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  1. Book:World War I

    saved book title World War I subtitle cover image Royal Irish Rifles ration party Somme July 1916.jpg cover color World War I Main article World War I Chronology African theatre of World War I African theatre Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I Asian and Pacific theatres Western Front World War I Western front Naval warfare of World War I Naval warfare Balkans Campaign World War I Balkans campaign Serbian Campaign World War I Serbian campaign Macedonian front World War I Macedonian front Middle Eastern theatre of World War I Middle Eastern theatre Italian Campaign World War I Italian campaign Eastern Front World War I Eastern front Ukraine during World War I Russian Revolution 1917 Russian Revolution of 1917 Spring Offensive Hundred Days Offensive Weimar Republic Technology Technology during World War I Legacy World War I in art and literature Media of World War I War memorial List of surviving veterans of World War I Surviving veterans of World War I World War I casualties Commonwealth War Graves Commission American Battle Monuments Commission Military attach s and war correspondents in the First World War Opposition to World War I French Army Mutinies 1917 French Army Mutinies War crimes Ottoman casualties of World War I Armenian Genocide Assyrian Genocide Greek genocide Pontic Greek Genocide Rape of Belgium Aftermath Aftermath of World War I Category Wikipedia books on World War I World War I ...   more details



  1. World War I reenactment

    World War I reenacting is the historical reenactment of First World War military. External links http www.great war assoc.org Great War Society, Pennsylvania, USA http www.reenactor.net forums index.php page,10.html reenactor.net World War I reenacting http www.greatwarhistoricalsociety.com Great War Historical Society, California, USA http www.greatwarlivinghistory.org Midwest Great War Living History Association, USA http www.thegreatwarsociety.com Great War Society, Great Britain http www.historische uniformen.de Hauptseite.htm Verein Historisches Uniformen Deutschen Kaiserreiches, 1871 1918 In German Category Modern reenactment Category Military reenactment Category Historical reenactment Category World War I Category Fandom Category Works about World War I Category World War I stubs ...   more details



  1. World War I Memorial

    World War I Memorial may refer to World War I Memorial Norfolk, Connecticut , National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut World War I Memorial Atlantic City, New Jersey , National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey World War I Memorial East Providence, Rhode Island , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island World War I Memorial Berwick, Pennsylvania District of Columbia War Memorial , proposed to be rededicated as a national U.S. World War I Memorial For World War I Memorials in general, see World War I memorials . disambig de World War I Memorial ...   more details



  1. Montserrat in World War I

    Multiple issues unreferenced December 2009 orphan February 2009 notability August 2010 The Merchant navy mercantile marine service employed citizens of Montserrat in vessels during World War I . One of these vessels was lost at sea enemy action? 24 April 1917 and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has details of crew members lost in action from the vessel. Use dmy dates date August 2010 DEFAULTSORT Montserrat In World War I Category British Empire in World War I Category History of Montserrat World War I Montserrat stub ...   more details



  1. Mexico in World War I

    As the Mexican Revolution Revolution was unfolding in Mexico from 1910 to 1920, the World War I first World War broke out in Europe , lasting from 1914 to 1918. Mexico benefited in some respects from the war, among them the greater demand for oil , as well as for other mineral resources , by the European powers, increasing the quantity of economic resources being obtained from these sources. Germany , via the Zimmermann Telegram , proposed an alliance with Mexico for various reasons, such as its strategic position and its role as provider of oil to the allied powers. The proposal was rejected by Venustiano Carranza , leader of the Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution Constitutionalist movement . Bibliography B sicos. Historia Universal 2, Ed. Santillana, 2007 Historia de M xico II, Ed, Santillana, 2008 Category World War I by country Category History of Mexico World War I Mexico stub WWI stub ...   more details



  1. Spain in World War I

    European University Institute year 2000 WWI history by nation Category World War I by country Category ... location New York year 1952 volume Volumes I and II isbn 0299062708 cite book last Petrie first ...   more details



  1. World War I cryptography

    Refimprove date May 2011 Codes and ciphers were used extensively in World War I . The decoding by British Naval intelligence of the Zimmermann telegram helped bring the United States into the war. Trench code s were used by field armies of most of the combatants Americans, British, French, German in World War I. Britain British decrypting was carried out in Room 40 by the Royal Navy and in MI1 by British Military Army Intelligence. Zimmermann telegram Arthur Zimmermann MI1 British Military Army Intelligence Room 40 Royal Navy Britain Alastair Denniston Room 40 James Alfred Ewing Room 40, first head Nigel de Grey Room 40 William R. Hall Blinker Hall, Room 40, second head Dilly Knox Room 40 Oliver Strachey MI1 William Montgomery cryptographer Room 40 Playfair cipher Russia Ernst Fetterlein was in the Tzarist Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1896, and solved among others German, Austrian and British codes. He was eventually made chief cryptographer with the rank of Admiral. With the Russian Revolution in 1917 he fled to Britain, and was recruited to Room 40 in June 1918 to work on Austrian, Bolshevik and Georgian codes. The Russians used an overly complicated version of the Vigen re ... ref and was with the American Expeditionary Force in World War I as a Signals Corps cryptologic officer ... after World War I, and funded jointly by the State Department and the US Army. Some American cryptography in World War I was done at the Riverbank Laboratory where Elizebeth Friedman , William ... by Colonel George Fabyan. The US Navy cryptanalysis group, OP 20 G , was also started after World War I in 1922 . See also World War I Cryptography History of cryptography World War II cryptography References Reflist portal World War I DEFAULTSORT World War I Cryptography Category History of cryptography Category World War I Category Signals intelligence of World War I ru ... Department. After the outbreak of war he became the head of the cryptographic section of Military Intelligence ...   more details



  1. Opposition to World War I

    Refimprove date December 2009 File After the war a medal and maybe a job2.jpg right thumb 300px After the War a Medal and Maybe a Job , antiwar cartoon by John French Sloan , 1914. Digitally restored Opposition to World War I was mainly by left wing groups, but there was also opposition by Christian ... referendums in 1916 and 1917 resulted in votes Conscription in Australia World War I against conscription , and were seen as opposition to an all out prosecution of the war. Groups opposed to conscription ... conscientious objector and outspoken critic of Just War theology. During World War I the Catholic ... Around 300,000 American men evaded or refused conscription in World War I. Aliens such as Emma Goldman ... References reflist FOOTERS anti war CATEGORIES Category Anti war Category World War I politics Category Opposition to World War I .... In Sweden, the socialist youth leader Zeth H glund was jailed for his anti war propaganda, even though Sweden did not participate in the war. In Britain During World War One, Bertrand Russell was one ... had declared before the war their determined opposition to a war which they said could only mean workers killing each other in the millions in the interests of their bosses. But once the war was declared ... and support the war. For example, on 25 July 1914, the executive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD issued an appeal to its membership to demonstrate against the coming war, only to vote on 4 August for the War bond Germany war credits the German government wanted. Likewise ... Jean Jaur s , organised mass rallies and protests until the outbreak of war, but once the war began ... nations and also voted for war credits. ref http pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk isj76 trudell.htm Prelude to Revolution Class Consciousness and the First World War by Megan Trudell ref The few exceptions were the Russian Bolsheviks though the success of the 1917 Revolution was due to the war ...   more details



  1. Weapons of World War I

    Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 World War I weaponry consisted of various types of weapons standardised and improved over the preceding period together with some newly developed types using innovative technology ... Poison gas in World War I Another weapon that could be used from within the trenches was poison gas ... s entrance into the war. See also Template GreatWarBritishWeapons British weapons of World War I List of German weapons of World War I References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Weapons Of World War I Category World War I weapons ... ball grenade. ref name Bull 2002. pg.27 Bull, Stephen 2002 World War 1 Trench Warfare 1 1914 16 ... 2002 World War 1 Trench Warfare 1 1914 16 . Oxford Osprey Publishing p. 29 ref The Trench mortars ... their own bodies created. ref Bull, Stephen 2002 World War 1 Trench Warfare 1 1914 16 . Oxford Osprey ... moving into their own gas cloud. ref Gilbert, Martin 1994 The First World War a complete history . London .... ref Bull, Stephen 2002 World War 1 Trench Warfare 1 1914 16. Oxford Osprey Publishing pp. 9 10 ref ..., John 1989 Eye Deep in Hell trench warfare in World War 1 . London Pantheon Books, Random House ... MG 08 . ref Bull, Stephen 2002 World War 1 Trench Warfare 1 1914 16. Oxford Osprey Publishing pp ... through battlefields, and was therefore often dragged or disarmed and carried. Vehicles World War 1 was the first war to integrate the tank and aircraft into battle, surveillance operations, and precision ... by a belt fed machine gun. It would not be until the Second World War where tanks would be widely ... and the tank . ref Tucker, Spencer C. 1998 The Great War 1914 18 . Bloomington Indiana University ... used and improved throughout the war, each side making attempts at more successful weapons. Hand ... before the war began. At this time the weapon was not seen as useful, and was overlooked by the British army. Later throughout the war effort, Germany showed great interest in this weapon ...   more details



  1. World War I in literature

    Many authors have depicted World War I in literature . During the war itself, it has been estimated that thousands of poems were written every day by combatants and their relatives. During the war many ... Lean http www.imdb.com title tt0057801 World War I 1964 , CBS News documentary narrated by Robert ... entered World War I. My Boy Jack film My Boy Jack 2007 , Movie about a British boy named Jack Kipling ... 1421 0 portal World War I http aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk converse alevel alevelww1.acds An A level .... World War I DEFAULTSORT Media Of World War I Category Works about World War I Category Cultural history of World War I Category History of literature World War I fr Premi re Guerre mondiale en litt rature ... or unit. The most famous of these and the only one still commercially available after the war was the Wipers Times . After the war, many participants published their memoirs and diaries. A common subject for fiction in the 1920s and 1930s was the effect of the war, including Combat stress reaction shell shock and the huge social changes caused by the war. From the latter half of the 20th century onwards, the First World War continued to be a popular subject for fiction, mainly novels. Memoirs and diaries Anon, A War Nurse s Diary, ISBN 1 84685 366 4 Anon, Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front World War I Western Front 1914 1915, ISBN 978 1 84685 716 4 Anon, Mademoiselle Miss Letters from a First World War Nurse at an Army Hospital Near the Marne Edith Appleton, Diaries of QAIMNS ... World War ISBN 978 1 84685 046 2 Hans Zoeberlein http www.third reich books.com x 590a verdun.htm ... War I. Gallipoli 1981 film Gallipoli 1981 , movie directed by Peter Weir Observe the Sons of Ulster ... World War British Poets and Poetry by Pinaki Roy , in The Atlantic Critical Review Quarterly ... The Dutch Publishing House Dulce et Decorum concentrates on publishing translations of world war one literature. http www.oucs.ox.ac.uk ww1lit The First World War Poetry Digital Archive an online ...   more details



  1. Causes of World War I

    For the article on the war itself World War I Image Balkan troubles1.jpg thumb The rulers of Germany ... successful in 1912 and 1913 but did not succeed in 1914. The causes of World War I , which ... War I is one of the most studied in all of world history. Scholars have differed significantly ... of the First World War pages 21 34 from The Outbreak of World War I edited by Holger Herwig, Boston ... categories of explanation for World War I correspond to different historians overall Historiography ... in World War I prior to the Treaty of Brest Litovsk . The Allies of World War I Allies ... Gulf . A history of this railroad in the context of World War I has arrived to describe the German ... World War I naval arms race Motivated by Wilhelm II s enthusiasm for an expanded German navy, Grand ... of the First World War year 2002 publisher Routledge location London isbn 0 415 26205 4 pages ... World War , W. W. Norton 1967 ISBN 0 393 05347 4 ref Russia was in the midst of a large scale military ... of the First World War publisher St. Martin s Press year 1991 page 15 isbn 0 312 05239 1 ref ... of the First World War publisher St. Martin s Press year 1991 isbn 0 312 05239 1 ref International ... attributed the start of the war to imperialism . ref Bukharin, N., 1972 , Imperialism and World ... war against Russia. August 1 The Tsar responds to the king s telegram, stating, I would gladly have ... race did precipitate the First World War. If Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated ... meaningful sense a cause of the First World War. ref name Ferguson8385 Ferguson 1999, pp. 83 ... of the First World War Harvard University Press, 2011 . ref Technical Military Factors Over by Christmas ..., immediately Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War building an army of millions ... by Timetable How the First World War Began London, 1969 ref However in practice these timetables ... after the 1870 Battle of Sedan , of the Franco Prussian War . Many of the direct origins of World ...   more details



  1. World War I casualties

    casualties in World War I was over 35 million. There were over 15 million deaths and 20 million wounded ... 7 million civilians. The Allies of World War I Entente Powers also known as the Allies lost about 6.0 ... in World War I were in battle, unlike the conflicts that took place in the 19th century when the majority ... also be stated. Classification of casualty statistics Estimates of casualty numbers for World War I ... available. These sources are cited World War I casualties Notes on sources below . Military casualty ... that are often omitted from other compilations of World War I casualties . The war brought about malnutrition ... Allies of World War I style width 13.3 text align right background b0c4de Population millions style ... numbers without discussion align left East African Campaign World War I East Africa Ref Africa ... in Europe after World War I The war involved multi ethnic empires such as Great Britain, France, Germany ... military deaths, within contemporary borders, during World War I were made by a Russian journalist ... borders, during World War I were made by a Russian journalist in a 2004 handbook of human losses ... 93165 107 1. ref flag Ireland Ireland was a part of the UK during World War I. Two thirds of the island ... estimates of Polish deaths, within contemporary post 1945 borders, during World War I were made by a Russian ... Army served with the French Army. The ethnic Polish Legions in World War I Polish Legions fought as part ... of Transylvania was part of Austria Hungary during World War I. The following estimates of Romanian deaths, within contemporary borders, during World War I were made by a Russian journalist ... military deaths, within contemporary borders, during World War I were made by a Russian journalist in a 2004 ... and Bosnia were part of Austria Hungary during World War I . Serbia including Republic of Macedonia ... deaths, within 1991 borders, during World War I were made by a Russian journalist in a 2004 .... ref flag Nepal Nepal During World War I 1914 18 , the Nepalese army was expanded and six new regiments ...   more details



  1. World War I

    Trenches on the Western Front World War I Western Front a British Mark I tank Mark IV Mark IV Tank ... Allies of World War I Allied victory End of the German Empire German , Russian Empire Russian ... I Aftermath more... combatant1 Allies of World War I Allied Entente Powers br flagicon France French ... small 1917 18 small br Allies of World War I and others combatant2 Central Powers flagcountry German ... of World War I Leaders and others commander2 Leaders and commanders br flagicon German Empire Wilhelm ... Allies of World War I Entente ref name Tucker 2005 273 harvnb Tucker Roberts 2005 p 273 ref flagicon ... missing br 4,121,000 br Total br 22,477,500  KIA, WIA or MIA World War I casualties ... further ... missing br 3,629,000 br Total br 16,403,000  KIA, WIA or MIA World War I casualties ... further details . small campaignbox Campaignbox World War I World War I WWI , which was predominantly ... War I thereafter, was a World war major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted ... 11 ref which were assembled in two opposing alliances the Allies of World War I Allies based on the Triple ... World War I casualties were killed , largely because of great technological advances in firepower ... Army in World War I French Republic , and Italy in World War I From neutrality to the intervention ... the German march on Paris was brought to a halt, the Western Front World War I Western Front settled ... 1917. In the Eastern Front World War I East , the Russian army successfully fought against the Austro ... I or the First World War became standard, with British and Canadian historians favouring the First World War and Americans World War I . The notion that the World War was merely the first in a series ... , especially on medals and commemorative monuments. Background Main Causes of World War I File WWI re.png thumb 400px right Map of the participants in World War I Allies of World War I Allied Powers ... backed by a similar line of African soldiers. Main African theatre of World War I Some of the first ...   more details



  1. Horses in World War I

    in World War I marked a transitional period in the evolution of armed conflict. Cavalry units were initially ... Hungarian Empire Austria Hungary , stopped using them on the Western Front World War I Western ... World War I Eastern Front well into the war. The Ottoman Empire used cavalry extensively during ... theatre of World War I Middle Eastern theatre , possibly because they faced a weaker and less technologically ... have also featured the horses of World War I. Cavalry File Royal Scots Greys France ... War I Middle East . ref name MH188 Great changes in the tactical use of cavalry were a marked feature of World War I, as improved weaponry rendered frontal charges ineffective. Although cavalry was used ... of shock charges. The Western Front in World War I showed that cavalry was almost useless against modern ... British Submarines in the Sea of Marmara During World War I author Whitman, Edward C. accessdate ... Villa Expedition in Mexico, which helped to prepare the US Cavalry for entry into World War I. In May ... puts the number of horses that served in World War I at around six million, with a large percentage ... in France in 1917 Before World War I, Germany had increased its reserves of horses through state sponsored ... Animals Some recruitment posters from World War I showcased the partnership between horse and man in attempts ... wounds, but thousands of equine corpses still lined the roads of the Western Front World War I Western .... ref name IMH cite web url http imh.org legacy of the horse the horse in world war i 1914 1918 title 1900 The Horse in Transition The Horse in World War I 1914 1918 publisher International Museum ... remaining at the end of World War I, but due to quarantine restrictions, they could not be shipped ... still played a significant role throughout the war. All of the major combatants in World War .... ref name Willmott, First World War , p. 46 ref Britain s cavalry were trained to fight ... ref Following the war, the armies of the world powers initiated a process of mechanization in earnest ...   more details



  1. Participants in World War I

    Image WWI re.png thumb right 285px Map of the World showing the participants in World War I . Those fighting on the side of the Triple Entente at one point or another are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey. This is a list of countries that participated in World War I , sorted by alphabetical order. The Entente Forces Note The Entente Forces are sometimes also referred to as the Entente Powers or Allies of World War I . flag Andorra flag Belgium state flag Brazil 1889 flag Republic of China 1912 name China flag Costa Rica state flag Cuba flagicon Bohemia Czechoslovak Legions flagicon France French Third Republic France flagcountry Kingdom of Greece flag Guatemala flag Haiti civil flag Honduras flagcountry Kingdom of Italy flagcountry Empire of Japan flag Liberia flagcountry Kingdom of Montenegro flag Nepal flag Nicaragua flag Panama flagicon Portugal ... German occupation of Luxembourg in World War I Luxembourg Never declared war on the Central ... modern history 1900 present World War I Netherlands An ally of the United Kingdom by treaty. Traded ... . flag Venezuela 1905 Supplied the Allies with oil. Declarations of War File Map Europe alliances 1914 en.svg thumb 300px right European military alliances prior to the war. Image World War I 1914 08 04.png thumb 300px Allies and Central Powers, early August 1914. Image World War I 1918 05.png thumb ... . See also Participants in World War II Allies of World War I Triple Entente Triple Alliance 1914 Triple Alliance Central Powers portal World War I World War I DEFAULTSORT Participants In World War I Category World War I by country fr Pays impliqu s dans la Premi re Guerre mondiale ja ro ... of war among the belligerent powers. Entries on a yellow background show severed diplomatic relations only, not actual declarations of war. class wikitable Date Declarer On colspan 3 1914 ... tr I. D nya Sava na kat lan lkeler ...   more details



  1. Artillery of World War I

    of World War I was used to counter the trench warfare that set in shortly after the conflict commenced, and was an important factor in the war, influencing its Military tactics tactics , operational ... the stalemate at the front. It was a direct cause of the development of the holes . World War I raised artillery to a new level of importance on the battlefield. The years of the First World War ... World War I artillery Mortar weapon Mortar s Infantry support gun s Field artillery Notes Reflist ... Kloot, William van der Lawrence Bragg s Role in the Development of Sound Ranging in World War I 2005 ... List and pictures of WW1 surviving guns DEFAULTSORT Artillery Of World War I Category World War I artillery ... team horse drawn , trucks were coming into use to draw the heavy artillery heavier pieces . Pre war artillery development Artillery of all First World War belligerents largely included quick firing gun ... sectors of the Western Front. The honor of firing the first American artillery round in World War I went to Battery C, 6th FA Battalion later the 2d Battalion, 6th Artillery, 3d Armored Division , on October 23, 1917. Although the war seemed to have settled down to stabilized trench fighting, General ... the United States entered the war in 1917, the condition, the equipment, the training, and the discipline ... the American artillery had to fight. Materiel used by the Americans was mostly French, and during the war ... date September 2010 . The old 3 inch gun the Army possessed only 600 at the beginning of the war was replaced ... numbers, the war had indeed become more mobile, with Ludendorff s last push towards Paris .... In the final Allied offensive of the war, the First and Second US Armies, operating between the Meuse ... of November 1918, the War Department urged Congress to authorize the establishment of a permanent ... a quick expansion of this force to meet the requirements of a new major war. The Congress and the American ...   more details



  1. Ireland and World War I

    Use dmy dates date December 2011 During World War I or the Great War 1914 1918 , Ireland was part of the United ... of World War I Entente Powers , along with France and Russian Empire Russia , when it declared ... of the Irish Volunteers. ref Hennessey, Thomas Dividing Ireland, World War I and Partition , Ireland ..., in support of the Allies of World War I Allied war effort . Redmond believed that Imperial Germany ... United States campaigns in World War I American intervention in the War in May had helped stem the German ... World War I Irish Brigade drew only 55 recruits, however. ref Jerome aan de Wiel, Europe and the Irish ... a stalemate, the division was moved to Macedonian front World War I Salonika where it fought Bulgarian ... William Hickie , and spent the duration of the war in action on the Western Front World War I Western ... on the Western Front World War I Western Front for the duration of the war. Its insignia was the Red ... to recruiting districts in the case of Ireland Ireland and World War I Regiments raised in Ireland to eight ... Force World War I British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Mons . The Munsters were only ... Front World War I Western Front under the command of Irish Major General William Bernard Hickie ... Divisions when after the United States campaigns in World War I American intervention they took ... Front World War I Western Front prompted an alternative approach to beating Germany by opening ... n invasion of Serbia , both Greece and Serbia requested Allies of World War I Allied help. A force ... to fight on the Bulgarian front during the Macedonian front World War I Macedonian campaign . There the Royal ... in Palestine. France, 1918 Heavy losses encountered on the Western Front World War I Western Front ... for many years to recognise the part that Irishmen had played in the world war on Britain s side. Prelude to the Great War Political climate in Ireland The First World War was immediately preceded in Ireland ... . ref Department of the Taoiseach Irish soldiers in the First World War , see also http www.taoiseach.gov.ie ...   more details



  1. Aftermath of World War I

    MOS The fighting in World War I ended in western Europe when the Armistice with Germany Armistice ... until the signing of the peace treaty with Germany on 28 June 1919, the Allies of World War I Allies ... that Germany officially accept responsibility for starting the war and pay World War I reparations ... most important event precipitated by the privations of World War I was the Russian Revolution 1917 Russian ... would become permanent. Romania gained Bessarabia from Russia. After World War I, the Soviet Union ... too optimistic. Changes in territorial configuration after World War I included Establishment of the German ... Hungary after World War I. Bohemia , Moravia , Opava Silesia and the western part of Duchy of Cieszyn ... Turkey Turkish Republic . As a result, Turkey became the only power of World War I to overturn ... by the World War I reparations reparations negotiated at Versailles. This financial imperative .... Territorial gains and losses Nations that gained territory after World War I Yugoslavia as the successor ... League of Nations Mandates Japan Nations that lost territory after World War I Germany forced to give ... World war one belgium iron harvest fieldside.redvers.jpg right thumb Iron harvest World War I ordnance ... 1996 , shown on PBS . See also portal World War I List of people associated with World War I Surviving veterans of World War I Revolutions of 1917 23 Notes Reflist 2 Resources Paris 1919 Six Months ... External links Commons category Aftermath of World War I http www.firstworldwar.com FirstWorldWar.com A multimedia history of World War I http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi special report 1998 10 98 world war ... http www.1914 1918.net The British Army in the Great War World War I DEFAULTSORT Aftermath Of World War I Category Aftermath of World War I af Die Rekonstruksie van Europa na die Eerste W reldoorlog ... because many were weakened and exhausted by the famine s of the World War. The exact number ... War I was the large number of European refugees. These and the refugees of the Russian Civil War led ...   more details



  1. Hungary in World War I

    Refimprove date October 2009 At the outbreak of World War I , Hungary was part of the dualist monarchy ... lines, especially in the Eastern Front World War I Russian front and Battle of the Isonzo Italian .... Aftermath In November 1918, World War I has ended for Austria Hungary with a complete military loss .... See also portal Hungary World War I Aftermath of World War I References Reflist No footnotes ... az els vil gh bor ban 2003. title The Illustrated History of World War I publisher Amber ... isbn 963 9519 28 6 WWI history by nation Category Austria Hungary in World War I Category Wars involving ... be annexed to Austria Hungary, he then decided to support the war. After the ultimatum sent to Serbia by Franz Josef I , the war broke out and soon spread over much of Europe and beyond. The army of Austria ... in strategically critical positions and therefore had lower casualties. Over the course of World War I there was never a documented offensive by purely ethnic Hungarian troops, but such troops ... The outbreak of the war In 1914, Austria Hungary was one of the most powerful nations of Europe ... of Austria . Before entering the war, only the prime minister Count Istv n Tisza hesitated, unconvinced ... developed later in the war. The correct supply of ammunition was not solved even at the end of the war ... before the war. The military leaders also had a serious problem to unify the multi ethnic units as well ... the course of the war, in spite of their multi ethnic nature and some expectations to the contrary. While ... proved fully capable in a defensive role in all the theaters of the war in which they were engaged ... leaving 120,000 prisoner of war . At the Battle of the Isonzo Isonzo front, Hungarian forces participated ... the end of the war. Decisive fights were carried out by the 31st Budapest common regiment and the 11th .... A small number of troops from Austria Hungary also fought in more distant theaters of war that are beyond ... the course of the war. In Hungarian areas, this meant a death rate of twenty eight per thousand persons ...   more details



  1. Convoys in World War I

    put it, t he convoy system defeated the U boat Campaign World War I German submarine campaign . ref name Fontenoy Paul E. Fontenoy, Convoy System , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social ... throughout the war. ref Hirama Yoichi, Anzac Convoy October 1914 , The Encyclopedia of World War I ... . ref name Abbatiello John J. Abbatiello, Anti submarine Warfare in World War I British Naval Aviation ... , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social and Military History , Volume 1, Spencer C. Tucker ..., Aleksandr Vasiliyevich 1874 1920 , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social and Military ... Fontenoy The success of the convoys forced the Atlantic U boat Campaign World War I German U boats in the Atlantic ... responded by changing strategy and concentrating on the Mediterranean U boat Campaign World War I Mediterranean ..., Naval Operations 1914 1918 , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social and Military ... Marina World War I Regia Marina Royal Italian Navy and Brazilian Navy all contributed. ref name Fontenoy ... 1937 , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social and Military History , Volume 1, Spencer ... Jr. and Spencer C. Tucker, Geddes, Sir Eric Campbell 1875 1937 , The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political ... of convoy used during World War I. The first category consists of the short distance convoys, such as those ... 2006 , 82. ref Notes Reflist 2 Category Atlantic operations of World War I Category Baltic operations of World War I Category Mediterranean naval operations of World War I Category North Sea operations of World War I ... ship merchantmen or troopship s travelling together with a naval escort was revived during World War I 1914 18 , after having been discarded at the start of the Naval tactics in the Age of Steam Age of Steam ... Although the British War Cabinet First World War War Cabinet proposed convoys in March 1917 ... LT t abbr on . Between May 1917 and the end of the war on 11 November 1918, only 154 of 16,539 vessels ...   more details



  1. World War I memorials

    File Vimy memorial .jpg thumb 300px The Canadian National Vimy Memorial , France World War I memorials commemorate the events and the casualties of World War I . These war memorial s include civic memorials, larger national monuments, cemetery war cemeteries , private memorials and a range of utilitarian .... Interest in World War I and its memorials faded after World War II , and did not increase again ... 71 On the eve of World War I there were no traditions of nationally commemorating mass casualties ... of war memorials, but nothing on the scale that would later emerge from World War I. Italy built ... were typically constructed by the central state authorities. ref name Bucur2010P31 World War I 1914 ... main World War I casualties Aftermath of World War I The memorials to World War I were shaped by the traumatic ... with the Technology during World War I innovative deployment of aircraft, submarines and poison gas ..., more than for any other conflict, were built across the world during the inter war period. ref Borg, p.ix. ref tag ref Calculating the number of war memorials, including World War I memorials ... very few war memorials to the events of World War I, mainly as a result of the devastation ... Arras Memorial The World War I war cemeteries represented important memorials sites to the conflict ... of the World War I battles, or in new cemeteries symbolically placed on the edges of towns ... City Fraternal Cemetery was used not just for the war dead of World War I, but also for the casualties ... The deaths caused by World War I were difficult for post war societies to cope with their unprecedented ... pre dated the First World War, very few Western war memorials portrayed heroic commanding officers ... memorials continue to be used for annual ceremonies remembering the war. Architecturally, most war ... but comforting, noble and enduring commemoration of the war dead. Classical architecture Classical ... the themes of the war. The commissioning of memorials occurred through a wide range of national ...   more details



  1. Tanks in World War I

    World War I Western Front during WWI The development of tanks in World War I began as a solution to break the stalemate which trench warfare had come around on the Western Front World War I western front . The first prototype of the Mark I tank was tested for the British Army on September 8th 1915 ... in World War I the Mark I tank Mark V series Mark V tank was built with space inside for a small ... Voigt 1902.jpg thumb French armored car the Charron Girardot Voigt 1902 . Before World War I , motorized ... for helping to win World War I. But before this could happen some individual would have to set ..., but rejected by the French. While in German Tank specifically refers to the World War I type ... capable of performing on the real battlefield of World War I, one of the most difficult battlefield ... War One Most World War I tanks could travel only at about a walking pace at best. Their steel armour ... of tanks. In fact, cavalry horse cavalry doctrine in World War I was to follow up a breakthrough with harassing ... mass produced during World War I. France at the same time developed its own tracked AFVs, but the situation ... late to participate in World War I and in the very small number of just ten, but it would be the first tank with a three man turret the heaviest to enter service until late in World War II and still the largest ... for mass production, and the FT would become the most produced tank of World War I by a wide margin ... of World War I tanks Notes and references reflist Glanfield, John 2001 Devil s Chariots the birth ... De Mole s tank models WWIAFVs style wide DEFAULTSORT Tanks In World War I Category Tanks of World War I Category Articles containing video clips ca Tancs en la Primera Guerra Mundial cs Tanky ... deaf ears. De Mole s proposal already had the climbing face, so typical of the later World War ... itself would become the inspiration for Nazi Germany German blitzkrieg tactics in World War II . As a military ... and FT 17 FT s performed reasonably well. The Mark I s rhomboid shape meant it could navigate ...   more details



  1. Allies of World War I

    at war with the Central Powers during World War I . The members of the Triple Entente were ... not have Statute of Westminster 1931 independent foreign policies during World War I. Operational control of British Empire forces was in the hands of the five member War Cabinet First World War British ... Front World War I Western Front passed to the new supreme commander, Ferdinand Foch . History ..., Mark Harrison. The Economics of World War I. illustrated ed. Cambridge University Press, 2005, pgs ... Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force 4 August 1914 15 December 1915 Douglas ... in South West Africa Campaign and East African Campaign World War I East African Campaign , later member ... see also Air commanders of World War I Personnel and casualties Image WorldWarI MilitaryDeaths EntentePowers .... See also World War I casualties . Please do not change any numbers until a reference is provided ... turned on them See also portal World War I Triple Entente Participants in World War I Central Powers Allies of World War II Footnotes reflist 2 References note UK 1 cite book title Statistics of the military ... 137236769 note Gilbert 2 cite book author Gilbert Martin title Atlas of World War I publisher Oxford ... See List of World War I books Ellis, John and Mike Cox. The World War I Databook The Essential Facts ... military history Higham, Robin and Dennis E. Showalter, eds. Researching World War I A Handbook ... Dictionary of the First World War 1995 Strachan, Hew. The First World War Volume I To Arms ... Strategy, 1917 1918 1961 Tucker, Spencer, ed. The Encyclopedia of World War I A Political, Social ... World War An Encyclopedia 1999 World War 1 WWI history by nation DEFAULTSORT Allies Of World War I Category World War I by country Category 1919 in law Category Aftermath of World War I Category ... War I . Those fighting on the Entente s side at one point or another are depicted in green, the Central ... Spencer C title The European Powers in the First World War An Encyclopedia publisher Garland place ...   more details



  1. Aviation in World War I

    1917 World War I was the first war in which aircraft were deployed on a large scale. Tethered observation ... commanders of World War I high ranking officers to direct the belligerent nations air war effort ... Expeditionary Force World War I BEF , contradicting all other intelligence. The British High Command ... illustrated An Illustrated History of World War I, at http www.wwiaviation.com earlywar.html ref ... s Propeller aircraft propeller . ref Great Battles of World War I by Major General Sir Jeremy Moore ... Front World War I Eastern Front both planes crashed as the result of the attack killing all .... ref Herris and Pearson Aircraft of World War I, 1914 1918 Lodon, Amber, 2010. P 29 ref In the meantime ... by General William Mitchell, in Great Battles of World War I In The Air Signet, 1966 , pp.192 193 ... , called Flak World War I archie by the British. Anti aircraft artillery defenses were increasingly ... . Strategic bombing main Strategic bombing during World War I File Zeppelin bombing plaque 2005.jpg ... by the bombing raids on London The first ever aerial bombardment of civilians was during World War I ... warfare of World War I, and contributed to air to air combat for air superiority because of their significant ... of his 18 kills were enemy balloons. Leading aces Main List of World War I flying aces Aerial victory standards of World War I As pioneer aviators invented air to air combat, the contending sides developed ... Pioneers of aerial warfare Main Aerial victory standards of World War I Flying ace The following aviators ... of the Central Powers See also portal World War I Main articles World War I Other articles Aviation history First performances steps under World War I 1914 1918 Aviation history 1914 1918 Flying ace World War I Flying ace Dog fight Dogfight List of American Aero Squadrons Notes reflist 30em References .... Morrow, John. German Air Power in World War I . Lincoln University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Contains ... VanWyngarden, Greg. Early German Aces of World War I Volume 73 of Aircraft of the Aces ...   more details



  1. Timeline of World War I

    The following tables list the main events which happened during World War I . class wikitable colspan ... white August 2 Germany invades Luxembourg . German occupation of Luxembourg in World War I Details ... August 7 The British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force arrives in France . ref harvnb Halpern 1995 p 28 ref British Expeditionary Force World War I Details style background ..., 1915 ref Poison gas in World War I Details style background powderblue February 4 Germany begins submarine warfare against merchant vessels. U boat Campaign World War I Details style background ... is invaded by Germany , Austria Hungary and Bulgaria . Serbian Campaign World War I 1915 Details style ... World War I 1915 Details style background Khaki December 7 The Siege of Kut , Mesopotamia, by the Ottomans ... of the British Expeditionary Force World War I British Expeditionary Force . Douglas Haig Details ... harvnb Tucker 2005 p 855 ref Western Front World War I French Morale Details style background LightGreen ... Days Offensive and of World War I. Meuse Argonne Offensive Details style background lightgrey ... held in London. Official end of World War I . League of Nations Details style background lightsalmon ... World War I location New York publisher Dorling Kindersley isbn 0789496275 oclc 52541937 cite id refHalpern 1994 cite book last Halpern first Paul G. title A naval history of World War I year 1994 ... cite book last Tucker first Spencer title World War I encyclopedia year 2005 publisher ABC CLIO isbn 1851094202 page cite refend World War I Category Timelines of military conflicts World War I Category World War I Timeline bn fr Chronologie de la Premi re Guerre mondiale ... page cite citation last Evans first David series Teach yourself title The First World War location London ... white July 5 Austria Hungary seeks German support for a war against Serbia in case of Russian mobilization ... Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes. ref harvnb Evans 2004 p 12 ref style background ...   more details




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