World War I |
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Part of World Wars |
Date | 28 July 1914 - 10 October 1919 |
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Location | Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, Indian Ocean, North and South Atlantic Ocean, North and South America |
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Result |
Entente Victory
- End of the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian empires
- Creation of new countries in Europe, the Middle East, and North America
- American hegemony over the Western Hemisphere
- Formation of the United League of Nations
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Belligerents |
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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: