World War I |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/WWImontage.jpg/300px-WWImontage.jpg) 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 | Date | 28 जुलाई 1914 – 11 नवंबर 1918 (1914-07-28 – 1918-11-11) (4 साल, 3 महीना आ 2 हप्ता)
Peace treaties
- Treaty of Versailles
Signed 28 June 1919 (4 साल आ 11 महीना)[नोट 1]
- Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Signed 10 September 1919 (5 साल, 1 महीना, 1 हप्ता आ 6 दिन)
- Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
Signed 27 November 1919 (4 साल, 1 महीना, 1 हप्ता आ 6 दिन)[नोट 2]
- Treaty of Trianon
Signed 4 June 1920 (5 साल, 10 महीना आ 1 हप्ता)
- Treaty of Sèvres
Signed 10 August 1920 (6 साल, 1 हप्ता आ 6 दिन)[नोट 3]
- United States–Austria Peace Treaty
Signed 24 August 1921 (3 साल, 8 महीना, 2 हप्ता आ 3 दिन)[नोट 4][नोट 5]
- United States–Germany Peace Treaty
Signed 25 August 1921 (4 साल, 4 महीना, 2 हप्ता आ 5 दिन)[नोट 6]
- United States–Hungary Peace Treaty
Signed 29 August 1921 (3 साल, 8 महीना, 3 हप्ता आ 1 दिन)[नोट 7]
- Treaty of Lausanne
Signed 24 July 1923 (8 साल, 8 महीना, 3 हप्ता आ 4 दिन)[नोट 8]
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Location | Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China, Indian Ocean, and off the coast of South and North America |
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Result |
Allied Powers victory
- Central Powers' victory on the Eastern Front nullified by defeat on the Western Front
- Fall of all of the continental European (German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian) empires
- Russian Civil War and foundation of the Soviet Union
- Establishment of the League of Nations (more...)
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Territorial changes |
- Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
- Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
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| Belligerents |
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Allied Powers:
France
ब्रिटिश राज
Russia (1914–17)
Serbia
Belgium
Montenegro
Japan
Italy (1915–18)
United States (1917–18)
Romania (1916–18)
Portugal (1916–18)
Hejaz (1916–18)
China (1917–18)
Greece (1917–18)
Siam (1917–18)
- ...and others
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Central Powers:
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria (1915–18)
- ...and co-belligerents
| Commanders and leaders |
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Allied Powers leaders:
Raymond Poincaré
Georges Clemenceau
H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Albert I
Nicholas II
Victor Emmanuel III
Vittorio Orlando
Woodrow Wilson
Yoshihito
Peter I
Ferdinand I
Eleftherios Venizelos
- ...and others
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Central Powers leaders:
Wilhelm II
Franz Joseph I †
Karl I
Mehmed V †
Mehmed VI
Three Pashas
Ferdinand I
- ...and others
| Strength |
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12,000,000
8,841,541[1][2]
8,660,000[3]
5,615,140
4,743,826
1,234,000
800,000
707,343
380,000
250,000
80,000
50,000
Total: 42,959,850[4] |
13,250,000
7,800,000
2,998,321
1,200,000
Total: 25,248,321[4] | Casualties and losses |
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- Military dead: 5,525,000
- Military wounded: 12,831,500
- Total: 18,356,500 KIA, WIA and MIA
- Civilian dead: 4,000,000
...further details.
1,397,800 killed[5]
1,114,914 killed[5]
651,000 killed[5]
1,811,000 killed[5]
250,000[5]-335,000 killed[6]
415 killed[5]
275,000 killed[5]
58,637[5]-87,500 killed[6]
116,708 killed[5]
26,000 killed[5]
7,222 killed[5]
3,000 killed[5] |
- Military dead: 4,386,000
- Military wounded: 8,388,000
- Total: 12,774,000 KIA, WIA and MIA
- Civilian dead: 3,700,000
...further details.
2,050,897 killed[5]
1,200,000 killed[6]
771,844 killed[5]
87,500 killed[5] |
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