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National Fund for the Welsh Troops at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, by Frank Brangwyn (edited by Durova) Yiddish World War I poster at History of the Jews in the United States , by Charles Edward Chambers (edited by Durova )
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.
It was infamous for the nature of the fight that developed there; after almost a full year of inconclusive fighting, the front had become a giant trench line stretching from one end of Europe to the other. [1] 1914. Battle of Liège; A diagram of the fortifications surrounding the city
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.
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
Lee-Enfield Magazine Mark I* rifle ("long Tom") Edged weapons. Kukri knife (Used by Gurkha regiments); M1907 bayonet; Pattern P1897 officer's sword; Pistol bayonet; Flare guns. Webley & Scott Mark III
This is a list of battleships of the First World War.All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative displacements.
The Council of Four from left to right: David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson in Versailles. The Big Four or the Four Nations refer to the four top Allied powers of World War I [1] and their leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919.