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 Encyclopedia of World War I: B
Updated - Saturday, 27 May, 2006
This area of the website
provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities,
biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc.
All material listed by
category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section. Conversely
many articles are solely listed within the encyclopedia given that they do
not sit comfortably within any existing category.
The encyclopedia is
grouped alphabetically. This page lists entries grouped under the letter
'B'.
 Babtie,
William |
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Bachelor
Gay, A - Peter Dawson (Song 1917) |
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Bachmann,
Gustav |
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Bacon,
Reginald |
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Backs
to the Wall, Douglas Haig, 1918 |
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Baden-Powell,
Lord |
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Baden,
Prince Max von |
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Baden,
Prince Max von - Announcing Representative Govt. |
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Baden,
Prince Max von - On Kaiser's Abdication |
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Baer,
Paul |
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Baghdad,
Capture of |
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Baghdad,
Capture of - Austro-German Report on |
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Baghdad,
Capture of - British Despatch on |
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Baghdad,
Capture of - Edmund Candler on |
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Bairnsfather,
Bruce |
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Baker,
A. B. - The Story of a W.A.A.C. |
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Baker,
Sir Herbert |
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Baker,
Newton |
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Baker,
Newton - At The Front (Speech, 1917) |
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Baker,
Newton - League of Nations (Speech, 1919) |
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Baker,
Newton - On Operations in Mexico, 1916 |
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Bakhmeteff,
Boris - Note of Thanks to U.S., 1917 |
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Balfour,
Arthur |
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Balfour,
Arthur - On Case of Capt. Fryatt, 1916 |
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Balfour,
Arthur - On the Fourteen Points, 1918 |
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Balfour
Declaration, 1917 |
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Balkan
Causes of World War One |
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Ball,
Albert |
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Ball,
Fred - Ordinary War on the Somme (Memoir) |
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Balloon,
Memoir of Service in |
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Balloons,
Observation |
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Bangalore
Torpedo |
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BAR
(Browning Automatic Rifle) |
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Baracca,
Francesco |
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Barbed
Wire (Wiring Parties) |
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Barbusse,
Henri |
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Barker,
William |
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Barrage,
Creeping |
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Barrage,
Dover |
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Barrage,
Northern |
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Barrage,
Otranto |
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Barrages |
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Basra,
Capture of |
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Battenberg,
Louis of |
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Battlefield
Tours |
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Battlegrounds,
Photographs of |
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Battles,
Listing of |
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Battles,
Principal |
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Battle
That Wasn't, The - Jolly Jesters (Song, 1914) |
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Bauer,
Max |
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Bauer,
Otto |
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Bäumer,
Paul |
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Bayes,
Nora - Over There (Song, 1917) |
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Baylies,
Frank |
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Bayonets |
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Bazentin
Ridge, Battle of |
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BBC
TV, How the 'Great War' was Lost - and Found |
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Beauchamp-Proctor,
Andrew |
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Beaulieu-Marconnay,
Oliver Freiherr von |
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Bean,
Charles |
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Beatty,
David |
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Beaumont-Hamel,
'Y'
Ravine Cemetery |
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Beaumont-Hamel,
29th
Division Monument |
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Beaumont-Hamel,
51st
Division Monument |
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Beaumont-Hamel
Cemetery |
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Beaumont-Hamel,
Hunter's
Cemetery |
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Beaumont-Hamel
Memorial Park |
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Beaver,
Wilfred |
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Beaverbrook,
Lord |
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Bedford
House Cemetery |
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Beersheba,
Battle of |
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Bees,
Battle of the |
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Belgian
Air Service |
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Belgian
Ambassador's Notes on Run-up to War in Turkey |
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Belgium,
Cardinal Mercier on German Rule in (1) |
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Belgium,
Cardinal Mercier on German Rule in (2) |
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Belgian
Coast, Memoir of Service on |
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Belgium,
Brand Whitlock on German Rule in |
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Belgium,
Brave Little |
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Belgium
During the First World War |
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Belgium,
German Military Governor's Proclamations (1914) |
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Belgium,
German Protest to U.S.A., 1914 |
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Belgium,
Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (1) |
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Belgium,
Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (2) |
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Belgium,
Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (3) |
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Belgium,
King's Address to Parliament, 4 Aug 1914 |
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Belgium,
German Troops Entering (Film Footage), 1914 |
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Belgium,
Labour Unions Protest at German Rule in |
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Belgium
Put The Kibosh... - Mark Sheridan (Song, 1915) |
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Belgium,
Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum |
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Belgium,
Scrap of Paper (The), 1914 (1) |
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Belgium,
Scrap of Paper (The), 1914 (2) |
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Belgium,
Service as a Nurse in, August 1914 |
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Belgium,
U.S. Report into German Atrocities in 1914 in |
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Belgium,
Women's Societies Protest at German Rule in |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of - British Press Dispatch |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of - French Citation |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of - French Military Report |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of - Josephus Daniels on |
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Belleau
Wood, Battle of - Pershing on |
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Bell,
I. F. - The First Battle of Ypres (Memoir) |
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Below,
Fritz von |
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Below,
Otto von |
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Bendall,
F. W. D. - The Flood at Suvla Bay (Memoir) |
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Benedict
XV, Pope |
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Benedict
XV, Pope, Peace Note of, 1917 |
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Benes,
Eduard |
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Benet-Mercie
Machine Rifle |
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Bennett,
Louis Jr. |
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Benson,
William Shepherd |
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Berchtold,
Leopold von |
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Bergmann
MG15 nA Gun |
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Bergmann
MP18 Gun |
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Berkshire
Cemetery Extension |
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Berlin,
and Spartacist Uprising 1918-19 |
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Berlin,
Footage of Reaction to War Declaration, 1914 |
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Bernafay
Wood Cemetery |
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Bernert,
Fritz |
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Bernstorff,
Count von |
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Bernstorff,
Count von - On German Spying in U.S. |
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Bernstorff,
Count von - On U-Boat Warfare, 1917 |
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Berr,
Hans |
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Berthelot,
Henri |
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Berthold,
Rudolf |
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Beseler,
Hans von |
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Bethlehem
Farm East Cemetery |
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Bethlehem
Farm West Cemetery |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
Theobald von |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Reaction to Italy's Declaration |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Reaction to War with U.S. |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Reaction to Romania's Declaration |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Scrap of Paper (1) |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Scrap of Paper (2) |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Speech to Reichstag, 1914 |
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Bethmann-Hollweg,
T. - Speech to Reichstag, 1917 |
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Big
Bertha |
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Billet,
Memoir of Life in a |
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Bingham,
Edward |
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Binyon,
Laurence |
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Biographies |
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Birch,
Noel |
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Birdwood,
William |
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Birmingham,
HMS |
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Birr
Cross Roads Cemetery |
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Bishop,
William |
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Bismarck,
Otto von |
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Bismarck,
Otto von - Film Footage |
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Bissing,
Ferdinand von - Defence of Policy in Belgium |
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Bissing,
Ferdinand von - Proclamations of 1914 |
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Bita
Paka, Battle of |
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Bizot,
Maurice |
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Blackburn,
Robert |
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Black
Diamonds Band - We All Went... (Song, 1915) |
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Black
Watch of Canada |
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Blank
Cheque, Germany's Offer of, 1914 |
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Blauwepoort
Farm Cemetery |
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Blighty
Wounds |
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Bliss,
Tasker |
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Blockade
of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Bulow) |
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Blockade
of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Pohl) |
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Blockade
of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Tirpitz) |
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Blomfield,
Reginald |
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Blue
Max, the (Pour le Merite) |
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Bluff,
The, Hedge
Row Trench Cemetery |
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Blunden,
Edmund |
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Bodart,
Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Baghdad |
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Bodart,
Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Jerusalem |
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Bodart,
Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Turkey |
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Bodart,
Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Siege of Kut |
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Boeck,
General von der on Fall of Warsaw, 1915 |
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Boelcke,
Oswald |
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Bohm-Ermolli,
Eduard Freiherr von |
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Bolimov,
Battle of |
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Bollettino
della vittoria (Italian Victory Bulletin) |
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Bolo,
Paul |
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Bolshevik
Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress Resolutions |
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Bols,
Louis Jean |
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Bombardment,
Preliminary |
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Bomber
Aircraft |
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Bonar
Law, Andrew |
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Bone,
Muirhead |
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Bonser,
H. P. - A Sapper in Palestine (Memoir) |
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Boot,
Battle of the |
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Borden,
Robert |
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Botterell,
Henry |
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Bothmer,
Felix von |
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Boroevic,
Svetozar von |
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Boselli,
Paolo |
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Botha,
Louis |
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Bourjade,
Leon |
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Bowmen,
The (related to The Angels of Mons) |
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Boyau,
Maurice |
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Boy-Ed,
Karl |
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Boys
In Khaki, Boys In Blue - F Wheeler (Song 1914) |
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Boyton,
Arthur - Are We Downhearted? (Song 1914) |
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Bradbury,
N. H. - A Gunner's Adventure (Memoir) |
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Braithwaite,
Walter |
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Brame,
George - On The Belgian Coast |
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Bratianu,
Ion |
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Bratianu,
Ion - Declaration of War with Austria-Hungary |
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Bravery
in the Field, Memoir of |
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Brazil
During the First World War |
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Breslau
and Goeben, Flight of the (Memoir) |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 - Czernin on |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 - Hertling on |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 - Lenin on |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 - Russian Govt Protest on |
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Brest-Litovsk,
Treaty of, 1918 - Russian Boycott of |
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Breton,
Andre |
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Briand,
Aristide |
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Briand,
Aristide - On Deportations from Lille |
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Bridge
House Cemetery |
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Bridges,
William |
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Britain,
Prime Minister's Statement of 6 Aug 1914 |
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Britain,
Breaking Off of Relations with Germany, 1914 |
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Britain,
Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum (1) |
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Britain,
Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum (2) |
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Britain,
Reaction to German Official Statement in 1914 |
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Britain,
Scrap of Paper (The), 1914 |
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British
War Medal |
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Brittain,
Vera |
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Broch,
Hermann |
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Brockway,
Fenner |
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Brooding
Soldier Canadian Memorial |
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Brooke,
Rupert |
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Brooke,
Rupert (Gifts of the Dead) |
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Brooke,
Rupert (If I Should Die) |
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Broqueville,
Charles de |
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Broqueville,
Charles de - On Fourteen Points, 1918 |
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Brown,
Arthur Roy |
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Browning
Automatic Rifle |
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Browning
M1917 Gun |
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Bruchmuller,
Georg |
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Brumowski,
Godwin |
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Brunt,
Walter van - Don't Bite the Hand... (Song, 1916) |
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Brusilov,
Alexei |
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Brusilov,
Alexei - Statement on Brusilov Offensive (1) |
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Brusilov,
Alexei - Statement on Kerenski Offensive (2) |
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Brusilov,
Alexei - Statement on Kerenski Offensive |
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Brusilov
Offensive - Austrian Memoir of |
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Brusilov
Offensive - Brusilov's Statement |
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Brusilov
Offensive - German Observer's Report |
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Brusilov
Offensive - Hungarian Memoir of |
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Brusilov
Offensive - Polish Memoir of |
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Brussels
- Footage of German Troops Entering, 1914 |
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Bryan,
William Jennings |
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Bryce,
James |
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Bryce
Report into Armenian Massacre, 1915 |
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Bryce
Report into German Atrocities in Belgium, 1915 |
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Buchan,
John |
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Bucharest,
Treaty of, 1918 |
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Buchner,
Franz |
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Buckingham
Palace, Footage of Crowds Cheering, 1914 |
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Bulfin,
Edward |
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Bulgaria
During the First World War |
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Bulgaria,
Peace Delegation on Allegations of Atrocities |
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Bulgaria,
Radoslavov on on Entry into War |
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Bulgaria,
Memoir of Service in |
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Bulgaria,
Russia's Declaration of War with, 1915 |
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Bull's
Road Cemetery |
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Bullard,
Robert Lee |
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Bullet,
Pomeroy |
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Bultitude,
R. G. - Retreat (Memoir) |
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Bulow,
Karl von |
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Bulow,
Prince von (On Naval Blockade of Britain, 1915) |
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Burian,
Istvan von |
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Burian,
Istvan von - Protest Re: U.S. Munitions, 1915 |
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Burkhart,
Maurice - It's a Long Way to Berlin... (1917) |
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Burrage,
A. M. - War is War (Memoirs) |
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Burr,
Henry - Hello Central! Give Me... (Song, 1918) |
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Burr,
Henry - Just a Baby's Prayer... (Song, 1918) |
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Burr,
Henry - Keep the Trench Fires... (Song, 1918) |
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Burr,
Henry - Somewhere in France is a Lily (Song, 1917) |
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Burr,
Henry - The Rose of No-Man's Land (Song, 1918) |
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Burr,
Henry - While They Were... (Song 1914) |
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Bus
House Cemetery |
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Butt,
Clara - Land of Hope and Glory (1912, Song) |
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Butte
de Warlencourt |
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Butterworth,
George |
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Buttes
New British Cemetery |
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Byng,
Julian |
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Byng,
Julian, Summary of |
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"Brass Hat" was the
name used to describe high army officers. |
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