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World War I


World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It involved many of the world's major powers, primarily divided into two opposing alliances: the Allies, including countries like the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and later the United States; and the Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

The war was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in June 1914. Tensions and alliances among European powers quickly escalated into a widespread conflict. The war was characterized by trench warfare, new technological weapons, and significant loss of life on both sides.

Over time, the war expanded beyond Europe to include theaters in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, which imposed heavy reparations and territorial changes on Germany. The war had profound and far-reaching consequences, including the redrawing of national borders, the collapse of empires, and the emergence of new nations. The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the instability that eventually led to World War II.


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World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   George ADAMSKI (17 April 1891, Bydgoszcz, Miasto Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland - 23 April 1965, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Alva ADKINS (15 December 1888, Annadel, Tennessee, USA - 29 August 1973, Fenton, Missouri, USA)
(Philip Paul ADKINS & Mary Ann TRAMMELL)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Julius Ochs ADLER (3 December 1892, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - 3 October 1955, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights))
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Spencer Ball AKIN (13 February 1889, Greenville, Mississippi, USA - 6 October 1973, Leesburg, Virginia, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Ricardo "Richard" Ferdinand Jr ALENCE (6 June 1894, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island) - 20 February 1949, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights))
(Ricardo ALENCE & Maria DE DIOS)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Robert ALEXANDER (17 October 1863, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - 25 August 1941, Bronx, New York, USA)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Frank Albert ALLEN (9 June 1896, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - 20 November 1979, Washington, DC, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Henry Tureman ALLEN (13 April 1859, Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky, USA - 30 August 1930, Buena Vista, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   William Hervey ALLEN (8 December 1889, Pittock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA - 28 December 1949, Coconut Grove, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Edward Mallory ALMOND (12 December 1892, Luray, Page, Virginia, USA - 11 June 1979, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Henry Calhoun ALMY (28 December 1896, Auburn, New York, USA - 6 August 1987, Syracuse, New York, USA)
(Claude Eugene ALMY & Frances Lockwood CALHOUN)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Benjamin ALVORD (15 May 1860, Vancouver, Washington, USA - 13 April 1927, Washington, DC, USA)
(Benjamin ALVORD & Emily Louise MUSSEY)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Orvil Orson (Arson) "Andy" ANDERSON (12 May 1895, Springville, Utah County, Utah, USA - 22 August 1965, Montgomery, Alabama, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   William Christopher ANDERSON (10 March 1899, New Britain, Connecticut, USA - 3 April 1975, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
(Magnus Sugs ANDERSON & Emma Mathilda ANDERSON)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Clift ANDRUS (12 October 1890, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA - 29 September 1968, Washington, DC, USA)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Stewart Hoffman APPLEBY (17 May 1890, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA - 12 January 1964, Miami, Florida, USA)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Henry Harley "Hap" ARNOLD (25 June 1886, Gladwyne, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA - 15 January 1950, Sonoma, Sonoma County, California, USA)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   William Richard ARNOLD (10 June 1881, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, USA - 7 January 1965, Hell's Kitchen, New York County, New York, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Howard AUBERTIN (2 June 1889, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 22 July 1939, , Massachusetts, USA)
(Augustus Anthony AUBERTIN & Mary Ann WALSH)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Charles Benjamin AYCRIGG (22 September 1889, Paterson, New Jersey, USA - 24 October 1976, Winter Park, Florida, USA)
(Benjamin AYCRIGG & Abbie BROWN)
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World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Paul William BAADE (16 April 1889, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA - 9 October 1959, San Francisco, California, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Edwin Burr BABBITT (26 July 1862, Watervliet, Albany County, New York, USA - 9 December 1939, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Jerome Dills BACKUS (7 April 1889, Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs) - 18 March 1957, Auburn, New York, USA)
(Clinton Theron BACKUS & Sarah Jennie DILLS)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Robert Low BACON (23 July 1884, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA* - 12 September 1938, Lake Success, Nassau County, New York, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Edward Charles BADER (28 April 1896, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA - 19 December 1968, Elsmere, Kentucky, USA (South Erlanger))
(Casper Carl BADER & Augusta Johanne THEINERT)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Charles J BADGER (6 August 1853, Rockville, Maryland, USA - 8 September 1932, Washington, DC, USA)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  George Edward BAKER (6 October 1898, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket) - 6 December 1954, West Haven, Connecticut, USA)
(George Edward BAKER & Exilda ROBERGE)
World War I Soldier World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Bernt BALCHEN (23 October 1899, Tveit, Åseral kommune, Vest-Agder fylke, Norway - 17 October 1973, Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, USA)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Thomas Sackett "Scott" BALDWIN (30 June 1854, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA - 17 May 1923, Buffalo, New York, USA)
(Samuel Yates BALDWIN & Elizabeth Jane SIDEBOTHAM)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Kenneth Arthur BARNES (4 November 1894, Horton, Jackson, Michigan, USA - January 1974, Flushing, New York, USA)
(Martin Allen BARNES & Birdella L JOHNSON)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph Bertrand BARTON (24 October 1886, Malone, New York, USA - 1958, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
(Louis BARTON & Mary LEBOEUF?)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Ray Virgil BASS (June 26 1895, New Hartford, Butler, Iowa, USA - January 29 1950, Round Lake, Nobles, Minnesota, USA)
(William Henry BASS & Elsie Amanda ABBOTT)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Austin B BEAL (18 September 1888, Beals, Maine, USA - , )
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   John Victor (Jean-Baptiste) BENOIT (21 October 1896, Coaticook, Québec, Canada - 22 May 1969, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
(Louis-Joseph BENOIT & Emma-Marguerite MARQUETTE)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Alcele J BERNARD (28 July 1894, Shelby, Tennessee, USA - 20 September 1978, Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
(Justillian Cassie BERNARD & Belle Virginia BREWER)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Outterson George BERNIER (July 3, 1895, Binghamton, New York, USA - January 26, 1956, Odessa, Texas, USA)
(Alvin Lee BERNIER & Catherine Irene OUTTERSON)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Ira George BERRY (21 August 1899, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) - 20 December 1955, St Albans, Vermont, USA)
(George Aaron BERRY & Mary Agnes MCMAHON (MCMAHAN))
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  William Nicholas "Nick" BIESTERFELD (17 December 1891, Dorrance, Russell, Kansas, USA - 13 August 1982, Norton, Kansas, USA)
(Johann Karl "Carl John" BISTERFELDT & Marie "Mary" Katharaina MÜLLER)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Steven Franklin "Frank" BINTLIFF (8 May 1895, Hagen Grove, Missouri, USA - 15 May 1955, Mitchell, Davidson, South Dakota, USA)
(William Campbell BINTLIFF & Eleanor May "Nora" GLENDY)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Origene Marcel BISSONNETTE (26 August 1894, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby) - 2 January 1972, Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA)
(George-J BISSONNETTE & Josephine COUPALL (COUPAL))
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Albert A BLESSING (7 September 1893, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 31 October 1964, Van Nuys, California, USA*)
(Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING & Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Burton Judd BLESSING (11 March 1898, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 8 November 1982, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA)
(Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING & Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  George Arthur BLESSING (3 February 1894, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 8 June 1974, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
(Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING & Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK)
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Theodore Roosevelt BLESSING (7 September 1899, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester) - 13 October 1964, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
(Carl "Charles" Theodore BLESSING & Frances Mary "Fannie" MESICK)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Arthur BOUCHER (02 December 1893, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 08 July 1984, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
(Isaie BOUCHER & Rosalie DION)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Alfred William BOWEN (2 March 1900, Revere, Massachusetts, USA (Revere Beach) - 11 March 1982, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering))
(William Franklin BOWEN & Martha Belle WHITEHOUSE (LEAVITT?))
World War I Soldier  photo of ancestor   Henry Robert BRANDES (18 March 1893, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 7 February 1951, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
(Henry BRANDES & Laura Ann KLEBART)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre Edmond Edward BRIDEAU (22 November 1888, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada - 28 December 1966, Fairfield, Maine, USA)
(Joseph John Marcin BRIDEAU & Catherine LOSIER)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Harold Walter BRIMMER (27 March 1889, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) - 23 April 1957, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)
(Frederick Arthur BRIMMER & Clara Amelia WEISS)
World War I Soldier  male ancestor  Robert Knox BROWN (23 March 1889, , Ireland - 16 September 1970, , Massachusetts, USA)
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