The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others, Том 4Francis Whiting Halsey Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1919 This collection is a general military and diplomatic history of the First World War, from June 1914 to May 1920. Military affairs are the foremost issue, with political and diplomatic events relevant to the war intertwined. The work includes short biographies of important military leaders. |
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... prisoners of war . On November 1 the Y. M. C. A. had over 6,000 war - work secretaries overseas , in addi- tion to 3,000 in camps in America . In November , 1918 , a United War Work Campaign was instituted to raise $ 170.- 500,000 , of ...
... prisoners of war . On November 1 the Y. M. C. A. had over 6,000 war - work secretaries overseas , in addi- tion to 3,000 in camps in America . In November , 1918 , a United War Work Campaign was instituted to raise $ 170.- 500,000 , of ...
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... prisoners and many guns . The immediate effect of the victory was to give the British com- mand of a large region in the fighting area . The line of hills between Wytschaete and Messines was only half the height of Vimy Ridge , but it ...
... prisoners and many guns . The immediate effect of the victory was to give the British com- mand of a large region in the fighting area . The line of hills between Wytschaete and Messines was only half the height of Vimy Ridge , but it ...
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... prisoners taken was more than 6,000 . Paschendaele Ridge , however , still remained to the north , altho it was sometimes referred to as virtually part of a long ridge of which it and Messines were the northern and southern eminences ...
... prisoners taken was more than 6,000 . Paschendaele Ridge , however , still remained to the north , altho it was sometimes referred to as virtually part of a long ridge of which it and Messines were the northern and southern eminences ...
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... prisoners captured , but disappointing in the larger strategical sense . Hindenburg had temporarily stopt the movement , but his re- port gave an unwarranted impression that the Allied offen- sive of 1917 had exhausted itself . The ...
... prisoners captured , but disappointing in the larger strategical sense . Hindenburg had temporarily stopt the movement , but his re- port gave an unwarranted impression that the Allied offen- sive of 1917 had exhausted itself . The ...
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... prisoners , 67 guns , 94 trench - mortars , and 294 machine - guns . The battle of Messines belonged in history with Nivelle's victories at Verdun in the winter of 1916 . Not satisfied with the capture of the ridge , Haig's. IN A WESTERN ...
... prisoners , 67 guns , 94 trench - mortars , and 294 machine - guns . The battle of Messines belonged in history with Nivelle's victories at Verdun in the winter of 1916 . Not satisfied with the capture of the ridge , Haig's. IN A WESTERN ...
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