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As soon as the war began, the major nations issued "color books" containing documents (mostly from July 1914) that helped justify their actions.A color book is a collection of diplomatic correspondence and other official documents published by a government for educational or political reasons, and to promote the government position on current or past events.
A 1919 book for veterans, from the US War Department. The social trauma caused by unprecedented rates of casualties manifested itself in different ways, which have been the subject of subsequent historical debate. [26] Over 8 million Europeans died in the war. Millions suffered permanent disabilities.
Some of the distant origins of World War I can be seen in the results and consequences of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and 1871 and the concurrent unification of Germany. Germany had won decisively and established a powerful empire, but France fell into chaos and experienced a years-long decline in its military power.
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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."
Dr. Holger H. Herwig (born 1941) is a German-born Canadian historian and professor. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 and The Origins of World War I, written with Richard F. Hamilton.
History of the Great War Based on Official Documents (1st ed.). Newport: Roy Westlake Books. ISBN 978-1-871167-25-2. Part 5 planned but not written by Becke; compiled by F. W. Perry in the 1990s as parts 5A and 5B as informal additions to the Official History. [87] Perry, F. W. (1993). Order of Battle of Divisions: The Indian Army Divisions ...
The exhibition "sets author Terry Deary's words and artist Martin Brown's visuals alongside the Imperial War Museum’s collections" to tell the story of the First World War. [ 1 ] The Trench Action Station interactive allowed participants to "explore the terrible conditions in the trenches through feely boxes, and smell to experience what ...