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Aug 2, 2019 · In Britain during World War I, roughly two million women replaced men at their jobs. Some of these were positions women might have been expected to fill before the war, such as clerical jobs. However, one effect of the war wasn’t just the number of jobs, but the type. Women were suddenly in demand for work on the land, on transport, in hospitals, and most significantly, in industry and ...
Aug 15, 2019 · Alliance System 1914. Alliances were an important feature of the international system on the eve of World War I. The formation of rival blocs of Great Powers has previously considered a major cause of the outbreak of war in 1914, but this assessment misses the point. Instead of increased rigidity, it was, rather, the uncertainty of the ...
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Commissioned to the Prussian guard in 1900, Brauchitsch was an officer on the general staff in World War I. As the advent of Hitler brought expansion of the army, he was chief of the East Prussian military district, commanded the 4th Army Group (1937), and, when Col. Gen. Werner Freiherr von Fritsch was forced to retire, succeeded him as head ...
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Nov 6, 2023 · Trenches are defensive structures that have been used in conflicts right up to the present day, but they are perhaps most commonly associated with combat during World War I. In its simplest form, the classic British trench used during the 1914–18 war was about six feet deep and three-and-a-half feet wide. It had a fire step, which was about ...
Austro-Hungarian entry into World War I. To my peoples!, the manifesto announcing Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. On 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because of the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Within days, long-standing mobilization plans went into effect to initiate invasions or guard ...
May 31, 2018 · On 31 May 1918, a small tank designed by a famous French car maker and a brilliant army officer saw its first action. Its inspired design lives on in today's tanks, 100 years later.
Jun 16, 2015 · Schwartz spoke with Moment senior editor George E. Johnson about how fears of Jewish disloyalty fueled deportations and massacres in Eastern Europe during and after the war, how the Jewish Legion helped conquer Ottoman Palestine for the British, and why World War I was a turning point for European Jewry.
