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World War I

1914–1918 global conflict
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World War I
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Summary

World War I is a world war[1]. It draws 175,237 Wikipedia views per month (world war category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3]
  • Instance of: historical period[4]
  • Followed by: interwar period[5], World War II[6]
  • Location: Europe[7], Oceania[8], Middle East[9], Africa[10], Asia[11], Near East[12], Pacific Ocean[13], People's Republic of China[14], Indian Ocean[15], Atlantic Ocean[16]
  • Commons category: World War I[17]
  • Has part(s): Battle of San Matteo[18], Paris Peace Conference[19], European Theater of World War I[20], Middle Eastern Theater of World War I[21], African theater of World War I[22], Asian and Pacific Theater of World War I[23], naval warfare of World War I[24], Schuwse Monday[25], German occupation of Belarus during World War I[26], First Battle of Ķekava[27], Second Battle of Ķekava[28], Military mining in World War I[29], country in World War I[30], War aims of the First World War[31]
  • Start time: July 28, 1914[32]
  • End time: November 11, 1918[33]
  • Point in time: November 11, 1918[34]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Europe[35], Africa[36], West Asia[37], Pacific Ocean[38], Republic of China[39], Indian Ocean[40], Atlantic Ocean[41]
  • Participant: Allies of the First World War[42], Central Powers[43], Australia[44], United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[45], United States[46], Republic of China[47]
  • Significant event: Skirmish at Joncherey[48], German invasion of Belgium (1914)[49], Battle of the Frontiers[50], Battle of Mulhouse[51]
  • Has cause: multiple causes[52]
  • Topic's main category: Category:World War I[53]
  • Commons gallery: World War I[54]
  • Described at URL: https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwi/HonorList/?l=g[55]
  • Number of deaths: 17,000,000[56]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:World War I[57]
  • Facet of: German colonial empire[58]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for World War I include it centenary[59], an it commemoration[60], in United Kingdom[61].

Why It Matters

World War I has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 145 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Entities named for it include it centenary[59], an it commemoration[60], in United Kingdom[61].

Related Entities

1917 A. A. Milne Adolf Hitler Adolphe Menjou A Farewell to Arms Ahmet İzzet Furgaç A. J. Cronin Alain-Fournier Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Alban Berg Albert I of Belgium Albert Kesselring Albert Szent-Györgyi Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Aleksandr Vasilevsky Aleksei Antonov Aleksey Brusilov Alexander Friedmann Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander Kolchak Alexander Löhr Alexander Samsonov Alexander von Kluck Alexandre Koyré Alexandros Papagos Alexandru Averescu Alexei Kuropatkin Alfred Dreyfus Alfred Eisenstaedt

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  1. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · RealityBites · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 265
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', 'a
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Library of congress authority id: sh85148236"
  2. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 265
    Semantic scholar topic id → 128271
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', 'a
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Semantic scholar topic id: 128271, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/255419350|World War I (#255419350)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7439|Semantic Schol"
  3. 5w ago · Lucivarius · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → Allies of the First World War, Central Powers, Australia +3
    Point in time → +1918-11-11T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: WWImontage.jpg"
  4. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → Allies of the First World War, Central Powers, Australia +3
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WWI'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FWW'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Participant: United States, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789560820491; United States World War I"
  5. 6w ago · آیات محراج · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WWI'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FWW'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: WWI"
  6. 7w ago · Maxime Ravel · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14840 → 355
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14840: 355"
  7. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Battle of San Matteo, Paris Peace Conference, European Theater of World War I +13
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): American entry into World War I, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  8. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → People's Republic of China
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  9. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["HistoricalEvent", "WorldWar1"], Entity["MilitaryConflict", "WorldWarI"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["MilitaryConflict", "WorldWarI"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54123799|World War I (#54123799)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-m"
  10. 12w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14717 → World War I
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14717: Q361, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  11. 14w ago · LadyData · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["HistoricalEvent", "WorldWar1"], Entity["MilitaryConflict", "WorldWarI"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["HistoricalEvent", "WorldWar1"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53931366|World War I (#53931366)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-ma"
  12. 15w ago · D3rT!m · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ehlfl id → Erster_Weltkrieg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ehlfl id: Erster_Weltkrieg, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102007244|Erster Weltkrieg (#102007244)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3981|Histo"
  13. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Erster_Weltkrieg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: Erster_Weltkrieg, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213752003|Erster Weltkrieg (#213752003)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7"
  14. 17w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Battle of San Matteo, Paris Peace Conference, European Theater of World War I +13
    P14537 → z4mxsbk, zqhyb9q, z4crd2p +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): war declaration of Austria-Hungary to Serbia, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  15. 17w ago · Nintendofan885 · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14537 → z4mxsbk, zqhyb9q, z4crd2p +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14537: z4mxsbk, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294227502|World War One (#294227502)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8060|‎BBC Bitesize top"
  16. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-MdYH-UAXD-QqRT
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-MdYH-UAXD-QqRT, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250708404|I wojna światowa (#250708404)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska."
  17. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → world-war-i, first-world-war
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en-gb */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36456|batch #36456]]"
  18. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → world-war-i, first-world-war
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: world-war-i, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969172|world war i (#289969172)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  19. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001768-prvni-svetova-valka-19141918
    Global anabaptist mennonite encyclopedia online id → World War (1914-1918)
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  20. 23w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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