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October 1–4 Western: First Battle of Arras (1914) October 9 – November 1 Balkan, Serbian: Central powers control Belgrade. October 10 – November 2 Western: Battle of La Bassée: October 12 – November 2 Western: First Battle of Messines (1914) October 13 – November 2 Western: Battle of Armentières: October 16–31 Western: Battle of ...
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."
In April 1917, the United States Army had fewer than 300,000 men, including National Guard units, compared to British and French armies of 4.1 and 8.3 million respectively. The Selective Service Act of 1917 drafted 2.8 million men, although training and equipping such numbers was a huge logistical challenge.
Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war ...
The complexity of the conflict is mostly obscured by these oversimplifications. [1] George Kennan referred to the war as the "seminal catastrophe of the 20th century". [2] Historian Heather Jones argues that the historiography has been reinvigorated by a cultural turn in the 21st century.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War I: . World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
The Great War channel produces a number of different types of content, the main feature being a weekly recap of the war that corresponds to the events of the same week 100 years prior. The events presented are also summarized quarterly in their own videos. The channel also presents other segments such as:
A breakthrough at this point would separate the French from the British, push the latter into a pocket in Flanders, and open the way to the Channel ports; The German spring offensive began on 21 March 1918 with three German armies (about 62 divisions in all) in the assault. British defense lines were pierced in rapid succession.