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During the First World War (1914–1918), Denmark maintained its neutrality. The position of neutrality was agreed to by all the major political parties. [1] Denmark maintained trade with both sides of the war, and was among several neutral countries that exported canned meat to the German army.
Denmark, despite having remained neutral all throughout World War I, still ended up involved in the negotiations following the defeat of Germany, due to US President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points listing the different people of Europe's right to self-determination amongst its principles, and the substantial Danish minority living in the ...
Areas of historic settlements Map of Schleswig / South Jutland before the plebiscites.. The Duchy of Schleswig had been a fiefdom of the Danish crown since the Middle Ages, but it, along with the Danish-ruled German provinces of Holstein and Lauenburg, which had both been part of the Holy Roman Empire, was conquered by Prussia and Austria in the 1864 Second War of Schleswig.
Following the defeat of the German Empire in the First World War, the Allied powers organised two plebiscites in Northern and Central Schleswig on 10 February and 14 March 1920, respectively. In Northern Schleswig, 75% voted for reunification with Denmark and 25% for remaining in Germany.
The Memorial Park. Jutland Memorial Park is a memorial park in Thyborøn, Jutland, Denmark. [1] [6]One of the world's largest sea battles took place between 31 May and 1 June 1916 during World War I. 250 warships were engaged in battle, in this test of strength between the British Royal Navy and the German Kaiserliche Kriegsmarine. 25 ships were sunk during the battle and more than 8,600 ...
Hewitson, Mark. "Germany and France before the First World War: a reassessment of Wilhelmine foreign policy." English Historical Review 115.462 (2000): 570-606; argues Germany had a growing sense of military superiority. online; Hewitson, Mark. Germany and the Causes of the First World War (2004) pp 1–20 on historians. Horne, John, ed.
Finch Hatton War Memorial; First World War Honour Board, Lands Administration Building; First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street) Forest Hill War Memorial; Gair Park; Gayndah War Memorial; Goombungee War Memorial; Goomeri Hall of Memory; Goomeri War Memorial Clock; Goondiwindi War Memorial; Greenmount War Memorial
War memorial in East Ilsley, restored in 2008, and featuring combined original list of World War I and later World War II names [334] Elsewhere, changes in post-war politics impacted considerably on the memorials. in Belgium, the Flemish IJzertoren tower had become associated with Fascism during the Second World War and was blown up in 1946 by ...