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**World War I** (often abbreviated as **WWI** or **WW1**), also known as
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the **First World War** or the **Great War**, was a global war
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originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the
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mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60
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million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is
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also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine
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million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result
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of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic
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caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide. |