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  2. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I - Wikipedia

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    National Fund for the Welsh Troops at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, by Frank Brangwyn (edited by Durova) Yiddish World War I poster at History of the Jews in the United States , by Charles Edward Chambers (edited by Durova )

  3. World War I - Wikipedia

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    World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian dead from causes including genocide. The movement of large numbers of people was a major factor in the deadly Spanish flu pandemic.

  4. Timeline of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks, out of fear that they might be released by Czechoslovak and White troops. July 18 Western: Battle of Chateau-Thierry, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Western: End of the Second Battle of Artois July 18–22 Western

  5. Ernest Brooks (photographer) - Wikipedia

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    Brooks on the Western Front, 1917. Ernest Brooks (23 February 1876 – 1957) was a British photographer, best known for his war photography from the First World War. He was the first official photographer to be appointed by the British military, and produced several thousand images between 1915 and 1918, more than a tenth of all British official photographs taken during the war.

  6. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    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 o

  7. Outline of World War I - Wikipedia

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    More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] More than 9 million combatants were killed , largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility.

  8. Effect of World War I on children in the United States

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    This involvement changed the course of the war and directly affected children's daily life, education, and family structures in the United States. [6] The home front saw a systematic mobilization of the entire population and the entire economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, munitions, and money needed to win the war.

  9. Prisoners of war in World War I - Wikipedia

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    Between 6.6–9 million soldiers surrendered and were held in prisoner-of-war camps during World War I. [1] [2]25–31% of Russian losses (as a proportion of those captured, wounded, or killed) were to prisoner status, for Austria-Hungary 32%, for Italy 26%, for France 12%, for Germany 9%; for Britain 7%.