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  2. 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.

  3. Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western ...

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    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which incorporates 139 cemeteries and memorials on the Western Front of the First World War. On 20 September 2023, UNESCO designated the locations as a World Heritage site.

  4. Historiography of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The 'Age of Totalitarianism' included nearly all the infamous examples of genocide in modern history, headed by the Jewish Holocaust, but also comprising the mass murders and purges of the Communist world, other mass killings carried out by Nazi Germany and its allies, and also the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

  5. List of World War I monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

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    Verdun tree; Wagoners' Memorial; War Memorial Cross, Beeston; War Memorial Park, Coventry; War Memorial Shelters; Wargrave War Memorial; West Hartlepool War Memorial; Westerley Ware; Westfield War Memorial Village; Whipsnade Tree Cathedral; Widnes War Memorial; Winchester College War Cloister; Women of Steel; Wood Green War Memorial; Wyke Regis ...

  6. 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

  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. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    List of Canadian battles during the First World War on the Western Front plaque in Currie Hall, Royal Military College of Canada. The Western Front comprised the fractious borders between France, Germany, and the neighboring countries.

  9. Historiography of the causes of World War I - Wikipedia

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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.