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    The destruction of Kalisz (Polish: zburzenie Kalisza) by German troops took place from 2 August until 22 August 1914 at the beginning of World War I. The...
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    instituted throughout the Eastern and Western areas of German occupied territory. The destruction of Kalisz (Polish: zburzenie Kalisza) by German troops took...
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    to its former state. Chronicles of Terror Destruction of Kalisz List of libraries damaged during World War II List of Polish cities damaged in World War...
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    inscription: To the 674 Dinantais martyrs, innocent victims of German barbarism. Destruction of Kalisz (1914) German war crimes Herero and Namaqua genocide (1904–1907)...
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    Zone rouge (category Battle of the Somme)
    forbidden in the Zone Rouge, because of the vast amounts of human and animal remains, and millions of items of unexploded ordnance contaminating the...
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    They shall not pass (category Battle of Verdun)
    War by the Republican faction. The widespread use of the slogan originates from the 1916 Battle of Verdun in the First World War when French Army General...
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    as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary...
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    German soldiery was never the same again. The destruction of German units in battle was made worse by lack of rest. British and French aircraft and long-range...
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    The Battle of the Boar's Head was an attack on 30 June 1916 at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France, during the First World War. Troops of the 39th Division,...
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  • Septemberprogramm (category Government documents of Germany)
    authorized by Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg of the German Empire at the beginning of World War I (1914–18). It was drafted on 9 September 1914...
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    systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress...
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    historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest city in Poland. The boundaries of Greater Poland...
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    White Friday (1916) (category History of Trentino)
    above sea level) of Mount Marmolada. The wooden barracks were built in August of the summer of 1916, to house the men of the 1st Battalion of the Imperial...
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  • 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...
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    The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian...
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    Destruction of Kalisz increased pro-Russian and anti-German feelings. This attitude distressed Austrian-orientated Piłsudski. Only in late summer of 1915...
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    conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914)...
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    University Press, 2008; Isabel V. Hull, Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany. Ithaca: Cornell University...
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    military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary...
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    Queen Elisabeth and Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier. Burning of Cork Destruction of Kalisz Kramer 2007, p. 6 Kramer 2007, pp. 6–7 Kramer 2007, p. 7 Kramer...
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    The Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East (German: Oberbefehlshaber der gesamten Deutschen Streitkräfte im Osten), also known by its German...
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    The Siege of Przemyśl was the longest siege in Europe during the First World War. The siege was a crushing defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Army by the Russian...
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    The First Battle of the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914. The German army invaded France with a plan for winning...
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  • This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between...
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    The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), was an uprising started by workers and soldiers...
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    Zimmermann Telegram (category History of cryptography)
    it marked one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of signal intelligence influenced world events. The message came in the form of a coded telegram...
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    offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched...
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    "Narratives of Destruction and Construction: The Complex Cultural Heritage of the Gallipoli Peninsula". In Rakoczy, Lila (ed.). The Archaeology of Destruction. Newcastle:...
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    de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas 1914. The...
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    Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War...
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