the leadership of the German Army began clamoring even more strongly for a “preventive war” against Russia. Moltke declared that Germany could not win the arms race with France, Britain and Russia, which she herself had begun in 1911, because the financial structure of the German state, whic...
The British Empire was a pioneer in the design of tanks, unveiling their first model, the Mark I, in September 1916 during the Somme offensive.
German railroad engineers backed his boast by helping to build the Berlin-to-Baghdad railway and the Hijaz Railway from Damascus to Medina—neither of which was completed before the war, but both of which Britain saw as potential threats to India.Germany’s diplomatic sabre-rattling had inspired ...
The internment of enemy aliens in the First World War was a global phenomenon. Camps holding civilian as well as military prisoners could be found on every... Monger,David 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Dictionary of nineteenth-century journalism in Great-Britain and Ireland Its 1630 entries, by an in...
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Triple Entente France, Great Britain, Russia, Imperialism/Industrialization (cause of WW1) 1. fierce competition for colonies (Africa, Asia), markets, raw materials 2. Colonies= conflict and competition Nationalism (cause of ww1) ...
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American Neutrality Freedom of the Seas Britain blockaded German ports Germany set up a blockade all the way around Britain The British were hoping to starve the Germans into submission. American Neutrality Submarine Warfare A weapon introduced into WWI was the submarine U- Boats or submarines carrie...
(University of Chicago Press) in which she argues that the fiscal and monetary austerity imposed on Great Britain after World War I to restore the gold standard at the prewar parity of pound to the dollar provided a model for austerity policies imposed by Mussolini in Italy when he took ...