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The encyclopedia is grouped alphabetically. This page lists entries grouped under the letter 'M'.

Articles
Article MacDonogh, George
Article MacDonough, Harry - Goodbye Dolly Gray (Song, 1901)
Article Mace, Charles
Article MacGill, Patrick (In the Morning)
Article MacGill, Patrick (The Star-shell)
Article Machen, Arthur (author Angels of Mons legend)
Article Machine Gun (Overview)
Article Machine Gun - Benet-Mercie Machine Rifle
Article Machine Gun - Bergmann MG15 nA
Article Machine Gun - Bergmann MP18
Article Machine Gun - Browning Automatic Rifle
Article Machine Gun - Browning M1917
Article Machine Gun - Chauchat
Article Machine Gun - Colt-Browning
Article Machine Gun - Fiat-Revelli
Article Machine Gun - Hotchkiss
Article Machine Gun - Lewis
Article Machine Gun - Madsen
Article Machine Gun - Marlin
Article Machine Gun - Maschinengewehr 08
Article Machine Gun - Maxim
Article Machine Gun - Parabellum
Article Machine Gun - Photographs of
Article Machine Gun - Pulemyot Maxima
Article Machine Gun - Schwarzlose
Article Machine Gun - Spandau
Article Machine Gun - St Etienne
Article Machine Gun - Vickers
Article Machine Gun - Villar Perosa
Article Mackensen, August von
Article Mackensen, August von - on Gorlice-Tarnow, 1915
Article Mackensen, August von - on Romanian Campaign, 1917
Article Mackintosh, E. A. (Cha Till Maccruimein)
Article MacLaren, Donald
Article Mademoiselle From Armentieres - J Charman (Song)
Article Madon, Georges
Article Madsen Gun
Article Magazines, Satirical
Article Maistre, Paul
Article Maklakov, Nikolai
Article Malik, Hardutt Singh
Article Malinov, Alexander
Article Malins, Geoffrey
Article Malvy, Louis
Article Mangin, Charles
Article Mangin, Charles - On U.S. Role at 2nd Marne
Article Mangin, Charles - On Turning Point at 2nd Marne
Article Manning, Frederic
Article Mannock, Edward
Article Maple Copse Cemetery
Article Maps of the Battlefronts (1)
Article Maps of the Battlefronts (2)
Article March, Peyton
Article Marching Back to Blighty - Harry Cove (Song, 1916)
Article Marghiloman, Alexandru
Article Marie, Queen - The Invasion of Romania (Memoir)
Article Marinovitch, Pierre
Article Marksmen (Snipers)
Article Marlin Gun
Article Marlow, Harry - When Tommy Comes... (Song, 1914)
Article Marne, First Battle of the
Article Marne, First Battle of the - Alexander von Kluck's Account
Article Marne, First Battle of the - British Report
Article Marne, First Battle of the - French Order of the Day
Article Marne, First Battle of the - Joffre's Report
Article Marne, First Battle of the - Poincare's Reaction
Article Marne, First Battle of the - 'Taxis of the Marne'
Article Marne, Second Battle of the
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Charles Mangin on (1)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Charles Mangin on (2)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Erich Ludendorff on (1)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Erich Ludendorff on (2)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - German Memoir of
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - German Statement on (1)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - German Statement on (2)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Henri Gouraud's Appeal
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Jean Degoutte on
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - John J Pershing on (1)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - John J Pershing on (2)
Article Marne, Second Battle of the - Karl Rosner on
Article Marshall, William
Article Martinelli, Giovanni - La Leggenda del Piave (Song, 1918)
Article Martinpuich Cemetery
Article Marwitz, Georg von der
Article Marwitz, Georg von der - On Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Article Masaryk, Tomas
Article Masaryk, Tomas - On Czechoslovak Fighting in Russia
Article Masaryk, Tomas - On Re-entering Prague as President
Article Maschinengewehr Machine Gun
Article Massey, William
Article Massey, W. T. - On Allenby's Progress at Megiddo
Article Masterman, Charles
Article Masterman, E W G - On Fall of Jerusalem
Article Masurian Lakes, First Battle of the
Article Masurian Lakes, Second Battle of the
Article Mata Hari
Article Matthews, Harley (Sleep of Death, The)
Article Maubeuge, Siege of
Article Maude, Frederick
Article Maude, Frederick - Despatch on Fall of Baghdad, 1917
Article Maud'huy, Louis
Article Maunoury, Michel-Joseph
Article Maurice, Frederick
Article Maurice, Frederick - On the Allies' Rationale for Peace
Article Maurice, Frederick - On the Battle of the Canal du Nord
Article Maxim, Hiram
Article Maxim Machine Gun
Article Maxse, Sir Ivor
Article Maxwell, John
Article May, H. E. - In a Highland Regiment (Memoir)
Article Mayne, Ernie - Farmyard on the Brain (Song 1917)
Article Mayne, Ernie - Lloyd George's Beer (Song 1917)
Article Mayne, Ernie - My Meatless Day (Song 1917)
Article Mayne, Ernie - Sugar (Song 1917)
Article Mayo, Henry Thomas
Article McAdoo, William
Article McAdoo, William - American Rights (Speech, 1917)
Article McCall, Frederick
Article McCall, Thomas - A Highland Battalion at Loos (Memoir)
Article McCormack, J - It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1914)
Article McCormack, J - Keep The Home Fires Burning (1917)
Article McCormack, J - Roses of Picardy (1919)
Article McCormack, J - Send Me Away With a Smile (1917)
Article McCormack, J - There's A Long, Long Trail... (1917)
Article McCrae, John
Article McCrae, John - Essex Farm
Article McCrae, John - In Flanders Fields
Article McCrae, John - Story of
Article McCudden, James
Article McDowell, J.B.
Article McElroy, George
Article McKeever, Andrew
Article McKenna, Reginald
Article Medal - 1914-15 Star
Article Medal - 1914 Star
Article Medal - Air Force Cross
Article Medal - Air Force Medal
Article Medal - British War Medal
Article Medal - Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Article Medal - Croix de Guerre (France)
Article Medal - Cross of Honour 1914-18
Article Medal - Distinguished Conduct Medal
Article Medal - Distinguished Flying Cross
Article Medal - Distinguished Flying Medal
Article Medal - Distinguished Service Cross (U.K.)
Article Medal - Distinguished Service Cross (U.S.)
Article Medal - Distinguished Service Order
Article Medal - Inter-Allied Victory Medal
Article Medal - Iron Cross
Article Medal - Medal of Honor
Article Medal - Mentioned in Despatches
Article Medal - Mercantile Marine War Medal
Article Medal - Meritorious Service Medal
Article Medal - Military Cross
Article Medal - Military Medal
Article Medal - Pour le Merite
Article Medal - Queen Elisabeth Medal
Article Medal - Victoria Cross
Article Medal - Yser Cross (Yser Medal)
Article Medal - Yser Medal
Article Medal of Honor
Article Medical and Nursing Personnel, Photographs of
Article Megiddo, Battle of - Sir Edmund Allenby on
Article Megiddo, Battle of - W. T. Massey on Allenby's Progress
Article Mehmed V, Sultan of Turkey
Article Mehmed V, Sultan of Turkey - Issuance of Fetva
Article Mehmed V, Sultan of Turkey - Proclamation, Nov 1914
Article Mehmed VI, Sultan of Turkey
Article Mehmed VI, Sultan of Turkey - Proclamation, Dec 1918
Article Memoirs, German and British
Article Memorial to the Missing, Thiepval
Article Menckhoff, Carl
Article Menin Gate
Article Menin Gate, Inauguration 1927
Article Menin Road
Article Menin Road South Cemetery
Article Menocal, Mario - On Cuba's Entry into the War, 1917
Article Mental Trauma - Repression of War Experience (1917)
Article Mental Trauma (Shell Shock)
Article Mentioned in Despatches
Article Mercantile Marine War Medal
Article Mercier, Desire
Article Mercier, Desire - On German Rule in Belgium (1)
Article Mercier, Desire - On German Rule in Belgium (2)
Article Meritorious Service Medal
Article Mesopotamia, Memoir of Service in (1)
Article Mesopotamia, Memoir of Service in (2)
Article Mesopotamian Front
Article Messengers (Trench Runners)
Article Messines, Battle of
Article Messines, Bethlehem Farm East Cemetery
Article Messines, Bethlehem Farm West Cemetery
Article Messines, Island of Ireland
Article Messines, Kruisstraat Craters
Article Messines, Memoir of June 1917
Article Messines, Memoir of October 1918
Article Messines Mine 1955
Article Messines, Peckham Crater
Article Messines, Pool of Peace
Article Messines Ridge Cemetery
Article Messines, St Eloi Craters
Article Metaxas, Joannis
Article Metrop. Military Band - United Forces March (1914)
Article Meulemeester, Andre de
Article Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Article Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Erich Ludendorff on
Article Meuse-Argonne Offensive - John J. Pershing on
Article Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Georg von der Marwitz on
Article Mexico, U.S. Operations in - Report by John Pershing
Article Mexico, U.S. Operations in - Report by Frederick Funston
Article Mexico, U.S. Operations in - Statement by Newton Baker
Article Mexico, U.S. Operations in - Statement by Pres. Carranza
Article Mexico, U.S. Operations in - Statement by Robert Lansing
Article Michaelis, Georg
Article Micheler, Joseph Alfred
Article Mikhail, Grand Duke
Article Mikhail, Grand Duke, Manifesto of, 1917
Article Military Band - The Grand Peace Record (1918)
Article Military Cross
Article Military Medal
Article Military Service Act (U.K.)
Article Miller, Frank - Stony Broke in No Man's Land (1921)
Article Millerand, Alexandre
Article Mill Road Cemetery
Article Mills Bomb
Article Mills, William
Article Milne, Berkeley
Article Milne, Sir George
Article Milne, Sir George - On Vardar Offensive (1)
Article Milne, Sir George - On Vardar Offensive (2)
Article Milne, Sir George - On Vardar Offensive (3)
Article Milner, Alfred
Article Minor Powers, Summary of the
Article Misic, Zivojin
Article Mitchell, F. - When Tank Fough Tank (Memoir)
Article Mitchell, William
Article Moltke, Helmuth von
Article Moltke, Helmuth von, Reaction to Battle of Ourcq River
Article Moltke, Count Detlef von - On Kaiser's Abdication
Article Monash, John
Article Monro, Charles
Article Mons, Angels of
Article Mons, Battle of
Article Mons, Memoir of Service at (1)
Article Mons, Memoir of Service at (2)
Article Monte Canino (Song, 1917)
Article Montenegro During the First World War
Article Montenegro - Lazare Muskovitch on the War
Article Montenegro - Skupshtina's Decree of New Serbian State
Article Morgenthau, Henry
Article Morgenthau, Henry - Attack on Dardanelles (Memoir)
Article Morgenthau, Henry - Flight of Goeben/Breslau (Memoir)
Article Morgenthau, Henry - On Austrian Ultimatum (Memoir)
Article Morhange-Sarrebourg, Battle of
Article Morning Hate (Stand-To)
Article Morris, Reginald - First Days of Imprisonment (Memoir)
Article Mortars
Article Mosler, Alexander - The October Revolution
Article MOTH (Memorable Order of Tin Hats)
Article Mottershead, Thomas
Article Mud Corner Cemetery
Article Mudros
Article Mughar Ridge, Battle of
Article Mule, Role of During Wartime
Article Mulhouse, Battle of
Article Muller, Georg von
Article Muller, Lauro - On U-boat Warfare, 1917
Article Munich 1919
Article Munitions; Austro-Hungarian Protest Re: U.S., 1915
Article Munitions; U.S. Reply to Austro-Hungarian Protest, 1915
Article Murdoch, Keith
Article Murray, Archibald
Article Murray, Billy - Don't Bite The Hand... (Song, 1915)
Article Murray, Billy - Down in the U-17 (Song, 1916)
Article Murray, Billy - I'd Feel at Home If... (Song, 1917)
Article Murray, Billy - It's A Long Way To... (Song, 1914)
Article Murray, Billy - K-K-K-Katy (Song, 1918)
Article Murray, Billy - Lanky Yankee Boys... (Song 1908)
Article Murray, Billy - Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (Song, 1917)
Article Murray, Billy - Oh You Beautiful Doll (Song, 1912)
Article Murray, Billy - Over There (Song, 1917)
Article Murray, Billy - When I Get Back to the U.S.A. (Song 1917)
Article Murray, Billy - Yankee Doodle Boy (Song, 1904)
Article Murray, Billy - Yanks are at it Again (Song 1918)
Article Muse in Arms, The (Collected Poems)
Article Muskovitch, Lazare - On Montenegro's War
Article Mussolini, Benito
Article Mutiny, Kiel
Article My Meatless Day - Ernie Mayne (Song 1917)
Article My Old Iron Cross - Champion, Harry (Song, 1915)

In preparation for the Battle of the Somme, the British launched a seven-day artillery bombardment in which 1,500 guns fired 1.6 million rounds.

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