Editing World War I

''For the equivalent war in the [[Southern Victory]] series, see'' [[Great War (Southern Victory)]].
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|date=July, 1914 to November, 1918
|result=Allied Victory 
|place=Global
|timeline=[[OTL]]
|combatant1=[[Entente|Allies]] and Associated Powers
[[Image:Britainflag.jpg|20px]] [[United Kingdom]]<br>
[[Image:Franceflag.jpg|20px]] [[France]]<br>
[[Image:Russia.jpg|20px]] [[Russia]] (1914-1917)<br>
[[Image:KingdomofSerbiaflag.png|20px]] [[Serbia]]<br>
[[Image:Belgium.jpg|20px]] [[Belgium]]<br>
[[Image:Japan.jpg|20px]] [[Japan]]<br>
[[File:Dominion Canada.jpg|20px]] [[Canada]]<br>
[[File:Australia.jpg|20px]] [[Australia]]<br>
[[File:NewZealand.jpg|20px]] [[New Zealand]]<br> 
[[File:USA.jpg|20px]] [[United States]] (1917-1918)<br>
[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg.png|20px]] [[Italy]] (1915-1918)<br>
and a number of others
|combatant2=[[Central Powers]]
[[Image:Germany_1870.png|20px]] [[Germany|German Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Austria-Hungary.jpg|20px]] [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Turkey.jpg|20px]] [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Bulgaria.jpg|20px]] [[Bulgaria]]<br>
and a number of others
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[[File:Britainflag.jpg|20px]] [[George V of the United Kingdom]]<br>
[[Image:Britainflag.jpg|20px]] David Lloyd George<br>
[[Image:Franceflag.jpg|20px]] Georges Clemenceau<br>
[[File:Franceflag.jpg|20px]] Raymond Poincaré<br>
[[Image:Russia.jpg|20px]] [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]]†<br>
[[Image:KingdomofSerbiaflag.png|20px]] [[Peter I of Serbia|Peter I]]<br>
[[File:Japan.jpg|20px]] [[Yoshihito, Emperor Taisho]]<br>
[[File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg.png|20px]] [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]]<br>
[[Image:USA.jpg|20px]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]<br>
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[[Image:Germany_1870.png|20px]] [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]<br>
[[Image:Austria-Hungary.jpg|20px]] [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph]]{{KIA}}<br>
[[File:Austria-Hungary.jpg|20px]] [[Charles I of Austria|Charles I]]<br>
[[Image:Turkey.jpg|20px]] [[Mehmed V]]{{KIA}}<br>
[[File:Turkey.jpg|20px]] Mehmed VI}}

'''World War I''', also known as the '''Great War''' and '''"The War To End All Wars,"''' was a global military conflict which took place primarily in [[Europe]] between 1914 and 1918. More than nine million soldiers and civilians died. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century.

The [[Entente]], led by [[France]], [[Russia]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Italy]] and, from 1917, the [[United States]], defeated the [[Central Powers]], led by [[Austria-Hungary]], [[Germany]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]].

The fighting that took place along the Western Front occurred along a system of trenches and fortifications separated by an area known as no man's land. These series of fortifications ran from the North Sea to [[Switzerland]]. This system of static trench warfare defined the war for many. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate. But the scale of the conflict was just as large. The [[Middle East]] and the Italian Front saw heavy fighting as well, with lighter fighting in [[Africa]] and the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific Islands]]. Hostilities also occurred at sea and, for the first time, in the air. Finally, the strain that fighting a total war imposed on the great powers created opportunities for disaffected segments of the population in places such as Russia, [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Ireland]], and, in the end, Germany itself, to rise to rebellion against their governments.

The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman and Russian. Germany lost its overseas empire and states such as [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Hungary]], [[Iraq]], [[Ireland]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Palestine]], [[Poland]], Saudi Arabia, and [[Yugoslavia]] gained independence. The cost of waging the war set the stage for the breakup of the [[British Empire]] as well.

World War I marked the end of the old world order, which had emerged after the [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleonic]] Wars. The [[Treaty of Versailles]] was designed to end the war, hobble Germany, and expand the power of the victors. Instead, it set the stage for [[World War II]].

==World War I in "[[Birdwitching]]"==
The '''First Great Slaughter''' showed the destructiveness which magic weapons could unleash on the world.

===Literary comment===
The First Great Slaughter isn't specifically referenced, but the reference to a [[Second Great Slaughter]] implies the general nature and timeframe of the first.

==World War I in ''[[The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump]]''==
{{War
|timeline = ''[[The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump]]''
|date = 1914-1918 (presumed)
|place = [[Europe]]
|combatant1= [[Entente (Toxic Spell Dump)|Allies]]<br>[[United Kingdom (Toxic Spell Dump)|United Kingdom]] (presumed)<br>[[Frankia]]<br>[[Confederated Provinces]]<br>Other allied states
|combatant2= [[Central Powers (Toxic Spell Dump)|Central Powers]]<br>[[Alemania]] and allied states
|result = Allied Victory}}
During the '''First Sorcerous War''', the [[Aztecia (Toxic Spell Dump)|Empire of Aztecia]] nearly joined the war on the [[Alemania]]n [[Central Powers (Toxic Spell Dump)|side]], which would have led to an attack on the [[Confederated Provinces]]. This was prevented when a ''coup d'etat'' led to the mass execution of the Aztecian cabinet, and a replacement government who kept the Empire neutral.<ref>''[[The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump]]'', p. 340.</ref>

The eastern part of [[Frankia]] suffered greatly during the war, with both sides' toxic spells lingering on the ground after three quarters of a century.<ref>Ibid., p. 12.</ref>

Alemania lost the war, but would return as a major threat a few decades later in the [[Second Sorcerous War]].

[[Alkahest]] was used in the First War, but was deemed too potent even for a weapon, so it was not used in the Second.<ref>Ibid., 20.</ref>

==World War I in [[Curious Notions (novel)|''Curious Notions'']]==
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{{War
|timeline = ''[[Curious Notions (novel)|Curious Notions]]''
|date = July-August, 1914
|place = [[Europe (Curious Notions)|Europe]]
|combatant1=[[Central Powers (Curious Notions)|Central Powers]]
|combatant2=[[Entente (Curious Notions)|Allies]]
|result = Central Powers victory}}
In the [[alternate]] designated as 3477 by [[Crosstime Traffic (company)|Crosstime Traffic]], [[Europe (Curious Notions)|Europe]] saw a '''brief conflict''' in 1914. The [[Schlieffen Plan (Curious Notions)|Schlieffen Plan]], [[Germany (Curious Notions)|Germany's]] plan for a two front war against [[France (Curious Notions)|France]] and [[Russia (Curious Notions)|Russia]], proved quite successful in the fall of 1914, aided in part by the slow Russian offensive. Germany defeated its [[Entente (Curious Notions)|Entente]] enemies, and began its rise as a global power, eventually becoming master of the [[Earth|world]].

==World War I in ''[[The House of Daniel]]''==
The trauma of the '''War to end War''' was still fairly fresh in 1934.

==World War I in "[[Ils ne passeront pas]]"==
'''World War I''' was a bleak, ugly event in human history. The [[Battle of Verdun (Ils ne passeront pas)|Battle of Verdun]] was such a terrible battle that when [[God (Ils ne passeront pas)|God]] attempted to pass judgment on [[Earth]] (as foretold in the [[Book of Revelation]]) at Verdun in March 1916, the [[France (Ils ne passeront pas)|French]] and [[Germany (Ils ne passeront pas)|German]] troops assumed that they'd been victims of some new weapon, and so viewed the affair with indifference.

==World War I in "[[Last Flight of the Swan of the East]]"==
{{war|conflict=Great War|timeline="[[Last Flight of the Swan of the East]]"|date=July, 1914-|place=Global|result=Outcome unrecorded at story's end, 1915|combatant1=[[Entente (Last Flight of the Swan)|Entente]]
[[Image:Franceflag.jpg|20px]] [[France (Last Flight of the Swan)|France]]<br>
[[Image:Russia.jpg|20px]] [[Russia (Last Flight of the Swan)|Russia]]<br>
[[Image:KingdomofSerbiaflag.png|20px]] [[Serbia (Last Flight of the Swan)|Serbia]]<br>
[[Image:USA.jpg|20px]] [[United States (Last Flight of the Swan)|United States]]

|combatant2=[[Central Powers (Last Flight of the Swan)|Central Powers]]
[[Image:Germany_1870.png|20px]] [[Germany (Last Flight of the Swan)|German Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Austria-Hungary.jpg|20px]] [[Austria-Hungary (Last Flight of the Swan)|Austro-Hungarian Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Turkey.jpg|20px]] [[Ottoman Empire (Last Flight of the Swan)|Ottoman Empire]]<br>
[[Image:Japan.jpg|20px]] [[Japan (Last Flight of the Swan)|Japan]]}}The discovery of [https://leviathans.fandom.com/wiki/electroid electroid] in the 1870s led to an arms-race to build [https://leviathans.fandom.com/wiki/Leviathan leviathans], which in turn exacerbated old rivalries and birthed new ones among the world's powers. The situation was such that the murders of [[Austria-Hungary (Last Flight of the Swan)|Austria-Hungarian]] crown prince [[Franz Ferdinand (Last Flight of the Swan)|Franz Ferdinand]] and his wife [[Sophie (Last Flight of the Swan)|Duchess Sophie]] in [[Sarajevo (Last Flight of the Swan)|Sarajevo]] in July 1914 triggered a global conflict that came to be called the '''Great War'''. 

In response to the assassinations, the government of [[Franz Joseph I (Last Flight of the Swan)|Franz Joseph]] issued a number of ultimata against the government of [[Serbia (Last Flight of the Swan)|Serbia]]. Serbia, allied to [[Russia (Last Flight of the Swan)|Russia]], accepted all but one of the ultimata. This rejection allowed Russia to maintain her support on the one hand, while Austria-Hungary could count on the support of the [[Germany (Last Flight of the Swan)|German Empire]]. Thus, Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, Germany declared war on Russia, and Russia's ally [[France (Last Flight of the Swan)|France]] declared war on Germany. [[Japan (Last Flight of the Swan)|Japan]], still stewing over her defeat at Russia's hands in 1896 and wanting to check Russian ambitions in the Pacific, declared war on Russia, allying herself with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The [[United States (Last Flight of the Swan)|United States]], having recently developed a rivalry with Japan, and concerned about Japan's ambitions in the Pacific, allied herself with France. Of the "great powers", only the [[United Kingdom (Last Flight of the Swan)|United Kingdom]] remained neutral, its relations with France being frosty, and its relations with Germany being only slightly better.<ref>[https://leviathans.fandom.com/wiki/Leviathans:_Armored_Skies ''Leviathans: Armored Skies''], pgs. 292-299, loc. 4174-4290, ebook.</ref>

The Teuto-Japanese alliance came to be called the [[Central Powers (Last Flight of the Swan)|Central Powers]].<ref>Ibid. pg. 373, loc. 5421.</ref> The Russo-Franco-American alliance were known as the [[Entente (Last Flight of the Swan)|Entente]].<ref>Ibid. pg. 379, loc. 5520.</ref>

''For more information, see the [https://leviathans.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_War Leviathans wiki].''

==World War I in ''[[The Man With the Iron Heart]]''==
Supporters of the continued [[United States (Iron Heart)|American]] occupation of [[Germany (Iron Heart)|Germany]] harkened back to '''World War I''' to demonstrate what could happen if Germany was not totally defeated.

==World War I in "[[Must and Shall]]"==
[[Germany (Must and Shall)|Germany]] sought to prevent [[United States (Must and Shall)|America's]] entry into '''World War I''' by fomenting the [[Thanksgiving Revolt]] among America's [[White people (Must and Shall)|white]] [[Confederate States (Must and Shall)|Southern]] subjects. Contrary to expectations, the USA suppressed the Revolt, entered the war in [[Europe]], and eventually shared in the victory.

==World War I in "[[Shtetl Days]]"==
The war that was once known as either the "Great War" or the "World War" came to be known as the '''War of Humiliation''' by the [[Germany (Shtetl Days)|Third ''Reich'']], which "remedied" its defeat by winning the [[War of Retribution]].

==World War I in "[[Uncle Alf]]"==
{{War
|timeline = "[[Uncle Alf]]"
|date = July-August, 1914
|place = [[Europe]]
|result = [[Central Powers (Uncle Alf)|Central Powers]] victory
|combatant1 = [[Entente (Uncle Alf)|Entente]]
|combatant2 = [[Central Powers (Uncle Alf)|Central Powers]]
|commander2 = [[Alfred von Schlieffen (Uncle Alf)|Alfred von Schlieffen]]}}
[[Germany (Uncle Alf)|Germany]] triumphed over its enemies in the '''Great War''' in 1914, when [[Alfred von Schlieffen (Uncle Alf)|Alfred von Schlieffen]] personally oversaw the implementation of his [[Schlieffen Plan (Uncle Alf)|plan for a two-front war]]. It occupied [[Belgium (Uncle Alf)|Belgium]] and [[France (Uncle Alf)|France]] after the war.<ref>See e.g.: ''[[Atlantis and Other Places]]'', pgs. 341-342, HC.</ref> [[United Kingdom (Uncle Alf)|Britain]] was forced to capitulate, but was not occupied. Two years later, Germany helped [[Russia (Uncle Alf)|Russia]] put down a [[Russian Revolution (Uncle Alf)|communist revolution]] in 1916.<ref>Ibid., pgs. 343-344.</ref>

==World War I in [[Worldwar]]==
The years following '''World War I''' were lean ones in [[Germany (Worldwar)|Germany]], and [[Adolf Hitler (Worldwar)|Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazi Party (Worldwar)|Nazi Party]] were able to exploit discontent over these conditions and rise to power. They promised Germany rearmament and revenge, and the victors of World War I failed to stop him. Germany launched [[World War II (Worldwar)|World War II]], which was [[Race Invasion of Tosev 3|interrupted by the arrival]] of [[the Race]]'s [[Conquest Fleet]].

After the Race defeated Germany in the [[Race-German War of 1965]] and imposed its own harsh peace, the winners of World War I warned [[Fleetlord]] [[Atvar]] of their own difficulties enforcing the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. Atvar boasted that the Race was more thorough and patient than the [[Tosevite|human]] [[Not-empires|powers]], but his successors fared little better than the [[United Kingdom (Worldwar)|British]] and [[France (Worldwar)|French]] in enforcing their terms, and within a few decades Germany was once again able to threaten the Race.

Noteworthy World War I veterans who also fought the Race include [[Mutt Daniels]] of [[United States of America (Worldwar)|America]], whose experience as a soldier earned him the rank of sergeant when the Race invaded U.S. soil, and; [[Heinrich Jäger]] of Germany, who saw the first British tanks and subsequently became a skilled German tank commander.

== World War I in "[[Zigeuner (story)|Zigeuner]]" ==
[[Adolf Hitler (Zigeuner)|Adolf Hitler]] served on the Eastern Front of '''World War I'''. During his rise to power in [[Germany (Zigeuner)|Germany]], Hitler claimed that while his division was fighting the [[Russia (Zigeuner)|Russian Empire]], they also had to contend with the ''[[Romani (Zigeuner)|Zigeuner]]'' people. Hitler claimed that the ''Zigeuner'' stole [[horse]]s, boots and [[telegraph]] wire, helping to cause unnecessary German casualties.<ref>''Asimov's Science Fiction'', September/October, 2017, Vol. 41 Nos. 9 & 10, pg. 94-95.</ref> At the same time, Hitler also saw how badly the Russians treated the [[Jews (Zigeuner)|Jews]] they found in the [[Austro-Hungarian]] provinces they overran. Hitler already hated the Russians, and their anti-Semitism left him sympathetic to the Jews.<ref>Ibid., pg. 100.</ref>

Upon his ascendancy, Hitler declared ''Zigeuner'' to be ''Untermenschen'', along with [[Communism|Bolsheviks]] and [[Homosexuality (Zigeuner)|homosexuals]], and actively sought to eliminate these groups from [[Europe]].<ref>Ibid., pg. 99.</ref>

==See also==

*[[Ecnarfish War]], a vague analog of WWI in "[[Running of the Bulls]]."
*[[Great War (Disunited States)]], a stated analog of WWI in ''[[The Disunited States of America]]''.
*[[Six Years' War]], a [[fantasy]] analog of WWI in [[Darkness]].

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