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The German White Book (1914) online official defense of Germany; see The German White Book. another copy; Geiss, Imanuel, ed. July 1914, The outbreak of the First World War: Selected Documents (1968). Geiss, Imanuel. German foreign policy 1871–1914, documents pp 192–218. Gooch, G.P. Recent revelations of European diplomacy (1928) pp 3–101 ...
Germany and Propaganda in World War I: Pacifism, Mobilization and Total War (IB Tauris, 2014) Winter, Jay, and Jean-Louis Robert, eds. Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919 (2 vol. 1999, 2007), 30 chapters 1200pp; comprehensive coverage by scholars vol 1 excerpt; vol 2 excerpt and text search; Winter, Jay.
2011-04-10T02:48:52Z Alphathon 680x520 (505569 Bytes) Tweaked Germany and surrounding countries based on info from "File:Germany_general_map.png" 2011-04-10T01:54:05Z Alphathon 680x520 (493733 Bytes) Converted all lakes back to separate layer. Added Finish lakes and tweaked Finland shape based on "File:Finland 1996 CIA map.jpg".
A diagram of the fortifications surrounding the city. The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and ...
Germany besieges and captures fortified Longwy, "the Iron Gate to Paris", near the Luxembourg border, opening France to mass German invasion. August 3 Politics: Germany declares war on France. [14] Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border. [15] [16] Politics
European diplomatic alignments shortly before the war. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers shortly after the war started, with Bulgaria joining the following year. Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915. Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917. Allied Powers in blue, Central Powers in orange, and ...
Due to geographical closeness, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy came together as the Triple Alliance and later became the Central powers due to their central positioning in Europe. [ citation needed ] France and Britain became allies along with Russia in order to defend their borders and support each other in case of war.
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...