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World War I
1914–1918
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- Australian War Memorial - First World War 1914–18
- National Army Museum - The Story of Conscription
- The History Learning Site - World War One
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - World War I
- National Geographic Kids - World War 1 facts for kids
- Library of Congress - A World at War
- NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - World War I
- Anzac Centenary - Australia’s Contribution to WWI
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- Date:
- July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
- Participants:
- Bulgaria France Germany Italy Japan Ottoman Empire Portugal Russia United Kingdom United States
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World War I, also called First World War or Great War, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter, carnage, and destruction it caused. World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history. It led to the fall ...(100 of 31671 words)