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One of the most important breakthroughs in military technology associated with World War I, and certainly the one that continues to capture the public imagination, ...
The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century. It involved
more combatants, and a wider range of battlefield terrain than any other conflict in history, from the frozen plains of Russia to the baking Libyan ...
The declaration of war in August, 1914, was to change Britain and British society irrevocably
as conflict came to dominate almost every aspect of civilian life for the next four years. Popular weekly magazines, such as the Tatler, the Sketch, and ...
Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1660–1783) was one of the
most influential books on military strategy in the first half of the 20th century. A core text in the naval war colleges of the United ...
The Anglo-Polish Historical Committee was established in 2000 with the full support of the Prime
Ministers of both countries. The committee, made up of historians and official experts from both countries, was set up to identify and evaluate surviving historical ...
The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain
on the Allied record of human rights on the home front. Internment during the Second World War compares and contrasts the experiences of foreign nationals ...
Using U.S. State Department archives, Persian sources, and memoirs of British military officers, Majd provides
an outline of military, diplomatic, and political events in Persia during 1914-1918. Persia in World War I and Its Conquest by Great Britain describes Persia's ...
This definitive reference work covers the complete transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies during
the two world wars, including all aspects of working, recreational, and cultural life during wartime.The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World ...