World War I
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference.
World War I, also referred to as The Great War, was a conflict fought mainly in Europe on Earth during the early 20th century. The Central Powers--Germany and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires--were opposed by France and Russia and their Allies, Italy and the British and Japanese Empires. In 1917, the fourth year of the war, Russia morphed into the USSR and sued for peace with the Central Powers, while the USA entered the war against them.
When John Gill named himself the Führer of Ekos, he wore a World War I vintage Iron Cross as one of his Nazi decorations (TOS: "Patterns of Force"). After Jonathan Archer restored a damaged timeline, scenes from World War I could be seen in the time stream as the timeline realigned itself. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")
In describing the carnage of Earth's first three world wars, Spock noted that 6 million died in this war. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses")
- The original script for "The City on the Edge of Forever" featured a World War I veteran; however, this backstory was dropped from the character.
- Spock's figure of 6 million deaths falls short of the 16 million casualties of World War I, but may be a reference to 7 million civilian deaths or the number of deaths as a result of "despotism".
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