World War I
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Merkel, Sarkozy Mark Armistice Day...in day-long ceremonies commemorating the end of World War I. Other nations that served as World War I battlefields, notably Britain and Belgium, also were marking Armistice Day. Wednesday's service at Westminster Abbey in London coincides... In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Armistice Day, World War I, Arc de Triomphe, Europe, Paris, Germany, France, and Western Front |
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Daily Mail | November 11, 2009
Under-fire Brown joins Queen for Armistice Day tributes to World War I generation
...across the world. Last man standing: Claude Choules as a 16-year old recruit (L) and (R) as he is today, aged 108 and Britain's last surviving World War I veteran - one of only three survivors from the war in the world Share this...
In this article: Armistice Day, Gordon Brown, Claude Choules, Baroness Thatcher, Britain, John Major, and Battle of the Somme
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ITN Headline News - Index | November 11, 2009
Nation falls silent on Armistice Day
Nation falls silent on Armistice Day The UK has marked the passing of the First World War generation in a moving memorial service. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, senior politicians and the heads of the armed forces gathered for the...
In this article: Abbey, First World War, Henry Allingham, Harry Patch, William Stone, UK, Westminster Abbey, and Edinburgh
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The Times of India - World | November 11, 2009
Armistice Day observed in Europe
...of the Unknown Soldier. Queen Elizabeth II led Britain in marking Armistice Day -- along with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan -- while commemorating the passing of the World War I generation of soldiers. "We are not commemorating...
In this article: Armistice Day, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Europe, Britain, Germany, France, and Harry Patch
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BBC News | November 07, 2009
Artist's gift of veteran drawings
...have been gifted to National Museum Wales A Welsh artist who painted two of Britain's World War I veterans shortly before their deaths has gifted final drawings of the pair to the nation. Dan Llywelyn Hall, 29, originally from Cardiff,...
In this article: Henry Allingham, Harry Patch, National Museum Wales, St Dunstan's, Buckingham Palace, Britain, and East Sussex
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Sunday Mirror | November 11, 2009
For the fallen - moving tributes for our war heroes
..."It's a privilege to be the last man standing." Former Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Claude Choules, 108, became the only WW1 hero left after the death of Harry Patch earlier this year. And while Britain paid tribute to our war heroes,...
In this article: Claude Choules, First World War, Henry Allingham, Harry Patch, Perth, Western Australia, Glasgow, Victoria Cross, Royal Navy, and HMS Revenge
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World War I (WWI, WW1), also known as the, First World War , Great War and War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world's great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. Over 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. In a state of total war, the major combatants placed their scientific and industrial capabilities at the service of the war effort. Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history.
The proximate catalyst for the war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary's resulting demands against the Kingdom of Serbia led to the activation of a series of alliances which within weeks saw all of the major European powers at war. Because of the global empires of many European nations, the war soon spread worldwide.
By the war's end, four major imperial powers - Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire - had been militarily and politically defeated, with the latter two ceasing to exist as autonomous countries. The revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire, while the map of central Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states. The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. The European nationalism spawned by the war, the repercussions of Germany's defeat, and the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of World War II in 1939.
- Name:
- World War I
- Date:
- June 28, 1914
- Outcome:
- Allied victory; end of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires; foundation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East; transfer of German colonies to other powers; establishment of the League of Nations.
- Location:
- Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the Pacific Islands)
- Combatant:
- Allied (Entente) Powers
- Casualties:
- 8,388,000
- Commander:
- Leaders and commanders
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