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1910s in Western fashion. The 1910s in Western fashion encompasses styles from 1910 to 1919. Western fashion in this period carries influences from oriental and neoclassical inspirations as well as the subsequent effects of World War I. Over the decade, Women's fashion experienced a shift towards shorter hemlines and dropped waistlines in ...
World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by ...
Contemporary sand sculpture rendition of the iconic Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. The First World War, which was fought between 1914 and 1918, had an immediate impact on popular culture. In the over a hundred years since the war ended, the war has resulted in many artistic and cultural works from all sides and nations that ...
The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were declared on November 11, 1918. Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to the United Kingdom, France, and the other powers of the Allies of ...
The Allies, the Entente or the Triple Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918). By the end of the first decade of the 20th ...
B. Belgian Congo in World War I (2 C, 9 P) Belgium in World War I (5 C, 20 P, 6 F) Bermuda in World War I (1 C, 5 P) Brazil in World War I (1 C, 3 P, 1 F) British Empire in World War I (14 C, 37 P) Bulgaria in World War I (8 C, 23 P)
The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront; Romanian: Frontul de răsărit;), for Russia Second Patriotic War[ 24 ][ 25 ] (Russian: Вторая Отечественная Война), was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and ...
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, [1][notes 1] were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance.[2][notes 2] The Central Powers' origin was the alliance of Germany ...