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Belgium
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Belgium, a neutral state, was forced into the First World War by a German ultima…
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Bereavement and Mourning (Belgium)
By Laurence van Ypersele
World War I claimed the lives of approximately 60,000 Belgian civilians and sold…
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Between Acceptance and Refusal - Soldiers' Attitudes Towards War (Belgium)
By Rose Spijkerman
This article discusses the war experiences of Belgian soldiers: how did they end…
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Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen (Belgium)
By Laurence van Ypersele
The scope of the commemorations that developed in Belgium and in the remainder o…
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Film/Cinema (Belgium)
By Leen Engelen
This article examines cinema in relation to the First World War in Belgium from …
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Food and Nutrition (Belgium)
By Antoon Vrints
The First World War had a severe impact on the food supply in occupied Belgium. …
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Governments, Parliaments and Parties (Belgium)
By Emmanuel Gerard
The First World War changed the balance of power in Belgium. From a strongly pol…
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Historiography 1918-Today (Belgium)
By Nico Wouters
After a promising start, academic historiography of the First World War in Belgi…
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Labour (Belgium)
By Dirk Luyten
The standard of living of Belgian workers declined in the First World War as a c…
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Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes (Belgium)
By Antoon Vrints
The First World War had a decisive, but paradoxical impact on the development of…
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Literature (Belgium)
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Belgium’s war literature, in both Dutch (Flemish) and in French, covers differen…
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Making Sense of the War (Belgium)
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Belgium’s war experience was sui generis. The vast majority of Belgians experien…
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Occupation after the War (Belgium and France)
By Anne Godfroid
The Armistice agreement foresaw the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, th…
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Occupation during the War (Belgium and France)
By Larissa Wegner
This article examines the German occupation of Belgium and Northern France in 19…
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Organization of War Economies (Belgium)
By Dirk Luyten
As it became clear that the war would last a long time, the German occupying adm…
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Post-war Economies (Belgium)
By Dirk Luyten
Belgium had suffered considerable economic losses during the war, which was foug…
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Post-war Societies (Belgium)
By Chantal Kesteloot
The end of the First World War marked, to a certain extent, Belgium’s entry into…
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Press/Journalism (Belgium)
By Pierre Van Den Dungen
The Belgian press world was turned upside down by the German occupation. Most of…
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Pre-war Military Planning (Belgium)
By Christophe Bechet
Following the Treaty of London in 1839, pre-war planning theories in Belgium osc…
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Prisoners of War (Belgium and France)
By Heather Jones
During the First World War, France was faced with creating a system of mass capt…
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Propaganda at Home (Belgium)
By Bénédicte Rochet
August 1914: “Poor Little Belgium”, martyred by the German invader, became an ef…
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Science and Technology (Belgium)
By Kenneth Bertrams
The invasion and subsequent occupation of most of Belgian territory paralyzed th…
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War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Belgium)
By Hubert van Tuyll
Belgium’s war aims were a direct consequence of the way in which the country was…
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Warfare 1914-1918 (Belgium)
By Tom Simoens
Between August 1914 and November 1918 the Belgian army took part in the First Wo…
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War Finance (Belgium)
By Dirk Luyten
The Belgian monetary system evolved dramatically during World War I. The Société…
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War Losses (Belgium)
By Benoît Majerus
The Belgian situation was unique in the sense that military losses were relative…
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Women's Mobilization for War (Belgium)
By Eliane Gubin, Els Flour, Marie Kympers
Belgium experienced the war in an exceptional position: it never issued a declar…
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Encyclopedic Entries
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Activisme
By Antoon Vrints
A minority of the adherents of the Flemish movement were willing to collaborate …
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Albert I, King of the Belgians
By Jan Velaers
Albert I, the third king of the Belgians, played a leading role as supreme comma…
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Amphibious Raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge
By Mark D. Karau
On the night of 22-23 April 1918, the Royal Navy attacked the German occupied to…
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Attrition Warfare
By Nicholas Murray
Attrition warfare is the term used to describe the sustained process of wearing …
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Belgian Soldiers
By Tom Simoens
This article briefly describes the 320,000 Belgian soldiers of the Great War. Wh…
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Bettignies, Louise Marie Jeanne Henriette de
By Chantal Antier
Louise de Bettignies created an intelligence network for the British in occupied…
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Bissing, Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von
By Christoph Roolf, Thomas L. Gertzen
Moritz von Bissing was born on 30 January 1844, in Bellmannsdorf, Silesia, then …
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Borms, August
By Christine Van Everbroeck
As a Flemish nationalist, August Borms actively collaborated with the Germans du…
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Broqueville, Charles Marie Pierre Albert, Baron de
By Laurence van Ypersele
Charles de Broqueville, chief of the Belgian government during the First World W…
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Brussels
By Chantal Kesteloot
The Belgian capital was spared the anguish of combat, but the city suffered four…
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Camouflage
By Cécile Coutin
A technique of concealment and protection, a means to deceive but not kill, camo…
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Charleroi, Battle of
By Erwan Le Gall
The Battle of Charleroi (21-23 August 1914), in which General Charles Lanrezac’s…
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Collaboration (Belgium and France)
By James E. Connolly
Collaboration is often associated with the military occupations of the Second Wo…
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Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation
By Michaël Amara
The Comité national de Secours et d’Alimentation (National Committee for Relief …
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Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB)
By Branden Little
From 1914 to 1919, the Commission for Relief in Belgium directed an innovative a…
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Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
By Laurence van Ypersele
Queen Elisabeth was the third queen of the Belgians. Her attitude during the Fir…
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Eupen-Malmedy
By Christoph Brüll
Eupen-Malmedy is the name given to the two districts that Germany ceded to Belgi…
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Feminist Pacifism
By Annika Wilmers
A minority section of the women’s movements opposed World War I and organized th…
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Flamenpolitik
By Antoon Vrints
The German Flamenpolitik during the First World War aimed to instrumentalise the…
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Flemish Movement
By Christine Van Everbroeck
The First World War engendered a rift within the Flemish movement, with some wis…
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Forts
By Miguel A. Lopez
European militaries considered fortifications before the First World War as vita…
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Garde Civique
By Piet Veldeman
In 1830, Belgium constituted a Garde Civique or Civic Guard, a national institut…
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Generalgouvernement Belgien
By Christoph Roolf
After the German Army had occupied wide areas of Belgium, the “Imperial Governme…
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German Communities and their Expulsion (Belgium)
By Christophe Declercq
At the start of the First World War, tens of thousands of Germans lived in Belgi…
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High Voltage Fence (The Netherlands and Belgium)
By Alex Vanneste
In 1915 the Germans built an electric fence along the Belgian-Dutch border, cons…
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Intimate Relations between Occupiers and Occupied (Belgium and France)
By Emmanuel Debruyne
During the invasion and occupation of 1914-1918, German soldiers had sexual rela…
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La Dame Blanche
By Pierre Decock
La Dame Blanche was an intelligence network created in Belgium in 1916. It was e…
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La Fontaine, Henri
By Jacques Gillen
Although he was a Nobel Prize winner, the name of Henri La Fontaine has somewhat…
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Loppem Coup
By Vincent Delcorps
A few weeks before his entry in Brussels, on 22 November 1918, Albert I, King of…
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Marinegebiet
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
The Marinegebiet on the Belgian coast was the Imperial German Navy’s base for at…
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Max, Adolphe
By Laurence van Ypersele
Adolphe Max, the mayor of Brussels, was known for his peaceful resistance agains…
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Mémorial Interallié
By Karla Vanraepenbusch
The inter-allied memorial commemorates the First World War and the fallen, as we…
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Mercier, Désiré Joseph
By Luc Courtois
After his pastoral letter Patriotisme et endurance, which had a worldwide impact…
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Mons
By Guillaume Blondeau
The city of Mons took on great symbolic importance during the Great War. In both…
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Neutrality
By Samuël Kruizinga
During the 19th century, neutrality evolved into a set of legal and political to…
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Olympic Games 1920
By Karla Vanraepenbusch
The 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium were the first instalment of the Game…
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Patriotic Distance
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Civilians under military occupation in World War One found their existences seve…
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Petit, Gabrielle
By Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Gabrielle Petit was a secret intelligence agent working for the British General …
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Pirenne, Henri
By Geneviève Warland
Accused of refusing to collaborate with the German authorities, the Belgian hist…
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Post-war Repression
By Xavier Rousseaux
After fifty months of German occupation, a minority of French, and the majority …
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Prostitution
By Journey Steward
Prostitution was considered among the most important societal problems facing ci…
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Rape
By Antoine Rivière
Although rape was not usually systematic, it occurred frequently on all fronts d…
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Rear Area on the Western Front
By Larissa Wegner
The rear area was the space behind the front, linking the operational zone with …
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Refugees (Belgium)
By Michaël Amara
In Belgium, the outbreak of the First World War and subsequent German invasion c…
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Resistance (Belgium and France)
By Emmanuel Debruyne
In occupied Belgium and France, citizens opposed the German army with organized …
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Ruhr Occupation
By Conan Fischer
The 1923-1925 Ruhr occupation by France and Belgium was triggered when Germany d…
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Russian Expeditionary Force
By Sofya Anisimova, Gwendal Piégais
The Russian Expeditionary Force in France and in Macedonia (“Brigades russes en …
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Solvay, Ernest
By Kenneth Bertrams
Industrial tycoon and philanthropist Ernest Solvay transformed the chemical indu…
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University of Ghent
By Christine Van Everbroeck
During the war, the Germans created a Flemish university in Ghent. By doing so, …
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Villalobar, Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, Marqués de
By Emmanuel Debruyne
Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, Marqués de Villalobar was the diplomatic represent…
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Ypres, Battles of
By Spencer Jones
The Belgian city of Ypres is synonymous with the First World War. Ypres gave its…
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Ypres Menin Gate
By Dominiek Dendooven
The Menin Gate in Ypres is the best known of the memorials to the missing in the…
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Centenary (Internet)
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Centenary (Libraries)
By Matthew Shaw
Libraries (local, specialist, and national) contributed in numerous and importan…
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Centenary (Museums)
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Centenary (Visual Arts)
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Colonial Empires after the War/Decolonization
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Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen
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Controversy: War-related Changes in Gender Relations: The Issue of Women’s Citizenship
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Destruction of the Ecosystem
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Espionage
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During the entire war, warring powers used the “secret war” to try to break the …
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Film/Cinema
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The First World War played a significant role in the evolution of film both as a…
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Food and Nutrition
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Forced Labour
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This article examines the conditions, forms and consequences of forced labor and…
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Governments, Parliaments and Parties
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Imperialism
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International Labour Organization
By Anita Ziegerhofer
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, establishing both the Leagu…
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International Law and the Laws of War
By Jean H. Quataert
The article examines international efforts to curb states’ war-making prerogativ…
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Labor
By Steven E. Rowe
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Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes
By James Thompson
This article compares the history of labour movements during the war across a ra…
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League of Nations
By Anita Ziegerhofer
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919, the same day on which the L…
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Making Sense of the War
By Jo Fox
Claims to “just war” formed the basis for the propaganda campaigns of the First …
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Maps, Geography and the Representation of Space
By Ute Schneider
After the First World War, the general staffs and military geographers of all th…
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Media Discourse after the War
By André Keil
The discourse about the Great War during the interwar period was shaped by numer…
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Medicine and Medical Service
By Leo van Bergen
It is impossible to talk about “the” medical care or “the” medical service of Wo…
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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 w…
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Negotiating and Mediating Conduct of War
By Matthew Stibbe
Many issues surrounding the conduct of war in the years 1914-1918 were imperviou…
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Non-European Soldiers
By Richard Fogarty, Andrew Tait Jarboe
This article examines the use by Great Britain and France of colonial subjects f…
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Photography
By Hilary Roberts
The First World War represents a watershed in the history of war photography. It…
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Post-war Societies
By Richard Bessel
The First World War caused unprecedented disruption to societies across the glob…
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Propaganda at home and abroad
By Eberhard Demm
This article summarizes and compares the principal arguments and strategies of p…
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Refugees
By Peter Gatrell
This article addresses the scale of wartime population displacement in continent…
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Resettlement
By Peter Gatrell
The conduct of warfare in 1914-1918 included extensive population resettlement i…
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Social Conflict
By Claire Morelon
This article deals with the nature of social conflict during the war. The length…
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Social Costs of War
By Kimberly A. Redding
This article explores how the anticipation, reality, and memory of sacrifice inf…
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State, Civil Society and Relief Organizations for War
By Branden Little
A vast array of initiatives designed to counteract the destructiveness of the Fi…
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The Everyday as Involved in War
By Tammy M. Proctor
This essay examines how the "everyday" functions in war, not only for those on t…
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The Paris Peace Conference and its Consequences
By Alan Sharp
This article offers an overview of peacemaking after the First World War from th…
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Visualization of Violence
By Mark Connelly
This piece explores the visualisation of violence for home front audiences and s…
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Wartime Emotions: Honour, Shame, and the Ecstasy of Sacrifice
By Ute Frevert
Through investigating the pivotal role of honour in private and public matters, …
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public opinion
16
racism, xenophobia
6
rape
5
rationing and shortages
15
raw materials
5
recruitment
5
refugees
16
relief organisations
17
religion and ethics
7
religious institutions
5
remembrance days
9
reparations
6
resistance and revolutions
13
revolts, political
4
revolts, society
2
revolutions
8
right wing movements
1
riots, political
1
riots, society
2
scares and rumours
5
science and technology
12
Second World War
7
sexuality
2
social conflict
11
social groups
35
social policy
2
social sciences
2
society
89
soldiers, experiences and attitudes
18
strategies, military
6
strikes, political
4
strikes, society
5
submarine warfare
6
substitutes, economy
1
suffrage
8
surface warfare
3
symbolic politics
2
tactics, military
4
taxation
2
technical sciences
4
territorial questions
11
the elderly
1
the media
35
theatre
1
theories, military
1
trade
4
trade unions
5
training and education, military
1
transport
1
transport, logistics and infrastructure
5
transportation technologies
2
trauma and medical care
18
treaties and agreements, other
3
trench warfare
9
trials
4
unemployment, during and after war
6
upper classes
4
veterans
10
visual arts
10
volunteers
4
wages
4
war aims
3
war correspondents
1
war economy
17
war fatigue
3
war finance
7
war industry
6
war legislation
1
war losses, civilian
12
war losses, economic
1
war losses, military
16
war monuments, war memorials
15
war myths
3
warfare and the military
86
warfare, air
2
warfare, land
13
warfare, naval
10
wars after war
13
widows
7
women and men
12
women's labour
6
women's movements
5
working classes
7
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Region
Afghanistan
2
Africa
12
Albania
1
Australasia
13
Australia
13
Austria
12
Austria-Hungary
38
Belarus
1
Belgium
127
Brazil
2
Bulgaria
9
Canada
13
Central Europe
54
China
7
Czechoslovakia
5
Denmark
3
East and Central Africa
4
East Asia
12
Eastern Europe
38
Ecuador
1
Egypt
4
Estonia
1
Finland
1
France
61
Germany
53
Great Britain
37
Great Britain and Ireland
48
Greece
9
Hungary
6
Indochina
2
Indonesia
1
Iraq
3
Ireland
5
Italy
32
Japan
11
Korea
1
Latin America
5
Latvia
3
Lebanon
1
Lithuania
5
Luxembourg
2
Mexico
1
Middle East
22
Montenegro
1
New Zealand
10
Newfoundland
3
North America
34
Northern Africa
5
Norway
3
Ottoman Empire
20
Palestine
2
Persia/Iran
1
Poland
15
Portugal
4
Romania
6
Russian Empire
36
Serbia
14
South America
3
South and South East Asia
7
South East Europe
19
Southern Africa
2
Spain
6
Sweden
5
Switzerland
9
Syria
2
The Netherlands
10
Ukraine
3
Union of South Africa
6
USA
34
West Africa
5
Western Europe
127
Yugoslavia
3
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Type
Concepts, Practices and Policies
13
Events
7
Objects
5
Organizations
9
Persons
13
Regional Thematic Article
26
Spaces
5
Survey Article (Regional)
1
Survey Article (Thematic)
47
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