World War 1
Archduke's assassination aftermath
World War 1, also called the First World War or the Great War, was a global military conflict from 1914 to 1918, centered in Europe.
It pitted the Allied Powers—chiefly Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States—against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
The war introduced industrialized slaughter on an unprecedented scale: trench warfare, poison gas, machine guns, and tanks.
Roughly 17 million died.
The conflict redrew maps, toppled empires, and set conditions for World War 2.
My great-grandfather fought in World War 1.
Combat from fortified ditches
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- infantryGround combat troops
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
offensive · barrage · mustard gas · machine gun · shell shock · bombardment · stalemate · attrition
Murder of a prominent figure
- Archduke Franz FerdinandAustrian heir, killed 1914
- SarajevoBosnia's chief city
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
militarism · arms race · Balkans · Habsburg Empire · Ottoman Empire · mobilization · ultimatum
Agreed halt to fighting
- November 11Armistice anniversary date
- Armistice DayWWI ceasefire commemoration
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
demobilization · surrender · negotiations · eleventh hour · peace terms · League of Nations · Remembrance Day · veterans
Franco-Anglo-Russian alliance before 1914
- Central PowersWWI German-led alliance
- Allied PowersCoalition against fascist aggressors
- Entente Cordiale1904 Anglo-French diplomatic agreement
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
diplomacy · treaty · bloc · pact · accord · alignment · partnership · league
Franco-Belgian combat zone
- Eastern FrontSoviet-German combat theater
- GallipoliWWI Turkish peninsula campaign
- SommeFrench river, WWI battlefield
- VerdunWWI battleground city
Marne · Ypres · Dardanelles · Jutland · Mesopotamia · Palestine
Final Hohenzollern sovereign
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Woodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth American president
- HindenburgIll-fated German dirigible
- KitchenerSouthern Ontario municipality
trench warfare
Combat from fortified ditches
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- infantryGround combat troops
casualties · offensive · barrage · mustard gas · machine gun · shell shock · bombardment · stalemate · attrition · siege
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- Archduke Franz FerdinandAustrian heir, killed 1914
- SarajevoBosnia's chief city
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
imperialism · militarism · arms race · Balkans · Habsburg Empire · Ottoman Empire · mobilization · ultimatum
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- November 11Armistice anniversary date
- Armistice DayWWI ceasefire commemoration
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
reparations · demobilization · surrender · negotiations · eleventh hour · peace terms · League of Nations · Remembrance Day · veterans · memorial
Triple Entente
Franco-Anglo-Russian alliance before 1914
- Central PowersWWI German-led alliance
- Allied PowersCoalition against fascist aggressors
- Entente Cordiale1904 Anglo-French diplomatic agreement
coalition · diplomacy · treaty · bloc · pact · accord · alignment · partnership · league · federation
Western Front
Franco-Belgian combat zone
- Eastern FrontSoviet-German combat theater
- GallipoliWWI Turkish peninsula campaign
- SommeFrench river, WWI battlefield
Verdun · Marne · Ypres · Dardanelles · Jutland · Mesopotamia · Palestine
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Final Hohenzollern sovereign
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Woodrow WilsonTwenty-eighth American president
- HindenburgIll-fated German dirigible