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By order of the Kaiser: Otto von Diederichs and the rise of the Imperial German Navy, 1865–1902. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-309-5. Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. Routledge. ISBN 1-85728-498-4. Keegan, John (1998). The First World War. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 9780091801786. Lowe, John (1994).
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
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In November 1918, the Allies had ample supplies of manpower and materiel to invade Germany. Yet at the time of the armistice, no Allied force had crossed the German frontier, the Western Front was still some 720 kilometres (450 mi) from Berlin, and the Kaiser's armies had retreated from the battlefield in good order.
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.
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."
A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. A declaration is usually an act of delivering a performative speech (not to be confused with a mere speech) or the presentation of a signed document by an authorized party of a national government in order to create a state of war between two or more sovereign states.
To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-507501-3 OCLC 25317305; Lemnitzer, Jan Martin. "Woodrow Wilson’s Neutrality, the Freedom of the Seas, and the Myth of the 'Civil War Precedents'." Diplomacy & Statecraft 27.4 (2016): 615–638.