The Netherlands remained neutral during World War I, a stance that arose partly from a strict policy of neutrality in international affairs that started...
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citizens. World War II occurred in four distinct phases in the Netherlands: September 1939 to May 1940: After the war broke out, the Netherlands declared...
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World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central...
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During World War I (1914–1918), belligerents from both the Allied Powers and Central Powers violated international criminal law, committing numerous war crimes...
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the technology of warfare in general. This trend began at least fifty years prior to World War I during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, and continued...
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years, but the first large-scale use of chemical weapons was during World War I. They were primarily used to demoralize, injure, and kill entrenched...
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The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were declared...
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During the First World War between 1914 and 1918, approximately one million Belgians fled across the border to the Netherlands. These refugees were both...
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This list of military engagements of World War I covers terrestrial, maritime, and aerial conflicts, including campaigns, operations, defensive positions...
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The United States entered into World War I in April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element...
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World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war...
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Women in World War I were mobilized in unprecedented numbers on all sides. The vast majority of these women were drafted into the civilian work force to...
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of a national government in order to create a state of war between two or more sovereign states. In the context of World War I, the official international...
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years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918...
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aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside...
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The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront; Romanian: Frontul de răsărit; Russian: Восточный фронт, romanized: Vostochny front)...
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This is a list of World War I films. * Genre: Drama, Action/Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Musical, Family, Lost film. ☞ Source material: Novel, Play, Memoir...
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This is a list of the events of World War I in chronological order. Diplomatic history of World War I Albertini 1953, p. 38. Keegan 1998, p. 53. Lowe...
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revived during World War I (1914–18), after having been discarded at the start of the Age of Steam. Although convoys were used by the Royal Navy in 1914 to escort...
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Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918). By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the...
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Literature about World War I is generally thought to include poems, novels and drama; diaries, letters, and memoirs are often included in this category as...
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The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November...
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World War III (WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, is a hypothetical future global conflict subsequent to World War I (1914–1918) and World...
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During World War I, the German Empire was one of the Central Powers. It began participation in the conflict after the declaration of war against Serbia...
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The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths and about...
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reign saw World War I, the Dutch economic crisis of 1933 and World War II. The only surviving child of King William III of the Netherlands and Emma of...
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Spain remained neutral throughout World War I between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918, and despite domestic economic difficulties, it was considered...
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Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation...
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The history of Belgium in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation...
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William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840...
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