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3 days ago · The human cost of World War 1 extended far beyond the armistice in 1918. Millions were left with physical and psychological scars. War memorials and cemeteries across the world bear witness to the fallen. The war‘s demographic upheaval had long-term social and economic consequences. As historian Jay Winter writes in "Sites of Memory, Sites of ...
3 days ago · The Outbreak of War: June-August 1914. The immediate cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group that sought to create an independent Slavic state in the Balkans.
4 days ago · The Library of Congress World War I Posters collection holds nearly 2,000 posters from between 1914-1920, including one of the famous pieces of American propaganda—the “I Want You Poster.”. They come from a variety of places and perspectives, with most from the United States, but others coming from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada ...
4 days ago · The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and Consensus. London, Longman, 2002, ISBN: 9780582418721; 272pp.; Price: £20.99. The First World War is a seminal historical event; an historical caesura whose aftershocks still resonate. For Eric Hobsbawm, it began the ‘Age of Extremes’ – the start of the ‘short’ twentieth century ...
1 day ago · This poster, issued in 1943 or 1944, was intended to perpetuate the Nazi myth of "the Jew" as "inciter of war, prolonger of war." As German fortunes in the war begin to decline, myths of a "Jewish conspiracy" made a convenient scapegoat for failing military policies in a war started by Hitler's desire to create a racially "pure" German empire ...
5 days ago · - The poster is aiming to encourage people to join the navy and participate in the war effort. The image typically features a bold and patriotic scene, often depicting a heroic sailor or naval officer in action, alongside powerful naval vessels such as battleships or aircraft carriers.
4 days ago · 10. The Battle of the Somme Film (World War I) The Battle of the Somme, a 1916 British documentary film, was a landmark in the history of propaganda. The film, which showed graphic footage of the ...
