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David Lloyd George (c. 1920), prime minister at the end of the war. In rapid succession in spring 1918 came a series of military and political crises. [30] The Germans, having moved troops from the Eastern front and retrained them in new tactics, now had more soldiers on the Western Front than the Allies.
Daily Mail on 5 August 1914. The United Kingdom entered World War I on 4 August 1914, when King George V declared war after the expiry of an ultimatum to the German Empire.The official explanation focused on protecting Belgium as a neutral country; the main reason, however, was to prevent a French defeat that would have left Germany in control of Western Europe.
The Arab Revolt in Hejaz begins. Naval: HMS Hampshire is sunk off the Orkney Islands; Lord Kitchener dies. June 8 Naval: In the Adriatic Sea the Italian troopship SS Principe Umberto is sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine. It is the deadliest sinking of the war, with 1,900 lives lost. June 10 Politics
World War 1 begins 1918 11 November World War 1 ends 1939 3 September Britain declares war on Nazi Germany and enters World War 2: 1945 8 May Germany surrenders and World War 2 ends in Europe 1948 5 July The National Health Service is founded 1973 1 January: UK joins the European Communities (predecessor of the European Union). 1982 11 October
First raid on England by German Gotha heavy bomber aircraft at Folkestone in Kent. [26] 29 May 1917 A royal proclamation issued by King George V encourages a voluntary reduction in bread consumption. [26] 13 June 1917 First attack on London by German heavy bombers; 104 civilians were killed, including 18 children at an Upper North Street School ...
It was infamous for the nature of the fight that developed there; after almost a full year of inconclusive fighting, the front had become a giant trench line stretching from one end of Europe to the other. [1] 1914. Battle of Liège; A diagram of the fortifications surrounding the city
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."
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom .