World War I (ProtoTimeline)

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World War I
Part of World Wars
Date28 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, Russian, and Mexican 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
Belligerents

Entente Powers
Flag of France.svg French Third Republic
Flag of Belgium.svg Kingdom of Belgium
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire (1914-1917)
File:US flag with 32 stars by Hellerick.svg United States (1917-19)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Kingdom of Italy (1915-19)
File:US flag with 32 stars by Hellerick.svg Republic of Texas (1915-19)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Californian Republic (1916-19)
Flag of Romania.svg Republuc of Amazon
Flag of Romania.svg Republic of Chile

(1916-18)
and others

Central Powers
Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918.svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
Flag of Bulgaria.png Kingdom of Bulgaria
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Kingdom of Dobruca
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire
File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Second Mexican Empire
File:800px-Bandera del II Imperio Mexicano.png Empire of Brazil
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg 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: