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World War I

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918

Global war fought 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 between the Allied and Central Powers, killing an estimated 15–22 million people. Triggered by Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, it ended with the 11 November armistice after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated; the Treaty of Versailles settled the peace and created the League of Nations.

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Battles 63

August 5–16, 1914
Battle of Liège Battle of Liège
August 14 – September 7, 1914
Battle of Lorraine Battle of Lorraine
August 20, 1914
Battle of Gumbinnen Battle of Gumbinnen
August 21–23, 1914
Battle of Charleroi Battle of Charleroi
August 21–23, 1914
Battle of the Ardennes Battle of the Ardennes
August 23, 1914
Battle of Mons Battle of Mons
August 23 – September 11, 1914
Battle of Galicia Battle of Galicia
August 26, 1914
Battle of Le Cateau Battle of Le Cateau
August 26–30, 1914
Battle of Tannenberg Tannenberg, East Prussia Paul von Hindenburg, Erich Ludendorff
August 28, 1914
Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)
August 29–30, 1914
Battle of Guise Battle of Guise
September 7–14, 1914
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
September 13–28, 1914
First Battle of the Aisne First Battle of the Aisne
September 16, 1914 – March 22, 1915
Siege of Przemyśl Siege of Przemyśl
September 28 – October 10, 1914
Siege of Antwerp (1914) Siege of Antwerp (1914)
October 16–31, 1914
Battle of the Yser Battle of the Yser
November 11 – December 6, 1914
Battle of Łódź (1914) Battle of Łódź (1914)
January 24, 1915
Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
February 19, 1915 – January 9, 1916
Gallipoli campaign Gallipoli peninsula Winston Churchill
March 10–13, 1915
Battle of Neuve Chapelle Battle of Neuve Chapelle
April 22 – May 25, 1915
Second Battle of Ypres Second Battle of Ypres
April 25–26, 1915
Landing at Cape Helles Landing at Cape Helles
April 25 – May 3, 1915
Landing at Anzac Cove Landing at Anzac Cove
May 2 – June 22, 1915
Gorlice–Tarnów offensive Gorlice–Tarnów offensive
June 23 – July 7, 1915
First Battle of the Isonzo First Battle of the Isonzo
August 6–21, 1915
Battle of Sari Bair Battle of Sari Bair
August 6–15, 1915
Landing at Suvla Bay Landing at Suvla Bay
November 22–25, 1915
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916
Siege of Kut Siege of Kut
February 21 – December 18, 1916
Battle of Verdun Verdun, France Joseph Joffre, Erich von Falkenhayn, Philippe Pétain
March 18 – April 14, 1916
Lake Naroch offensive Lake Naroch offensive
May 15 – June 10, 1916
Battle of Asiago Battle of Asiago
May 31 – June 1, 1916
Battle of Jutland Jutland
July 1 – November 18, 1916
Battle of the Somme Somme, France Hubert Gough, Joseph Joffre, Ferdinand Foch
August 3–5, 1916
Battle of Romani Battle of Romani
August 6–17, 1916
Battle of Gorizia (1916) Battle of Gorizia (1916)
November 25 – December 3, 1916
Battle of Bucharest Battle of Bucharest
March 26, 1917
First Battle of Gaza First Battle of Gaza
April 9–12, 1917
Battle of Vimy Ridge Battle of Vimy Ridge
April 9 – May 16, 1917
Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Arras (1917)
April 16 – May 9, 1917
Nivelle offensive Nivelle offensive
June 7–14, 1917
Battle of Messines (1917) Battle of Messines (1917)
July 1–19, 1917
Kerensky offensive Kerensky offensive
July 31 – November 10, 1917
Battle of Passchendaele Passchendaele, Belgium
August 18 – September 12, 1917
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
September 1–3, 1917
Riga offensive (1917) Riga offensive (1917)
October 24 – November 19, 1917
Battle of Caporetto Kobarid, Slovenia
October 31, 1917
Battle of Beersheba (1917) Battle of Beersheba (1917)
November 1–2, 1917
Third Battle of Gaza Third Battle of Gaza
November 17 – December 30, 1917
Battle of Jerusalem (1917) Battle of Jerusalem (1917)
November 20 – December 7, 1917
Battle of Cambrai (1917) Battle of Cambrai (1917)
March 21 – April 5, 1918
Operation Michael Operation Michael
April 9–29, 1918
Battle of the Lys (1918) Battle of the Lys (1918)
May 27 – June 6, 1918
Third Battle of the Aisne Third Battle of the Aisne
May 28, 1918
Battle of Cantigny Battle of Cantigny
June 1–26, 1918
Battle of Belleau Wood Battle of Belleau Wood
June 15–23, 1918
Second Battle of the Piave River Second Battle of the Piave River
August 8–12, 1918
Battle of Amiens (1918) Battle of Amiens (1918)
September 12–15, 1918
Battle of Saint-Mihiel Saint-Mihiel salient, France John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur
September 19–25, 1918
Battle of Megiddo (1918) Battle of Megiddo (1918)
September 29 – October 2, 1918
Battle of the St Quentin Canal Battle of the St Quentin Canal
October 23–30, 1918
Battle of Sharqat Battle of Sharqat
October 24 – November 3, 1918
Battle of Vittorio Veneto Battle of Vittorio Veneto

Key commanders

Allies 16

Hubert Gough Commander, Reserve Army · 1870–1963 Joseph Joffre 1852–1931 Ferdinand Foch 1851–1929 John J. Pershing military commander · 1860–1948 Douglas MacArthur military commander · 1880–1964 John French Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (1914–1915) · 1852–1925 Robert Nivelle General, Commander of the French Second Army; French Commander-in-Chief (1916–1917) · 1856–1924 Philippe Pétain General, Commander at Verdun; French Commander-in-Chief (1917) · 1856–1951 Emperor Taishō belligerent leader · 1879–1926 Nicholas II of Russia Emperor, Russia · 1868–1918 George V King, United Kingdom · 1865–1936 Woodrow Wilson President, United States · 1856–1924 Georges Clemenceau 1841–1929 Raymond Poincaré belligerent leader · 1860–1934 David Lloyd George 1863–1945 Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty · 1874–1965

Central Powers 13

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Chief of the German General Staff, Germany (1914) · 1848–1916 Erich von Falkenhayn Chief of the German General Staff, Germany (1914–1916) · 1861–1922 Alexander von Kluck Generaloberst, Commander of the German First Army · 1846–1934 Enver Pasha Minister of War, Ottoman Empire; de facto Commander-in-Chief · 1881–1922 Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf Field Marshal, Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff · 1852–1925 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Commander, Ottoman forces at Gallipoli · 1881–1938 Wilhelm II Emperor, Germany · 1859–1941 Paul von Hindenburg Commander, German Eighth Army · 1847–1934 Erich Ludendorff 1865–1937 Franz Joseph I of Austria belligerent leader · 1830–1916 Charles I of Austria 1887–1922 Mehmed V Sultan, Ottoman Empire · 1844–1918 Mehmed VI Sultan, Ottoman Empire · 1861–1926