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[3] [4] More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Also on 9 November, Max von Baden handed the office of chancellor to Friedrich Ebert, a Social Democrat who the same day became co-chair of the Council of the People's Deputies. [24] Two days later, on behalf of the new government, Matthias Erzberger of the Catholic Centre Party signed the armistice at Compiègne.
[9] On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg , were shot dead after a wrong turn by two gun shots [ 10 ] in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip , one of a group of six assassins (five Serbs and one Bosniak) co-ordinated by Danilo Ilić , a Bosnian Serb ...
[9] [10] On the Western Front, the Allied forces launched the Hundred Days Offensive and decisively defeated the German western armies. [11] Sailors of the Imperial German Navy at Kiel mutinied in response to the naval order of 24 October 1918 , which prompted uprisings in Germany, which became known as the German Revolution .
The Italians capture Gorizia (August 9). August 6 Italian: Battle of Doberdo, part of the Sixth Battle of Isonzo. August 9–18 Balkan: First battle of Doiran. August 10 Middle Eastern: Ottomans take Hamadan. August 24 African: Battle of Mlali. August 27 Balkan: Romania enters the war on the Entente's side. Her army is defeated in a few weeks.
This is a list of World War I-related lists: . Bibliography of World War I; Indian Army during World War I order of battle; Ireland and World War I; List of ambulance drivers during World War I
The Krupp steelworks, or Krupp foundry, or Krupp cast steel factory (German: Krupp-Gussstahlfabrik [Guss+stahl+fabrik]) in Essen is a historic industrial site of the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany that was known as the "weapons forge of the German Reich" (Waffenschmiede des Deutschen Reiches). [1]