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Wagner, Siegfried – son of Richard

1919

Set to music a poem re. the Battle of Lake Naroch.

EF

M

War: The cost and suffering

1914-1918

In the spheres of battle and on the home fronts.

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M

War at Sea, The

1914-1918

Battles and U-boat campaign against Allies.

SEA

M

War Casualties, The

1914-1918

By counties – Allied and Central Powers.

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M

War Fronts, The Major

1914-1918

And the War at Sea and in the Air.

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M

War in the Air

1914-1918

Major airforces: Strength, production and loses.

AIR

M

War Years, The

1914-1918

Fought in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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M

Warsaw, The Capture of

Aug 1915

Polish capital taken via Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive.

EF

M

Watt, Joseph – Merchant skipper

1917

Awarded VC in the Battle of The Otranto Straits.

SEA

M

Wegner, Armin T. – photographer

1915

Armenian Massacre: took pix shown in the article.

ME

M

Weimar Republic, The German

Nov 1918

Following naval mutiny and widespread unrest.

WF

M

Weizmann, Chaim

Nov 1917

Zionist who played key role in Balfour Declaration.

ME

M

Werfel, Franz – Austrian novelist

1933

Armenian Massacre: Forty Days of Musa Dagh.

ME

M

Western Front, The

Aug 1914

Trench warfare and the major battlefields.

WF

M

White Feather Brigade, The

1915

A feather was given to men accused of cowardice.

WF

M

White War, The

1915-1918

Name given to the Alpine fighting on Italian front.

IF

M

Wilhelm II, Kaiser  (German Emperor)

1888

As Kaiser, set out to increase German sea power.

SEA

M

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Jan 1918

Peace without victory based on “moral diplomacy”

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M

Windhoek, The capital city of

May 1915

Captured by Louis Botha in South West Africa.

AF

M

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