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Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
The First attack on Bullecourt (11 April 1917) was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War.The 1st Anzac Corps of the British Fifth Army attacked in support of the Third Army, engaged in the Battle of Arras (9 April to 16 May 1917) further north.
German revolution of 1918–1919 (post ww1 part) Russian Civil War (only parts related with World war I) Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of ...
The History of the Ministry of Munitions: Wages and Welfare Part I: Control of Men's Wages, Part II: Control of Women's Wages, Part III: Welfare: The Control of Working, Conditions Part IV: The Provision of Canteens, Part V: Provision for the Housing of Munition Workers. Vol. V (repr. IWM and NMP pbk ed.). London: HMSO. 2009 [1922].
The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
The 2nd Army during World War I, fought on the Western Front and took part in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against France and Belgium in August 1914. Commanded by General Karl von Bülow, the 2nd Army's mission was to support the 1st Army's sweep around the left flank of the French Army and encircle Paris, bringing a rapid conclusion to the war.
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This volume starts with the Allied High Command at the beginning of 1916, and the combatants evenly matched for a prolonged struggle. There are chapters on Verdun, Jutland, the Somme, the Roumanian disaster, the removal of Foch and Joffre after the Somme (Nivelle replacing the latter as French Commander-in-Chief), and American intervention.