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Palestine Campaign, The

Mar-Apr 1917

British held up by suffering two defeats at Gaza.

ME

M

Palestine, The Establishment of

April 1920

San Remo Conference agrees to home for Jews.

Versailles

M

Pals Battalions, The so-called

1915-1916

Made up of friends, workmates and relatives.

WF

M

Paris faces bombing campaign

Jan 1918

Germans carry out 44 night attacks on the city.

AIR

M

Passchendaele, The Battle of

Jul-Nov  1917

British win, but fought in atrocious conditions.

WF

M

Path to War, The

Aug 1914

The Triple Alliance, the Entente, and the Balkans.

~

M

Pershing, General John Joseph

1945

Supreme Commander of American forces on WF.

WF

M

Persian Campaign, The

1916 - 1918

Britain faces pressure from Turks and Germans.

ME

M

Petain, General Philippe

1856 -1951

Hailed as “Lion of Verdun”, saviour of the city.

WF

M

Peter I, King of Serbia

Nov 1915-Jan 1916

Joins the “Great Retreat” and settles on Corfu.

EF

M

Petrograd Soviet, The

Mar 1917

Russian Revolution:  part of the Provisional Gov.

EF

M

Piave River, The First Battle of

Nov 1917

Germans fail to cross the Piave and take Venice.

IF

M

Piave River, The Second Battle

Jun-July 1918

Austro-Hungarians suffer a humiliating defeat.

IF

M

Picardy, The Battle of

Sep 1914

Fierce encounter in “The Race to the Sea”.

WF

M

Picot, François Georges

May 1916

French Diplomat: The Sykes-Picot Agreement.

ME

M

Plan XVII, drawn up by the French

Aug 1914

French plan for invasion of Alsace-Lorraine.

WF

M

Poland gains territory

Nov 1918

Much enlarged by the seizure of part of Galicia.

EF

M

Polish Salient, The

Sep 1914

Germans repulsed at the Battle of Ivangorod.

EF

M

Polish Salient: The Great Retreat

July-Dec 1915

Central Powers complete the conquest of salient.

EF

M

Portugal enters the War

Mar 1916

Germany declares war on Portugal re. shipping.

WF

M

Portugal, The African Front

Oct 1914- Nov 1914

Colonies attacked by Germans in West and East.

AF

M

Portuguese East Africa

Nov 1914-Nov 1918

Germans forced to give up the Kionga Triangle.

AF

M

Portuguese South West Africa

Oct 1914-July 1915

Germans advance as far as the Humbe Region.

AF

M

Princip, Gavrilo, Serbian hit man

June 1914

Murder of Archduke Ferdinand, heir to AH throne

~

M

Prittwitz, General Maximilian von

Aug 1914

East Prussia: German General advocates retreat!

EF

M

Przemysl, The Siege of

Sep 1914- Mar 1915

Virtually all of Galicia now in Russian hands.

EF

M

Portuguese East Africa

Nov 1917-Sep 1918

Invaded by Germans for close on one year.

AF

M

Provisional Government, A

Mar 1917

Russian Revolution: prior to an elected government.

EF

M

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