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  2. Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The United States was involved in at least one hostile encounter with Germans in the Pacific during World War I. On 7 April 1917, SMS Cormoran was scuttled in Apra Harbor, Guam to prevent her capture by the auxiliary cruiser USS Supply. The Americans fired their first shots of the war at the Germans as they attempted to sink the ship.

  3. Bombardment of Madras - Wikipedia

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    The bombardment of Madras was an engagement of the First World War, at Madras (now Chennai), British India.The bombardment was initiated by the German light cruiser Emden at the outset of the war in 1914.

  4. Economic history of India - Wikipedia

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    Although ancient India had a significant urban population, much of India's population resided in villages, whose economies were largely isolated and self-sustaining. [citation needed] Agriculture was the predominant occupation and satisfied a village's food requirements while providing raw materials for hand-based industries such as textile, food processing and crafts.

  5. List of wars: 1900–1944 - Wikipedia

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    Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.

  6. Economic history of World War I - Wikipedia

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    War costs and their financing: a study of the financing of the war and the after-war problems of debt and taxation (1921) online Bogart, E.L. Direct and Indirect Costs of the Great World War (2nd ed. 1920) online 1919 1st edition ; comprehensive coverage of every major country; another copy online free Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

  7. Western imperialism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    In India, the westward movement of Japanese forces towards Bengal during World War II had led to major concessions on the part of British authorities to Indian nationalist leaders. In 1947, the United Kingdom, devastated by war and embroiled in an economic crisis at home, granted British India its independence as two nations: India and Pakistan.

  8. List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets

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    In China, some of the Indian films to gain commercial success there during the 1970s–1980s included Awaara, Tahir Hussain's Caravan (1971), Noorie (1979), and Disco Dancer. [22] [23] After Indian films declined in the country, it took decades before Tahir Hussain's son Aamir Khan opened up the Chinese market for Indian films in the early 21st ...

  9. List of World War I films - Wikipedia

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    During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence. A, D 1937 US Street of Shadows: Mademoiselle Docteur: G. W. Pabst: During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German ...