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    World War I was a global war that began in 1914 and ended in 1918. It involved over 70 million military personnel from several nations in Europe and around the world. The war resulted from tensions between allies and alliances and was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It led to over 22 million military and civilian deaths and revolutionary political changes across Europe and the world. The main belligerents were the Allied Powers including France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and later the U.S., against the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary, joined later by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

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    World War I was a global war that began in 1914 and ended in 1918. It involved over 70 million military personnel from several nations in Europe and around the world. The war resulted from tensions between allies and alliances and was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It led to over 22 million military and civilian deaths and revolutionary political changes across Europe and the world. The main belligerents were the Allied Powers including France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and later the U.S., against the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary, joined later by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

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    World War I was a global war that began in 1914 and ended in 1918. It involved over 70 million military personnel from several nations in Europe and around the world. The war resulted from tensions between allies and alliances and was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It led to over 22 million military and civilian deaths and revolutionary political changes across Europe and the world. The main belligerents were the Allied Powers including France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and later the U.S., against the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary, joined later by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

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    "World War One", "Great War", "WW1", "First World War" and "WWI" redirect here.

    For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation).
    For the album by White Whale, see WWI (album).

    World War I

    Clockwise from the top: The aftermath of


    shelling during the Battle of the Somme, Mark
    V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line, HMS
    Irresistible sinks after hitting a mine in the
    Dardanelles, a British Vickers machine gun
    crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the
    Somme, Albatros D.III fighters of Jagdstaffel 11
    28 July 1914 11 November 1918
    (4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks)
    Date
    Peace treaties[show]
    Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the
    Location Pacific Islands, China and off the
    coast of South and North America
    Result
    Allied victory

    End of the German, Russian,


    Ottoman, and AustroHungarian empires

    Formation of new countries


    in Europe and the Middle

    East

    Transfer of German colonies


    and regions of the former
    Ottoman Empire to other
    powers

    Establishment of the League


    of Nations. (more...)

    Belligerents
    Allied Powers
    France

    Central Powers
    Germany

    British Empire

    Austria-

    Russia (191417) Hungary


    Ottoman
    Serbia
    Empire
    Bulgaria (1915

    Montenegro
    Belgium

    18)
    ...and co-belligerents

    Japan
    Italy (191518)
    Portugal (1916
    18)

    Romania (1916
    18)

    Hejaz (191618)

    United States
    (191718)

    Greece (1917
    18)

    Siam (191718)

    ...and others

    Commanders and leaders


    Allied leaders
    Georges

    Central Powers
    leaders
    Wilhelm II

    Clemenceau
    Raymond
    Poincar
    H. H. Asquith
    David Lloyd
    George
    Vittorio Orlando
    Victor
    Emmanuel III
    Woodrow
    Wilson
    Yoshihito
    Nicholas II
    Peter I

    Franz Joseph I

    Karl I
    Mehmed V
    Ferdinand I

    ...and others

    Ferdinand I

    ...and others

    Strength
    12,000,000
    8,841,541[1][2]
    8,660,000[3]
    5,615,140
    13,250,000
    4,743,826
    7,800,000
    1,234,000
    2,998,321
    800,000
    1,200,000
    707,343
    380,000

    Total: 25,248,321[4]

    250,000
    50,000

    Total: 42,959,850[4]

    Casualties and losses


    Military dead:
    5,525,000
    Military wounded:
    12,831,500
    Military missing:
    4,121,000

    Military dead:
    4,386,000
    Military wounded:
    8,388,000
    Military missing:
    3,629,000

    Total:
    22,477,500 KIA, WIA
    or MIA
    ...further details.

    Total:
    16,403,000 KIA, WIA
    or MIA
    ...further details.
    [show]

    Theatres of World War I


    Events leading to World War I
    Triple Alliance
    Franco-Russian Alliance
    Anglo-German naval arms race
    Entente cordiale
    First Moroccan Crisis
    Anglo-Russian Entente
    Bosnian crisis
    Agadir Crisis
    Italo-Turkish War
    Balkan Wars
    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
    July Crisis

    1882
    1894
    18981912
    1904
    190506
    1907
    190809
    1911
    191112
    191213
    1914
    1914

    World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a
    global war originating in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
    More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one
    of the largest wars in history.[5][6] Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a
    result of the war (including the victims of a number of genocides), a casualty rate exacerbated by
    the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and the tactical stalemate caused by
    trench warfare, a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. It was one
    of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the way for major political changes, including
    revolutions in many of the nations involved.[7]

    The war drew in all the world's economic great powers,[8] assembled in two opposing alliances:
    the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom/British Empire, France and the
    Russian Empire) versus the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy
    was a member of the Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the
    Central Powers, as Austria-Hungary had taken the offensive, against the terms of the alliance.[9]
    These alliances were reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and
    the United States joined the Allies, while the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria joined the Central
    Powers.
    The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the
    throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
    This set off a diplomatic crisis when Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of
    Serbia,[10][11] and entangled international alliances formed over the previous decades were
    invoked. Within weeks, the major powers were at war and the conflict soon spread around the
    world.
    On 28 July, the Austro-Hungarians declared war on Serbia and subsequently invaded.[12][13] As
    Russia mobilised in support of Serbia, Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg
    before moving towards France, leading the United Kingdom to declare war on Germany. After
    the German march on Paris was halted, what became known as the Western Front settled into a
    battle of attrition, with a trench line that would change little until 1917. Meanwhile, on the
    Eastern Front, the Russian army was successful against the Austro-Hungarians, but was stopped
    in its invasion of East Prussia by the Germans. In November 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined
    the Central Powers, opening fronts in the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and the Sinai. Italy joined the
    Allies in 1915 and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers in the same year, while Romania joined
    the Alli

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