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Survey Articles (Regional)

• New Zealand

  By Kate Hunter

  

  New Zealand was the British Dominion furthest from the conflict in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nonetheless with Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, New Zealand and its one million … READ MORE

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• Bereavement and Mourning (New Zealand)

  By Rachel Patrick

  

  This article examines bereavement and mourning in New Zealand during the First World War. Many thousands of New Zealand families were left bereft by the First World War. Their experience was … READ MORE

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• Between Acceptance and Refusal - Soldiers' Attitudes Towards War (New Zealand)

  By Jock Phillips

  

  Their war experience changed the attitudes of New Zealand soldiers dramatically – from enthusiasm to a cynicism about war, from an identification with the British to a mateship with Australians, … READ MORE

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• Centenary (New Zealand)

  By Jock Phillips and Kingsley Baird

  

  There was a large investment of government funds in the centenary commemoration of the First World War in New Zealand. This resulted in big government projects such as the creation of the Pukeahu … READ MORE

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• Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen (New Zealand)

  By Margaret Harris

  

  Anzac Day is the primary method of New Zealand public engagement with the Great War. Commemorating the failed Anzac Landings of April 1915, New Zealand's Anzac Day has, in the years since then, been … READ MORE

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• Dominions’ Military Relationship to Great Britain 1902-1914 (British Dominions)

  By Steve Marti

  

  The dominions of Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and South Africa shared an ambiguous constitutional relationship with Britain. The self-governing dominions were free to implement their … READ MORE

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• Dominion Soldiers on Leave in Europe (New Zealand)

  By Felicity Barnes

  

  This article considers the experiences of New Zealand soldiers on leave in Britain. In particular it focuses on the efforts of voluntary organizations like the YMCA to construct London as a ‘home … READ MORE

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• Governments, Parliaments and Parties (New Zealand)

  By Jim McAloon

  

  New Zealand’s wartime parliament was dominated by a coalition between the two main parties, Reform and Liberal. Labour parliamentarians opposed the coalition and the war was a significant factor in … READ MORE

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• Historiography 1918-Today (New Zealand)

  By Steven Loveridge

  This article surveys New Zealand historiography of the First World War since 1918. It outlines the key frameworks studies have been pursued within, how these have developed over time and notes major … READ MORE

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• Indigenous Experience of War (British Dominions)

  By Noah Riseman and Timothy C. Winegard

  

  Policymakers in the British Dominions of Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa confronted the common questions about Indigenous service in the First World War but with diverse … READ MORE

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• Making Sense of the War (New Zealand)

  By Kirstie Ross

  

  Almost all New Zealanders made sense of the Great War within the context of three interlocking communities of loyalty: their membership in the British Empire, the district in which they lived, and … READ MORE

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• Post-war Economies (New Zealand)

  By Malcolm McKinnon

  

  The post-war economy was shaped by wartime changes. Compensation issues for soldiers and their families loomed and played out against a backdrop of post-war volatility – a boom followed by a … READ MORE

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• Press/Journalism (New Zealand)

  By Susann Liebich

  

  Newspapers were crucial in bringing news of the First World War to readers in New Zealand and readers avidly consumed the papers, often in freely accessible library reading rooms. The majority of the … READ MORE

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• Social Conflict and Control, Protest and Repression (New Zealand)

  By David Grant

  

  New Zealand was a very loyal British dominion. At the outbreak of the First World War, the great majority of its populace unhesitatingly put its support behind the “mother country” in its hour of … READ MORE

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• Warfare 1914-1918 (New Zealand)

  By Aaron Patrick Fox

  

  Between August 1914 and November 1918 approximately 102,000 New Zealand soldiers fought alongside Australian troops as part of the British army’s campaigns at Gallipoli in 1915, on the Western … READ MORE

  Regional Thematic

• Women's Mobilization for War (New Zealand)

  By Kate Hunter

  

  New Zealand women became enmeshed in the Great War from its outset. Appealed to as women of the Empire and mothers of soldiers, they were expected to support the war effort, which they did both at … READ MORE

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Encyclopedic Entries

• Empire

  By Erez Manela

  

  World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of empires. The fighting took place not only in Europe, but also in Africa, Asia, and across the Middle East, and it … READ MORE

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• War Poetry

  By Jane Potter

  

  This article examines the concept of war poetry and considers the range of poetic responses generated by the Great War from an international … READ MORE

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• Bereavement and Mourning

  By Manfred Hettling and Tino Schölz

  

  In the modern era, new forms of mourning and meaning-making for fallen soldiers emerged. The human losses of the First World War were largely mourned, honoured and remembered within … READ MORE

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• Centenary (Education, Pedagogy, Youth Programs)

  By Catriona Pennell

  

  The centenary of the First World War revealed palpable anxieties around a loss of connection to an event that was now 100 years old and without any living survivors. As a result, a good degree of … READ MORE

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• Centenary (Internet)

  By Lorna M. Hughes and Ian G. Anderson

  The centenary events surrounding the First World War have produced a significant amount of digital content in various forms, and thus has set a precedent for how large scale post-war memorisation can … READ MORE

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• Centenary (Visual Arts)

  By Paul Gough

  

  The commemorative period between 2014 and 2018 was marked globally by numerous exhibitions of original artworks that had been commissioned and created during and immediately after World War 1. Most … READ MORE

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• Children and Youth

  By Andrew Donson

  

  Mass conscription recast relationships in families, raised minors’ potential as wage earners, and decreased supervision over them. War ravaged the health of young people in Central Europe while … READ MORE

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• Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen

  By Stéphane Tison

  

  The First World War ushered in an unprecedented wave of commemorations. Mass death elicited a construction spree in memorial objects and sites across all countries and territories involved in the … READ MORE

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• Extra-European Theatres of War

  By Michelle Moyd

  

  The extra-European theatres of World War I have received far less scholarly attention than the war in Europe. This state of affairs is hardly surprising given the sheer magnitude of the Western Front … READ MORE

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• Health, Disease, Mortality; Demographic Effects

  By Doina Anca Cretu

  The rapid spread of epidemics ravaged military personnel and civilians in and outside Europe’s warzones during the Great War. Further, the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 became a global … READ MORE

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• League of Nations

  By Anita Ziegerhofer

  

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• Memory of the War: Popular Memory 1918-1945, 1945 to the Present

  By Susanne Brandt

  

  What role do representations of the First World War play in media that reach a wide audience beyond the circle of experts? The following contribution focuses on this important question. Given the … READ MORE

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• Military Justice

  By Steven R. Welch

  

  This essay offers a comparative survey of the practice of military justice among several of the key belligerent powers. Accused soldiers enjoyed little in the way of legal protection, and punishment … READ MORE

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• Museums

  By Jennifer Wellington, Aaron Cohen, Anne Hertzog and Susanne Brandt

  

  This article describes the lives and afterlives of the First World War museums in France, Russia, Germany, and in Britain and its Dominions Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In all these polities, … READ MORE

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• Mutilation and Disfiguration

  By Julie Anderson

  

  The First World War created disfigured and mutilated bodies on a grand scale. Never before had the bodies of soldiers been so devastated by a conflict. Developments in established weapons such as … READ MORE

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• Photography

  By Hilary Roberts

  

  The First World War represents a watershed in the history of war photography. It was the first conflict to be photographed in detail by all the participants and the first in which photography was … READ MORE

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• War Letters: Communication between Front and Home Front

  By Martha Hanna

  

  In nations where literacy was well-established by 1914, letter-writing was critical to the emotional well-being of soldiers and their families. Men in uniform often circumvented the censors and sent … READ MORE

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• Willingly to War. Public Response to the Outbreak of War

  By Jean-Jacques Becker

  

  It may surprise us to learn that some sectors of the European public were in favour of the war in 1914. The impact of modern weapons was not well understood and many people in the government, … READ MORE

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• Women War Reporters

  By Stephanie Seul

  

  Female war reporters from belligerent and neutral countries were present in the major war theatres in Europe and the Middle East throughout 1914 to 1918. While admission of journalists to the war … READ MORE

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