World War I
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Th e article compares three Russian-Ukrainian wars which took place respectively through 1917–1918, 1919–1920 and since February 2014. In all these wars, Ukrainian troops fought for independence, but the diversity of Ukraine allowed... more
Kriege und moderne militärische Konflikte bergen das wirkmächtige Potential den Verlauf der Geschichte in einer derart gestauchten chronologischen Abfolge der Geschehnisse zu verändern, die es für Gesellschaften schwer macht, sie in ihrer... more
This is a contribution to the online encyclopedia, 1914-1918. See
http://www.1914-1918-online.net/
http://www.1914-1918-online.net/
La Russie est indéniablement la grande oubliée, en France, du centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale et plus encore lorsqu’il s’agit de l’histoire des brigades venues combattre sur le front d’Orient. Cet article tend à montrer qu’il y... more
From 26 September to 11 November 1918, American Expeditionary Force (AEF) launched an attack in the Meuse-Argonne against the Germans. This paper intends to answer the largely unanswered question of how necessary were the losses that made... more
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The great exhibition of Volta in 1899 and the exhibition of Ercole Ferrata and the Intelvesi masters held in Pellio in 1910 had the merit of focus the attention of scholars on a historical and artistic heritage still largely unexplored as... more
July 24th is the 93rd anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Lausanne. The Lausanne Treaty is an important international contract that was negotiated, signed, and ratified by almost all important participants of the First World War. It is not... more
The telling of the Great War (1914-1918), mainly through the point of view of combatants, is one of the best scenarios exemplifying how women have been obviated and censored throughout history. Moreover, the engagement of pacifist women... more
Гай-Нижник П. Мировий договір УНР з Центральними державами у Бересті: політичні аспекти переговорного процесу (грудень 1917 р. – листопад 1918 р.) // Українознавство. – 2019. – №3. – С.8–20.
Review of Krista Cowman, Women of the Right Spirit: Paid Organisers of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) 1904-18, Gender & History, 25.1 (2013)
THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES CLAUDIO STAITI, “The ocean is bridged”. The Italian Great War in the diary of Gino C. Speranza (1915-1919) Chiara PULVIRENTI, The myth of planning. The Allied Control Commission and the UNRRA in the Italian... more
This paper describes the different ways of commemorating the fallen of World War I in Italy between 1918 and 1940. From the collection of examples emerges that there was no homogeneity in the forms of remembrance during these two decades.... more
The Bondage Diaries of an Ottoman Officer consisted of the captivity diaries of Mulazim-ı previously (First Lieutenant) Hüseyin Hamit Efendi, who was captured during the battles with the Russians on the Caucasian Front in the First World... more
From a simple signature ("Dick") on a postcard, the sender was resurrected from history.
Actes du colloque international de Toulouse : Andrea Latzko : un classique de la litterature de guerre oublié (27-28 avril 2017), à paraître en 2018 dans la collection Forum : Österreich (Berlin : Frank & Timme), dirigée par Jacques... more
This article surveys American eye prosthetics during the World Wars beginning with the shortage of glass eyes during the First World War. It also looks at attempts to address prosthetic eye needs in the Second World War through the... more
For nearly a century, it has been assumed that self-determination of the world's peoples through creation and territorial guarantee of independent, ethnically defined polities was central if not essential to Woodrow Wilson's vision for a... more
Reflexionen aus kulturnarratologischer Sicht
Essay about the group of Eight in the World WAr I.
Language: Hungarian
Language: Hungarian
Early on the morning of 5 August 1914, the powerful long-distance Marconi wireless station at Poldhu transmitted a wireless message on behalf on the Admiralty to all British merchant vessels. The message was the first public announcement... more
Paper was written for class during academic studies. First Paragraph: World War I is an overlooked and often under-represented conflict that most academic researchers tend to pass over in lieu of its more-explored counterpart World War... more
The aim of this draft paper is to investigate the claim of the inhabitants of Farnham, Surrey, that the first observance of the Two Minutes’ Silence was held in their town at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 10th May 1916, 3½ years before the first... more
review essay of Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture by Rima D. Apple New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers, 1996 Men at War 1914-1918: National Sentiment and Trench Journalism in France during the First World War by Stéphane... more
This study is among the first works in English to comprehensively address the Scandinavian First World War experience in the larger international context of the war. It surveys the complex relationship between the belligerent great powers... more
Humanitarinių mokslų daktaras Tomas Balkelis istorijos doktorantūros studijas 2004 m. baigė Toronto universitete, keliolika metų dirbo Mančesterio, Notingamo, Dublino ir Vilniaus universitetuose. 2015–2016 m. buvo vizituojantis... more