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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).

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World War I

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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

Date 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 (Armistice)

Treaty of Versailles signed 28 June 1919

Location Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North America

Result Allied victory

End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires

Formation 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. (more...)

Belligerents

Allied (Entente) Powers

France France

British Empire

Russia (1914–17)

United States (1917–18)

Italy (1915–18)

Canada

Japan

Belgium

Serbia

Romania (1916–18)

Greece (1917–18)

Portugal Portugal (1916–18)

Montenegro (1914–16)

and others

Central Powers

Germany

Austria–Hungary

Ottoman Empire

Bulgaria (1915–18)

Commanders and leaders

Leaders and commanders

France Raymond Poincaré

France Georges Clemenceau

France Ferdinand Foch

British Empire H. H. Asquith

British Empire David Lloyd George

British Empire Douglas Haig

Russian Empire Nicholas II

Russian Empire Nicholas Nikolaevich

United States Woodrow Wilson

United States John J. Pershing

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Antonio Salandra

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Vittorio Orlando

Serbia Peter I

Belgium Albert I

Italy Victor Emmanuel III

and others

Leaders and commanders

German Empire Wilhelm II

German Empire Paul von Hindenburg

German Empire Erich Ludendorff

Austria–Hungary Franz Joseph I

Austria–Hungary Karl I

Austria–Hungary Conrad von Hötzendorf

Ottoman Empire Mehmed V

Ottoman Empire ?smail Enver

Ottoman Empire Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Kingdom of Bulgaria Ferdinand I

Kingdom of Bulgaria Nikola Zhekov

and others

Strength

Allies[1]

Russian Empire 12,000,000

British Empire 8,841,541[2]