1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War

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A Global War – A Global Project

1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War is the largest digital English-language reference work on the First World War. The multi-perspective, peer-reviewed, open-access knowledge base is the result of an international collaborative project involving more than 1,200 authors, editors and partners from over 50 countries. The encyclopedia currently comprises in excess of 1,600 articles and offers a global historical overview of the First World War, strengthening the networking of international research.

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