World War I (ProtoTimeline)

World War I
Part of World Wars
Date 28 July 1914 - 10 October 1919 Location Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, Indian Ocean, North and South Atlantic Ocean, North and South America Result Entente Victory End of the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East American hegemony over the Western Hemisphere Formation of the United League of Nations
Belligerents
Entente Powers French Third Republic Kingdom of Belgium United Kingdom Russian Empire (1914-1917) File:US flag with 32 stars by Hellerick.svg United States (1917-19) Kingdom of Italy (1915-19) File:US flag with 32 stars by Hellerick.svg Republic of Texas (1915-19) Californian Republic (1916-19) Republuc of Amazon Republic of Chile (1916-18) and others	Central Powers Austria-Hungary German Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria Kingdom of Dobruca Ottoman Empire File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Second Mexican Empire File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Empire of Brazil Argentine Republic File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Republic of Peru File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Republic of Bolivia (1916-18) and others

World War I (WW-I) was a global war centered in Europe and the Americas that began on July 28, 1914 and lasted until November 3, 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: