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Great War Centennial

June 2014 saw the centenary of the start of World War I. This was a mammoth commemoration of one of the most significant wars in history, attracting vast interest from schools, universities, veterans groups and the media. It offered us the chance to showcase what a brilliant resource Wikipedia is by producing a string of FA-quality articles covering all the most significant topics in World War I.

Operation Great War Centennial attempted to identify core topics on World War I and aimed to bring them to top quality before the Centenary. Initially, the effort focused on producing a list of core topics and encouraging existing Military history WikiProject editors to improve them. The plan was to reach out to other relevant WikiProjects and editors in general to encourage participation and get balanced viewpoints.

Feature pictures project

An attempt to illustrate WWI related articles with newly-restored featured images.

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New FPs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Core Topics List

Provisional list of top-level World War I topics:

:Article Name, 1 hour pageviews, Total pageviews from stats server.

The stats were produced by searching the raw text of the 14/12/2008 2100 stats file.

=High-level topics=

i.e. World War I itself and 'Main Article's branching from it

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World War!! {{Start-class}}
World War I1336139,171,424!! {{B-class}}
colspan="4" | Causes
Causes of World War I131,155,319!! {{C-class}}
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria!! {{GA-class}}
July Ultimatum!! {{B-class}}
Opposition to World War I335,047!! {{Start-class}}
colspan="4" | Theatres
Western Front (World War I)643,695,892!! {{B-class}}
Eastern Front (World War I)33679,858!! {{C-class}}
Balkans Campaign (World War I)8285,451!! {{Start-class}}
Italian Campaign (World War I)291,581,914!! {{C-class}}
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I1142,418!! {{Start-class}}
Naval warfare of World War I3156,200!! {{C-class}}
African theatre of World War I4177,539!! {{B-class}}
American Theater (1914-1918)!! {{B-class}}
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I567,707!! {{C-class}}
colspan="4" | By country :Category:World War I by country
Participants in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{NA}}
Triple Entente!! {{C-class}}
Allies of World War I!! {{B-class}}
Central Powers!! {{C-class}}
Military history of Australia during World War I!! {{GA-class}}
Aliyah and Yishuv during World War I!! {{C-class}}
South Arabia during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Belgium in World War I!! {{C-class}}
Bulgaria during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Canada in World War I!! {{C-class}}
France in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}{{NA}}
History of Germany during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Greece during World War I{{C-class}}
Hungary in World War I!! {{C-class}}
Italy in World War I!! {{Start-class}}
Japan during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Montserrat in World War I!! {{C-class}}
Military history of New Zealand during World War I!! {{Start-class}}
Poland during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Portugal in World War I!! {{Start-class}}
Romania during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Siam during World War I!! {{C-class}}
Southern Rhodesia in World War I!! {{FA-class}}
Switzerland during the World Wars!! {{B-class}}
Ukraine in World War I!! {{B-class}}
History of the United Kingdom during World War I!! {{GA-class}}
United States in World War I!! {{C-class}}
American entry into World War I!! {{C-class}}
Vietnam during World War I!! {{Start-class}}
colspan="4" | Historiography of WWI
Timeline of World War I!! {{C-class}}
Technology during World War I29612,595!! {{C-class}}
World War One (TV series)!! {{Start-class}}
World War I in art and literature!! {{Start-class}}
Fiction based on World War I!! {{List-class}}
colspan="4" | Aftermath
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk!! {{B-class}}
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)!! {{C-class}}
Treaty of Versailles33712,198,471!! {{C-class}}
Treaty of Trianon!! {{C-class}}
Treaty of Sèvres!! {{C-class}}
Treaty of Lausanne!! {{C-class}}
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire!! {{Start-class}}
World War I reparations!! {{B-class}}
Aftermath of World War I741,745,643!! {{Start-class}}
World War I casualties852,681,080!! {{B-class}}

=Core Western Front Topics=

An estimate of all the highest-importance topics for the Western Front. Generating a list like this for each of the high-level topics would probably result in a list of all core WWI topics.

==War Plans & Doctrines==

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Schlieffen Plan701,364,278!! {{B-class}}
Plan XVII453,497!! {{B-class}}
Operational Plan Three!! {{B-class}}
Trench warfare149,495!! {{C-class}}
Infantry tactics in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}{{NA}}
Zimmermann Telegram!! {{B-class}}
Baltic Project!! {{Stub-class}}

==Armies and Units==

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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)8125,069!! {{B-class}}
Belgian Army in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{NA}}
Kitchener's Army314,956!! {{C-class}}
French Army in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{C-class}}
German Army in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{C-class}}
French Army Mutinies (1917)221,170!! {{B-class}}
American Expeditionary Forces19338,782!! {{Start-class}}
British Indian Army in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{GA-class}}
Canadian Expeditionary Force{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{C-class}}
First Australian Imperial Force{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{GA-class}}
British Army during World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}!! {{A-class}}

==Battles and Operations==

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Battle of Liège340,788!! {{B-class}}
Battle of the Frontiers8192,523!! {{B-class}}
First Battle of the Marne46977,139!! {{Start-class}}
Race to the Sea9113,499!! {{B-class}}
First Battle of Ypres17160,069!! {{B-class}}
Battle of Neuve Chapelle778,974!! {{B-class}}
Second Battle of Ypres14365,274!! {{Start-class}}
Second Battle of Artois270,517!! {{B-class}}
Second Battle of Champagne576,182!! {{Start-class}}
Battle of Loos470,689!! {{B-class}}
Third Battle of Artois132,872!! {{C-class}}
Battle of Verdun581,164,507!! {{B-class}}
Battle of the Somme1296,677,495!! {{B-class}}
Battle of Arras (1917)4459,575!! {{FA-class}}
Second Battle of the Aisne371,005!! {{B-class}}
Battle of Messines (1914)7140,853!! {{B-class}}
Battle of Messines (1917)!! {{A-class}}
Battle of Passchendaele572,015,091!! {{B-class}}
Battle of Cambrai (1917)11271,483!! {{C-class}}
Spring Offensive21483,678!! {{C-class}}
Second Battle of the Marne8219,262!! {{Start-class}}
Hundred Days Offensive18461,816!! {{Start-class}}

==People==

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Albert I of Belgium{{C-class}}
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger11202,594{{Start-class}}
Joseph Joffre17533,169{{C-class}}
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres11697,203{{B-class}}
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener19855,161{{B-class}}
Alexander von Kluck225,936{{C-class}}
Karl von Bülow??????{{Start-class}}
Robert Nivelle332,874{{B-class}}
Ferdinand Foch12331,797{{C-class}}
Philippe Pétain2153,080{{C-class}}
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig371,105,885{{B-class}}
Erich von Falkenhayn240,733{{C-class}}
Erich Ludendorff17368,077{{C-class}}
George Bell, Jr.{{NA}}
John J. Pershing401,725,341{{C-class}}
David Lloyd George482,663,413{{C-class}}
John Monash{{B-class}}
Arthur Currie{{C-class}}
T.E. Lawrence{{C-class}}
Mata Hari{{B-class}}
Wilfred Owen{{C-class}}
World War I prisoners of war in Germany{{B-class}}
Women in the First World War{{B-class}}
Women's roles in the World Wars{{C-class}}
Wilhelm II, German Emperor{{C-class}}

==Occupations, Atrocities and Propaganda==

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German occupation of Belgium during World War I{{GA-class}}
German occupation of north-east France during World War I{{Start-class}}
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I{{FA-class}}
The Rape of Belgium14179,894{{C-class}}
Committee on Alleged German Outrages{{B-class}}
The Crucified Soldier{{Start-class}}
Harry Band{{NA}}{{NA}}{{NA}}
Edith Cavell{{Start-class}}
List of hospital ships sunk in World War I{{List-class}}

==Technologies==

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Poison gas in World War I562,070,509{{C-class}}
Barrage (artillery)5181,791{{C-class}}
Hindenburg Line581,958{{B-class}}
Machine gun731,903,367{{C-class}}
Barbed wire31594,090{{C-class}}
Tanks in World War I26426,296{{C-class}}
Horses in World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}{{FA-class}}

=Core Eastern Front Topics=

==Combatants & Forces==

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Austro-Hungarian Army{{Start-class}}
Austria-Hungary during World War I{{NA}}{{NA}}
Imperial Russian Army{{C-class}}
Russian Revolution (1917){{C-class}}

==Battles & Operations==

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Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914){{Start-class}}
Battle of Tannenberg{{C-class}}
Battle of Galicia{{Start-class}}
Battle of the Vistula River{{Start-class}}
Battle of Łódź (1914){{Start-class}}
Battle of Bolimów{{Start-class}}
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes{{Start-class}}
Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive{{Start-class}}
Great Retreat (Russian){{Start-class}}
Sventiany Offensive{{Stub-class}}
Lake Naroch Offensive{{Start-class}}
Brusilov Offensive{{C-class}}
Kerensky Offensive{{Start-class}}
Operation Albion{{Start-class}}
Battle of the Gulf of Riga{{Start-class}}

==People==

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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929){{C-class}}
Aleksei Brusilov{{C-class}}
Lavr Kornilov{{C-class}}
Nicholas II of Russia{{C-class}}
Vladimir Lenin{{FA-class}}
Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf{{C-class}}
Maximilian von Prittwitz{{Start-class}}
August von Mackensen{{C-class}}
Arthur Zimmermann{{C-class}}

=Core Topics in other Fronts=

==Italy==

=== Battles & Operations ===

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Battles of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
First Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Second Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Third Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Fourth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Fifth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Battle of Asiago{{Start-class}}
Sixth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Seventh Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Eighth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Ninth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Battle of Mount Ortigara{{Start-class}}
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo{{Start-class}}
Battle of Caporetto{{B-class}}
Battle of Vittorio Veneto{{Start-class}}

=== People ===

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Luigi Cadorna{{C-class}}
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy{{Start-class}}
Armando Diaz{{Start-class}}

==Balkans==

===Serbia===

===Salonika===

==Near East==

==Middle East==

===Sinai and Palestine Campaign===

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ArticleViewsClass
Sinai and Palestine Campaign{{C-class}}
Raid on the Suez Canal{{Start-class}}
Jifjafa raid{{B-class}}
Battle of Katia{{GA-class}}
Battle of Romani{{GA-class}}
Battle of Bir el Abd{{B-class}}
Battle of Magdhaba{{GA-class}}
Raid on Nekhl{{B-class}}
Battle of Rafa{{B-class}}
First Battle of Gaza{{B-class}}
Second Battle of Gaza{{{B-class}}
Stalemate in Southern Palestine{{B-class}}
Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway{{B-class}}
Battle of Buqqar Ridge{{{B-class}}
Southern Palestine Offensive{{B-class}}
Battle of Beersheba (1917){{GA-class}}
Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe{{B-class}}
Third Battle of Gaza{{GA-class}}
Battle of Hareira and Sheria{{B-class}}
Charge at Sheria{{B-class}}
Charge at Huj{{B-class}}
Battle of Mughar Ridge{{GA-class}}
Battle of Ayun Kara{{B-class}}
Battle of Jerusalem (1917){{GA-class}}
Battle of Nebi Samwil{{C-class}}
Battle of Jaffa (1917){{B-class}}
Battle of El Burj{{Stub-class}}
Battle of Tell 'Asur{{C-class}}
Capture of Jericho{{B-class}}
Occupation of the Jordan Valley{{B-class}}
First Transjordan attack on Amman{{B-class}}
Battle of Hijla{{Stub-class}}
First Battle of Amman{{B-class}}
Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt{{B-class}}
Battle of Abu Tellul{{Start-class}}
Third Transjordan attack{{GA-class}}
Capture of Jisr ed Damieh{{B-class}}
|Second Battle of Amman{{B-class}}
Action of Arsuf{{C-class}}
Battle of Megiddo (1918){{C-class}}
Battle of Sharon{{GA-class}}
Battle of Tulkarm{{GA-class}}
Battle of Tabsor{{GA-class}}
Battle of Arara{{C-class}}
Battle of Nazareth{{GA-class}}
Capture of Afulah and Beisan{{GA-class}}
Capture of Jenin{{GA-class}}
Battle of Haifa (1918){{C-class}}
Battle of Samakh{{GA-class}}
Capture of Tiberias (1918){{GA-class}}
Battle of Nablus (1918){{GA-class}}
Capture of Damascus{{B-class}}
Charge at Irbid{{B-class}}
Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub{{B-class}}
Charge at Kaukab{{B-class}}
Charge at Kiswe{{B-class}}
Charge at Khan Ayash{{B-class}}
Pursuit to Haritan{{B-class}}
Battle of Aleppo (1918){{B-class}}
Charge at Haritan{{C-class}}

===[[Mesopotamia Campaign]]===

===[[Arab Revolt]]===

==Africa==

==Asia & Pacific==

=Core Naval Topics=

==Navies & Tactics==

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Grand Fleet

|271668

|{{Start-class}}

High Seas Fleet

|68525

|{{GA-class}}

Unrestricted submarine warfare

|376607

|{{C-class}}

Convoy

|520450

|{{C-class}}

Otranto Barrage

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|{{Start-class}}

World War I naval ships of Turkey

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|{{C-class}}

Dover Patrol

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|{{Start-class}}

Marinekorps Flandern

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|{{Stub-class}}

==Engagements==

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Battle of Jutland

|2551718

|Former {{classicon|FA}}

Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918)

|1778125

|4 of 5

Battle of Heligoland Bight

|71660

|{{classicon|B}}

Battle of Dogger Bank

|96258

| 4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

|189894

|4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

Battle of Coronel

|168093

|4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

Battle of the Falkland Islands

|122484

|3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

|??

|{{classicon|B}}

Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft

|1096

|2 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

Operation Albion

|?

|{{classicon|Stub}}

Zeebrugge Raid

|31808

|4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

RMS Lusitania4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
United States Navy operations during World War I{{classicon|B}}

==People==

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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Reinhard Scheer{{classicon|GA}}
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Franz von Hipper{{classicon|GA}}
Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher{{classicon|B}}
Winston Churchill{{classicon|GA}}
Alfred von Tirpitz3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Eduard von Capelle{{classicon|GA}}

==Technologies==

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Dreadnought{{classicon|FA}}
Submarine4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Former {{classicon|FA}} in 2004
Depth charge4 of {{classicon|B}} for {{classicon|B}}
Naval aviation4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

=Core Aviation Topics=

==Air Forces==

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Luftstreitkräfte3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Royal Flying Corps4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Royal Naval Air Service4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Royal Air Force4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942)4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Imperial Russian Air Force2 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
United States Army Air Service{{classicon|B}}
Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Ottoman Air Force4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
South African Air Force3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Lafayette Flying Corps2 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Lafayette Escadrille3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Australian Flying Corps{{classicon|B}}

==Battles & Events==

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Fokker Scourge3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Bloody April3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

==Aircraft & Technology==

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Aviation in World War I???{{classicon|B}}
ZeppelinFormer {{classicon|FA}}
Sopwith Camel4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Fokker E.I4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Interrupter gear4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
List of military aircraft of Entente Powers in WWI4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
List of military aircraft of Central Powers in WWI3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

==People==

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Air commanders of World War I{{classicon|Start}}
Manfred von Richtofen4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
René Fonck4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Billy Bishop{{classicon|B}}
Ernst Udet4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Mick Mannock4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Billy Mitchell4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Roland Garros (aviator)3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard{{classicon|GA}}
List of World War I flying aces2 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

=Core Technology Topics=

==Vehicles==

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G-numbers
Liberty truck
M1909 escort wagon

==Artillery==

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Canon de 75 modèle 1897

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Paris Gun

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Big Bertha

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3-inch M1918 gun

==Machine Guns==

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Vickers machine gun4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Lewis Gun4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Maschinengewehr 084 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Browning M19174 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

==Small Arms==

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Lee-Enfield{{classicon|B}}
Ross rifle4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Webley Revolver{{classicon|FA}}
Mauser 984 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Luger P084 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Mauser C964 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
MP184 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Lebel M18864 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Berthier rifle3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Modèle 1892 revolver{{classicon|B}}
M1903 Springfield Rifle4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
M1917 Enfield rifle4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
M1911 pistol4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Mosin-Nagant4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Nagant M18954 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Type 38 rifle4 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
Type 26 revolver2 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

==Radios and communication==

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Signal Corps Radio3 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}
SCR-683 of 5 for {{classicon|B}}

=Core Impact and Aftermath Topics=

Non-core but interesting topics