World War I (redirected fromWorld War One) Thesaurus Legal Idioms Encyclopedia Related to World War One:World War Two World War I n.Abbr.WWI A war fought from 1914 to 1918, in which Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the United States, and other allies defeated Germany...
When World War One broke out in 1914, famously sparked by theassassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Britain – the world’s largest empire and most important industrial power – had spent the previous 100 years pretending it wasn’t especially interested in the political machinations of continen...
During the war Royal Oak, Barham, Hood and Repulse were lost, and in the latter two cases the method of attack was one that they had not been rebuilt to face. Burt's incisive discussion of the loss of HMS Hood ends with a chilling indictment of political failure by the then Director ...
The youngster in his company — still a teen and kept out of the brothels by the other men in his unit, Hagen will, by the end of the war, be considered one of the “old men,” one of the few from the original company to survive. He will endure shelling, gas attacks, relentless ...
Britain then declared war on Germany. German chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg rebuked Britain’s ambassador to Berlin: “Just for a scrap of paper, Britain is going to make war on a kindred nation.” That amoral disregard for scraps of paper was one reason Europe’s Armageddon had begun.When Sir...
7/7: WAR ON BRITAIN: ONE COUNTRY .. ONE WORLD; Nations Unite in 2min Silent Tribute to Brit Bomb VictimsByline: By JUSTINE SMITH and TOM REILLYThe Mirror (London, England)
The instant cause for the occurrence of war was Germany's assault of Poland. Hitler had established one of his key aims as leader of the Nazi party to be supremacy of Europe, which he clearly sought by force. In early 1939, Britain and France cautioned Germany that an attack of Poland ...
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply
part of the First Treaty of London which said that Belgium would remain perpetually neutral in future wars, and the signatory powers were committed to guarding that neutrality. When World War I began, Britain cited Germany's invasion of Belgium as a reason to go to war, but as historians ha...
One of our competitors is offering a set of World War I Pennies 1914-1918. Yes, their set comes in a smart case, but they are charging £79.50 for the collection... Also, the coins they illustrated were cleaned, they probably think that improves their