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German High Seas Fleet (53 ships) scuttled in Scapa Flow with nine deaths, the last casualties of the war. [77] June 28 Politics: Treaty of Versailles signed. [82] July 8 Politics: Germany ratifies the Treaty of Versailles. [83] July 21 Politics: The United Kingdom ratifies the Treaty of Versailles. [84] November 10–11
Russia during World War I – food shortages in the major urban centres, and poor morale due to lost battles and heavy losses sustained, brought about civil unrest which led to the February Revolution, the abdication of the Tsar, and the end of the Russian Empire. Russian Revolution (1917) – end of Imperial Russia. February Revolution –.
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 ...
Withdrawal and the Russian Revolution begins (March–November 1917) By the end of 1916, Russian casualties totalled nearly five million killed, wounded or captured, with major urban areas affected by food shortages and high prices. In March 1917, Tsar Nicholas ordered the military to forcibly suppress a wave of strikes in Petrograd but the ...
Causes of World War I. European diplomatic alignments shortly before the war. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers shortly after the war started, with Bulgaria joining the following year. Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915. Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917.
Greece during World War I. Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918) Arab Revolt (1916–1918) Persian Campaign (1914–1918) African theatre of World War I (1914–1918) Asia-Pacific theatre (1914–1919) Second Saudi-Rashidi War (1915–1918) Naval engagements (1914–1918) Toggle Naval engagements (1914–1918) subsection.
Historiography of World War I. The first tentative efforts to comprehend the meaning and consequences of modern warfare began during the initial phases of World War I; this process continued throughout and after the end of hostilities, and is still underway more than a century later. Teaching World War I has presented special challenges.
As soon as the war began, the major nations issued "color books" containing documents (mostly from July 1914) that helped justify their actions.A color book is a collection of diplomatic correspondence and other official documents published by a government for educational or political reasons, and to promote the government position on current or past events.