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3 days ago · In 1900, the British had a 3.7:1 tonnage advantage over Germany; in 1910, the ratio was 2.3:1 and in 1914, it reached 2.1:1. Ferguson argues: "So decisive was the British victory in the naval arms race that it is hard to regard it as in any meaningful sense a cause of the First World War."
2 days ago · The success of Lloyd George's government can also be attributed to a general lack of desire for an election, and the practical absence of dissent that this brought about. David Lloyd George (c. 1920), prime minister at the end of the war. In rapid succession in spring 1918 came a series of military and political crises.
3 days ago · World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers —mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey —against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917 ...
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1 day ago · Simon Heffer’s books include Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars.Rivals in the Storm: How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost his Government is published by Bloomsbury at £25.
3 days ago · The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war.
1 day ago · War leader who inspired Churchill How Lloyd George, who grew up in a Welsh cottage and didn’t go to university, set about winning World War I with fearless genius... RIVALS IN THE STORM: HOW LLOYD GEORGE SEIZED POWER, WON THE WAR AND LOST HIS GOVERNMENT 2024-05-10 - by Damian Collins (Bloomsbury £25, 368 pp) YSENDA MAXTONE GRAHAM
4 days ago · A Supernatural War: Magic, Divination, and Faith during the First World War. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, ISBN: 9780198794554; 304pp.; Price: £20.00. Historically, wars have always witnessed reports of ghostly sightings and visions. However, the First World War is of particular interest as such phenomena occurred in a more modern ...
