force conflict World War I
Hugh Dowding conflict World War I
Bertrand Russell opposed World War I
British Army engagedIn First World War
linked to: World War I
Europe hasHistoricalEvent World War I
George C. Marshall conflict World War I
Imperial Japanese Navy conflict World War I
League of Nations foundedAfter World War I
William Stephenson conflict World War I
Vincent Astor conflict World War I
Erwin Rommel participantIn World War I
Polish–Soviet War precededBy World War I
Secretary of State for War associatedWithConflict First World War
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Douglas MacArthur conflict World War I
Royal Navy notableConflict First World War
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USASC conflictInvolved World War I
Royal Naval Air Service conflict World War I
Royal Naval Air Service historicalPeriod First World War
linked to: World War I
RAF roundel usedDuring World War I
Silver Star conflict World War I
Italian lira usedDuring World War I
Bernard Montgomery conflict World War I
Claude Auchinleck conflict World War I
Albert Kesselring conflict World War I
English Channel wasStrategicIn World War I
Polish Army engagedIn World War I
Siegfried Line usedInConflict World War I
Fort McHenry usedDuringConflict World War I