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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
An attempt to illustrate WWI related articles with newly-restored featured images.
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.
i.e. World War I itself and 'Main Article's branching from it
Article
Hourly pageviews
Total pageviews
Status
World War Start
World War I 1336
139,171,424
B
Causes
Causes of World War I 13
1,155,319
C
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria GA
July Ultimatum B
Opposition to World War I 3
35,047
Start
Theatres
Western Front (World War I) 64
3,695,892
B
Eastern Front (World War I) 33
679,858
C
Balkans Campaign (World War I) 8
285,451
Start
Italian Campaign (World War I) 29
1,581,914
C
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I 1
142,418
Start
Naval warfare of World War I 3
156,200
C
African theatre of World War I 4
177,539
B
American Theater (1914-1918) B
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I 5
67,707
C
By country Category:World War I by country
Participants in World War I —
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Triple Entente C
Allies of World War I B
Central Powers C
Military history of Australia during World War I GA
Aliyah and Yishuv during World War I C
South Arabia during World War I C
Belgium in World War I C
Bulgaria during World War I C
Canada in World War I C
France in World War I —
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History of Germany during World War I C
Greece during World War I C
Hungary in World War I C
Italy in World War I Start
Japan during World War I C
Montserrat in World War I C
Military history of New Zealand during World War I Start
Poland during World War I C
Portugal in World War I Start
Romania during World War I C
Siam during World War I C
Southern Rhodesia in World War I FA
Switzerland during the World Wars B
Ukraine in World War I B
History of the United Kingdom during World War I GA
United States in World War I C
American entry into World War I C
Vietnam during World War I Start
Historiography of WWI
Timeline of World War I C
Technology during World War I 29
612,595
C
World War One (TV series) Start
World War I in art and literature Start
Fiction based on World War I List
Aftermath
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk B
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) C
Treaty of Versailles 337
12,198,471
C
Treaty of Trianon C
Treaty of Sèvres C
Treaty of Lausanne C
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire Start
World War I reparations B
Aftermath of World War I 74
1,745,643
Start
World War I casualties 85
2,681,080
B
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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.
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Article
Hourly pageviews
Total pageviews
status
Battle of Liège 3
40,788
B
Battle of the Frontiers 8
192,523
B
First Battle of the Marne 46
977,139
Start
Race to the Sea 9
113,499
B
First Battle of Ypres 17
160,069
B
Battle of Neuve Chapelle 7
78,974
B
Second Battle of Ypres 14
365,274
Start
Second Battle of Artois 2
70,517
B
Second Battle of Champagne 5
76,182
Start
Battle of Loos 4
70,689
B
Third Battle of Artois 1
32,872
C
Battle of Verdun 58
1,164,507
B
Battle of the Somme 129
6,677,495
B
Battle of Arras (1917) 4
459,575
FA
Second Battle of the Aisne 3
71,005
B
Battle of Messines (1914) 7
140,853
B
Battle of Messines (1917) A
Battle of Passchendaele 57
2,015,091
B
Battle of Cambrai (1917) 11
271,483
C
Spring Offensive 21
483,678
C
Second Battle of the Marne 8
219,262
Start
Hundred Days Offensive 18
461,816
Start
Article
Hourly pageviews
Total pageviews
status
Albert I of Belgium C
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger 11
202,594
Start
Joseph Joffre 17
533,169
C
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres 11
697,203
B
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener 19
855,161
B
Alexander von Kluck 2
25,936
C
Karl von Bülow ???
???
Start
Robert Nivelle 3
32,874
B
Ferdinand Foch 12
331,797
C
Philippe Pétain 2
153,080
C
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 37
1,105,885
B
Erich von Falkenhayn 2
40,733
C
Erich Ludendorff 17
368,077
C
George Bell, Jr. —
John J. Pershing 40
1,725,341
C
David Lloyd George 48
2,663,413
C
John Monash B
Arthur Currie C
T.E. Lawrence C
Mata Hari B
Wilfred Owen C
World War I prisoners of war in Germany B
Women in the First World War B
Women's roles in the World Wars C
Wilhelm II, German Emperor C
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