World War One
Archduke's assassination aftermath
World War One, also called the First World War or the Great War, was the global conflict fought from 1914 to 1918, primarily between the Allied Powers (including Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire).
The war introduced trench warfare, chemical weapons, and mechanized combat on an unprecedented scale, killing millions and reshaping European borders.
Its unresolved tensions contributed directly to World War Two.
Final Hohenzollern sovereign
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- EntenteAllied powers alliance
- Central PowersWWI German-led alliance
Allies · Germany · Austria-Hungary · France · Britain · Russia · United States · Italy
Carved-log canoe
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
- shell shockWar-induced psychological trauma
- mustard gasBlistering chemical warfare agent
sandbags · parapet · duckboards · over the top · trench foot · periscope · sniper · machine gun nest
Agreed halt to fighting
- eleventh hourLatest possible time
- Armistice DayWWI ceasefire commemoration
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
demobilization · Woodrow Wilson · peace conference · League of Nations · surrender · truce · signing · railway carriage
French river, WWI battlefield
- VerdunWWI battleground city
- GallipoliWWI Turkish peninsula campaign
- YpresFlemish city, wartime ruins
- MarneFrench river joining Seine
Jutland · Dardanelles · Amiens
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 · Triple Entente · Central Powers · Balkans · arms race · Pan-Slavism · mobilization · blank cheque
Act of holding something in mind
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- Lost GenerationDisillusioned postwar literary cohort
- poppiesFlowering plants, often red
- war memorialsStructures honoring fallen soldiers
shellshock · PTSD · war poets · Wilfred Owen · Siegfried Sassoon · Russian Revolution · war cemeteries · In Flanders Fields
Undersea warship from Germany
- ZeppelinGas-filled rigid aircraft
- tankLarge storage vessel
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
howitzer · bayonet · chlorine gas · flamethrower · dogfight · aerial reconnaissance · blockade · Big Bertha
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Final Hohenzollern sovereign
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
- EntenteAllied powers alliance
Central Powers · Allies · Germany · Austria-Hungary · France · Britain · Russia · United States · Italy · Serbia
dugout
Carved-log canoe
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
- shell shockWar-induced psychological trauma
mustard gas · sandbags · parapet · duckboards · over the top · trench foot · periscope · sniper · machine gun nest · sappers
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- eleventh hourLatest possible time
- Armistice DayWWI ceasefire commemoration
- Treaty of Versailles1919 settlement ending WWI
reparations · demobilization · Woodrow Wilson · peace conference · League of Nations · surrender · truce · signing · railway carriage · terms
Somme
French river, WWI battlefield
Marne · Jutland · Dardanelles · Amiens
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- Archduke Franz FerdinandAustrian heir, killed 1914
- SarajevoBosnia's chief city
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
imperialism · militarism · Triple Entente · Central Powers · Balkans · arms race · Pan-Slavism · mobilization · blank cheque
remembrance
Act of holding something in mind
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- Lost GenerationDisillusioned postwar literary cohort
- poppiesFlowering plants, often red
war memorials · shellshock · PTSD · war poets · Wilfred Owen · Siegfried Sassoon · Russian Revolution · war cemeteries · In Flanders Fields · Cenotaph
U-boat
Undersea warship from Germany
artillery · howitzer · bayonet · chlorine gas · flamethrower · dogfight · aerial reconnaissance · blockade · Big Bertha · Red Baron
- AustriaVienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austrian flag
- PrussiaPrussian blue, East Prussia, Frederick the Great, Bismarck, Kingdom
World War Onecivil war
Domestic armed conflict
proxy war · border dispute · regional conflict · border skirmish · peacekeeping mission
World War Onepeacetime
Absence of armed conflict
armistice · disarmament · international cooperation · world peace · peace
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