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Konrad Friedrich August Henry William Balck (October 19, 1858 in Osnabrück – July 15, 1924 in Aurich) was a Prussian officer and military officer who reached the rank of Generalleutnant during World War I.
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."
However, American tactical doctrine was still based on pre-1914 principles, a world away from the combined arms approach used by the French and British by 1918. [16] US commanders were initially slow to accept such ideas, leading to heavy casualties and it was not until the last month of the war that these failings were rectified. [17]
This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions, and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period of time.
The North African Campaign (World War I) geologically located as North African but the African theatre of World War I rightfully does not include it as part of its operations. As rightfully, it was a different operation waged as a side operation in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The Middle Eastern theatre of World War I includes the ...
First Sino-Japanese War 1894–1895; Anglo-German naval arms race 1898–1912; Fashoda Incident 1898; Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1902; May Coup 1903; Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905; Entente Cordiale 1904; First Moroccan Crisis 1905–1906; Pig War 1906–1908; Anglo-Russian Convention 1907; Young Turk Revolution 1908; Bosnian Crisis 1908–1909 ...
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