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This article is about the major war of 1914–18. For other uses, see [|World War One (disambiguation)]."Great War" redirects here. For other uses, see [|Great War (disambiguation)]. Clockwise from top: [|Trenches] on the [|Western Front]; a [|British] [|Mark IV Tank] crossing a trench; [|Royal Navy] [|battleship] [|HMS //Irresistible//] sinking after striking a [|mine] at the [|Battle of the Dardanelles]; a [|Vickers machine gun] crew with [|gas masks], and German [|Albatros D.III] [|biplanes] || [|Treaty of Versailles] signed 28 June 1919 || [|Serbia] [|Montenegro] [|Russia] (1914-mid 1918) [|France] [|Belgium] [|British Empire] [|Japan] [|Italy] (1915-18) [|United States] (1917-18) [|Romania] (1916-18) [|Greece] (1916-18) [|//and others//] || **[|Central Powers]** [|Austria-Hungary] [|Germany] [|Ottoman Empire] [|Bulgaria] (1915-18) [|Poland] (1916-18) [|Lithuania] (1918) [|Ukraine] (1918) || [|Peter I] [|Nikola Pašić] [|Nicholas I] [|Nicholas II] (1914-17) [|Mikhail Alekseyev] (1914-18) [|Alexei Brusilov] (1915-18) [|Nikolai Yudenich] (1915-18) [|Aristide Briand] (1915-17) [|Joseph Joffre] (1914-16) [|Georges Clémenceau] (1917-18) [|Ferdinand Foch] [|George V] [|H. H. Asquith] (1914-16) [|Herbert Kitchener] (1914-16) [|David Lloyd George] (1916-18) [|Yoshihito] [|Ōkuma Shigenobu] (1914-16) [|Terauchi Masatake] (1916-18) [|Hara Takashi] (1918) [|Victor Emmanuel III] [|Antonio Salandra] (1915-16) [|Paolo Boselli] (1916-17) [|Vittorio Emanuele Orlando] (1917-18) [|Luigi Cadorna] [|Woodrow Wilson] (1917-18) [|Hugh L. Scott] (1917) [|Tasker H. Bliss] (1917-18) [|Peyton C. March] (1918) //[|and others]// || [|**Leaders and commanders**] [|Franz Joseph I] (1914-16) [|Karl I] (1916-18) [|Karl von Stürgkh] (1914-16) [|Heinrich Clam-Martinic] (1916-17) [|Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg] (1917-18) [|Heinrich Lammasch] (1918) [|István Tisza] (1914-17) [|Sándor Wekerle] (1917-18) [|János Hadik] (1918) [|William II] [|Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg] (1914-17) [|Georg von Hertling] (1917-18) [|Friedrich Ebert] (1918) [|Paul von Hindenburg] (1916-18) [|Mehmed V] [|İsmail Enver] [|Ferdinand I] (1915-18) [|Nikola Zhekov] //[|and others]// || 5,525,000 12,831,500 4,121,000 22,477,500 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] || **Military dead:** 4,386,000 8,388,000 3,629,000 16,403,000 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] ||  || [|Balkans] – [|Western Front] – [|Eastern Front] – [|Italian Front] [|Caucasus] – [|Persia] – [|Gallipoli] – [|Mesopotamia] – [|Sinai and Palestine] [|South-West Africa] – [|West Africa] – [|East Africa] – [|North Africa] The [|assassination on 28 June 1914] of [|Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria], the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is seen as the immediate trigger of the war, though long-term causes, such as [|imperialistic] foreign policy, played a major role. Ferdinand's assassination at the hands of a [|Bosnian Serb] nationalist [|Gavrilo Princip] resulted in Habsburg ultimatum against the [|Kingdom of Serbia].[|[6]] Several alliances that had been formed over the past decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; with all having [|colonies], the conflict soon spread around the world Clockwise from top: [|Trenches] on the [|Western Front]; a [|British] [|Mark IV Tank] crossing a trench; [|Royal Navy] [|battleship] [|HMS //Irresistible//] sinking after striking a [|mine] at the [|Battle of the Dardanelles]; a [|Vickers machine gun] crew with [|gas masks], and German [|Albatros D.III] [|biplanes] Clockwise from top: [|Trenches] on the [|Western Front]; a [|British] [|Mark IV Tank] crossing a trench; [|Royal Navy] [|battleship] [|HMS //Irresistible//] sinking after striking a [|mine] at the [|Battle of the Dardanelles]; a [|Vickers machine gun] crew with [|gas masks], and German [|Albatros D.III] [|biplanes] || [|Treaty of Versailles] signed 28 June 1919 || [|Serbia] [|Montenegro] [|Russia] (1914-mid 1918) [|France] [|Belgium] [|British Empire] [|Japan] [|Italy] (1915-18) [|United States] (1917-18) [|Romania] (1916-18) [|Greece] (1916-18) [|//and others//] || **[|Central Powers]** [|Austria-Hungary] [|Germany] [|Ottoman Empire] [|Bulgaria] (1915-18) [|Poland] (1916-18) [|Lithuania] (1918) [|Ukraine] (1918) || [|Peter I] [|Nikola Pašić] [|Nicholas I] [|Nicholas II] (1914-17) [|Mikhail Alekseyev] (1914-18) [|Alexei Brusilov] (1915-18) [|Nikolai Yudenich] (1915-18) [|Aristide Briand] (1915-17) [|Joseph Joffre] (1914-16) [|Georges Clémenceau] (1917-18) [|Ferdinand Foch] [|George V] [|H. H. Asquith] (1914-16) [|Herbert Kitchener] (1914-16) [|David Lloyd George] (1916-18) [|Yoshihito] [|Ōkuma Shigenobu] (1914-16) [|Terauchi Masatake] (1916-18) [|Hara Takashi] (1918) [|Victor Emmanuel III] [|Antonio Salandra] (1915-16) [|Paolo Boselli] (1916-17) [|Vittorio Emanuele Orlando] (1917-18) [|Luigi Cadorna] [|Woodrow Wilson] (1917-18) [|Hugh L. Scott] (1917) [|Tasker H. Bliss] (1917-18) [|Peyton C. March] (1918) //[|and others]// || [|**Leaders and commanders**] [|Franz Joseph I] (1914-16) [|Karl I] (1916-18) [|Karl von Stürgkh] (1914-16) [|Heinrich Clam-Martinic] (1916-17) [|Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg] (1917-18) [|Heinrich Lammasch] (1918) [|István Tisza] (1914-17) [|Sándor Wekerle] (1917-18) [|János Hadik] (1918) [|William II] [|Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg] (1914-17) [|Georg von Hertling] (1917-18) [|Friedrich Ebert] (1918) [|Paul von Hindenburg] (1916-18) [|Mehmed V] [|İsmail Enver] [|Ferdinand I] (1915-18) [|Nikola Zhekov] //[|and others]// || 5,525,000 12,831,500 4,121,000 22,477,500 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] || **Military dead:** 4,386,000 8,388,000 3,629,000 16,403,000 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] ||  || [|Balkans] – [|Western Front] – [|Eastern Front] – [|Italian Front] [|Caucasus] – [|Persia] – [|Gallipoli] – [|Mesopotamia] – [|Sinai and Palestine] [|South-West Africa] – [|West Africa] – [|East Africa] – [|North Africa] The [|assassination on 28 June 1914] of [|Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria], the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is seen as the immediate trigger of the war, though long-term causes, such as [|imperialistic] foreign policy, played a major role. Ferdinand's assassination at the hands of a [|Bosnian Serb] nationalist [|Gavrilo Princip] resulted in Habsburg ultimatum against the [|Kingdom of Serbia].[|[6]] Several alliances that had been formed over the past decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; with all having [|colonies], the conflict soon spread around the world [|Treaty of Versailles] signed 28 June 1919 || [|Serbia] [|Montenegro] [|Russia] (1914-mid 1918) [|France] [|Belgium] [|British Empire] [|Japan] [|Italy] (1915-18) [|United States] (1917-18) [|Romania] (1916-18) [|Greece] (1916-18) [|//and others//] || **[|Central Powers]** [|Austria-Hungary] [|Germany] [|Ottoman Empire] [|Bulgaria] (1915-18) [|Poland] (1916-18) [|Lithuania] (1918) [|Ukraine] (1918) || [|Peter I] [|Nikola Pašić] [|Nicholas I] [|Nicholas II] (1914-17) [|Mikhail Alekseyev] (1914-18) [|Alexei Brusilov] (1915-18) [|Nikolai Yudenich] (1915-18) [|Aristide Briand] (1915-17) [|Joseph Joffre] (1914-16) [|Georges Clémenceau] (1917-18) [|Ferdinand Foch] [|George V] [|H. H. Asquith] (1914-16) [|Herbert Kitchener] (1914-16) [|David Lloyd George] (1916-18) [|Yoshihito] [|Ōkuma Shigenobu] (1914-16) [|Terauchi Masatake] (1916-18) [|Hara Takashi] (1918) [|Victor Emmanuel III] [|Antonio Salandra] (1915-16) [|Paolo Boselli] (1916-17) [|Vittorio Emanuele Orlando] (1917-18) [|Luigi Cadorna] [|Woodrow Wilson] (1917-18) [|Hugh L. Scott] (1917) [|Tasker H. Bliss] (1917-18) [|Peyton C. March] (1918) //[|and others]// || [|**Leaders and commanders**] [|Franz Joseph I] (1914-16) [|Karl I] (1916-18) [|Karl von Stürgkh] (1914-16) [|Heinrich Clam-Martinic] (1916-17) [|Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg] (1917-18) [|Heinrich Lammasch] (1918) [|István Tisza] (1914-17) [|Sándor Wekerle] (1917-18) [|János Hadik] (1918) [|William II] [|Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg] (1914-17) [|Georg von Hertling] (1917-18) [|Friedrich Ebert] (1918) [|Paul von Hindenburg] (1916-18) [|Mehmed V] [|İsmail Enver] [|Ferdinand I] (1915-18) [|Nikola Zhekov] //[|and others]// || 5,525,000 12,831,500 4,121,000 22,477,500 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] || **Military dead:** 4,386,000 8,388,000 3,629,000 16,403,000 KIA, WIA or MIA [|...//further details//.] ||  || [|Balkans] – [|Western Front] – [|Eastern Front] – [|Italian Front] [|Caucasus] – [|Persia] – [|Gallipoli] – [|Mesopotamia] – [|Sinai and Palestine] [|South-West Africa] – [|West Africa] – [|East Africa] – [|North Africa] The [|assassination on 28 June 1914] of [|Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria], the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is seen as the immediate trigger of the war, though long-term causes, such as [|imperialistic] foreign policy, played a major role. Ferdinand's assassination at the hands of a [|Bosnian Serb] nationalist [|Gavrilo Princip] resulted in Habsburg ultimatum against the [|Kingdom of Serbia].[|[6]] Several alliances that had been formed over the past decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; with all having [|colonies], the conflict soon spread around the world
 * ||||~ World War I ||
 * = This article is about the major war of 1914–18. For other uses, see [|World War One (disambiguation)]."Great War" redirects here. For other uses, see [|Great War (disambiguation)].[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png width="20" height="20" caption="This article is semi-protected indefinitely in response to an ongoing high risk of vandalism." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi"]] ||  ||||~ World War I ||
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 * ||~ Date || 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 ([|Armistice])
 * ~ Location || Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the [|Pacific Islands]) ||
 * ~ Result || Allied victory; end of the [|German], [|Russian], [|Ottoman], and [|Austro-Hungarian Empires]; foundation 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]. ||  ||
 * ~ Belligerents ||
 * **[|Allied (Entente) Powers]**
 * ~ Commanders ||
 * [|**Leaders and commanders**]
 * ~ Casualties and losses ||
 * **Military dead:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * ||  ||||~ show] [|v] • [|d] • [|e] Theatres of **World War I** ||
 * **[|European]:**
 * **[|European]:**
 * [|Middle Eastern]:**
 * [|African]:**
 * [|Asian and Pacific theatre]**
 * [|Atlantic Ocean]** – **[|Mediterranean]** ||  ||   ||
 * World War I** was a [|military conflict] that lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved most of the world's [|great powers],[|[1]] assembled in two opposing alliances: the [|Allies] (centred around the [|Triple Entente]) and the [|Central Powers].[|[2]] More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[|[3]][|[4]] More than 15 million people [|were killed], making it one of the [|deadliest conflicts] in history.[|[5]] This war (abbreviated as **WW-I**, **WWI**, or **WW1**) is also known as the **First World War**, the **Great War**, the **World War** (prior to the outbreak of the [|Second World War]), and the **War to End All Wars**.
 * This article is about the major war of 1914–18. For other uses, see [|World War One (disambiguation)]."Great War" redirects here. For other uses, see [|Great War (disambiguation)].[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png width="20" height="20" caption="This article is semi-protected indefinitely in response to an ongoing high risk of vandalism." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi"]] ||  ||||~ World War I ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg/300px-WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg width="300" height="407" caption="WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article.jpg" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg"]]
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg/300px-WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg width="300" height="407" caption="WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article.jpg" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WW1_TitlePicture_For_Wikipedia_Article.jpg"]]
 * ||~ Date || 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 ([|Armistice])
 * ~ Location || Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the [|Pacific Islands]) ||
 * ~ Result || Allied victory; end of the [|German], [|Russian], [|Ottoman], and [|Austro-Hungarian Empires]; foundation 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]. ||  ||
 * ~ Belligerents ||
 * **[|Allied (Entente) Powers]**
 * ~ Commanders ||
 * [|**Leaders and commanders**]
 * ~ Casualties and losses ||
 * **Military dead:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * ||  ||||~ show] [|v] • [|d] • [|e] Theatres of **World War I** ||
 * **[|European]:**
 * **[|European]:**
 * [|Middle Eastern]:**
 * [|African]:**
 * [|Asian and Pacific theatre]**
 * [|Atlantic Ocean]** – **[|Mediterranean]** ||  ||   ||
 * World War I** was a [|military conflict] that lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved most of the world's [|great powers],[|[1]] assembled in two opposing alliances: the [|Allies] (centred around the [|Triple Entente]) and the [|Central Powers].[|[2]] More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[|[3]][|[4]] More than 15 million people [|were killed], making it one of the [|deadliest conflicts] in history.[|[5]] This war (abbreviated as **WW-I**, **WWI**, or **WW1**) is also known as the **First World War**, the **Great War**, the **World War** (prior to the outbreak of the [|Second World War]), and the **War to End All Wars**.
 * ~ Date || 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 ([|Armistice])
 * ~ Location || Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the [|Pacific Islands]) ||
 * ~ Result || Allied victory; end of the [|German], [|Russian], [|Ottoman], and [|Austro-Hungarian Empires]; foundation 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]. ||  ||
 * ~ Belligerents ||
 * **[|Allied (Entente) Powers]**
 * ~ Commanders ||
 * [|**Leaders and commanders**]
 * ~ Casualties and losses ||
 * **Military dead:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * Military wounded:**
 * Military missing:**
 * Total:**
 * ||  ||||~ show] [|v] • [|d] • [|e] Theatres of **World War I** ||
 * **[|European]:**
 * **[|European]:**
 * [|Middle Eastern]:**
 * [|African]:**
 * [|Asian and Pacific theatre]**
 * [|Atlantic Ocean]** – **[|Mediterranean]** ||  ||   ||
 * World War I** was a [|military conflict] that lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved most of the world's [|great powers],[|[1]] assembled in two opposing alliances: the [|Allies] (centred around the [|Triple Entente]) and the [|Central Powers].[|[2]] More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[|[3]][|[4]] More than 15 million people [|were killed], making it one of the [|deadliest conflicts] in history.[|[5]] This war (abbreviated as **WW-I**, **WWI**, or **WW1**) is also known as the **First World War**, the **Great War**, the **World War** (prior to the outbreak of the [|Second World War]), and the **War to End All Wars**.