Like the Sino- and Russo-Japanese Wars, the First World War gave an enormous boo…
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Civilian and Military Power (Japan)
By Frederick R. Dickinson
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Governments, Parliaments and Parties (Japan)
By Frederick R. Dickinson
Despite over 7,000 miles of separation from the Western Front, Imperial Japan un…
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Historiography 1918-Today (Japan)
By Andrea Revelant
Still largely overlooked in the international scholarship on the First World War…
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Literature (Japan)
By Hiroaki Nakayama
For many years it was considered that the First World War had nothing to do with…
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Making Sense of the War (Japan)
By Isao Chiba
Despite Japan’s critical contribution to the Allied cause, until recent years, h…
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Prisoners of War (Japan)
By Atsushi Otsuru
After Germany and its allies were defeated in Tsingtao, their soldiers were capt…
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Science and Technology (Japan)
By Yoshiyuki Kikuchi
Despite its image as a “European” war, the First World War exerted a tremendous …
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Social Conflict and Control, Protest and Repression (Japan)
By Andrew Gordon
Social protest surged in Japan during World War I. Labor strikes, union organizi…
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War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Japan)
By Rustin Gates
This article discusses Japan’s war aims during the First World War, as well as t…
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Warfare 1914-1918 (Japan)
By Jürgen Melzer
Japan’s participation in the Great War opened up a new chapter in the country’s …
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War Finance (Japan)
By Yuichiro Sakamoto
The majority of Japan’s direct war expenditures during World War I were spent fr…
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Wartime and Post-war Economies (Japan)
By Michael Schiltz
Although the military and geopolitical relevance of World War I to Japan must be…
Encyclopedic Entries
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Barbed Wire
By Alan Krell
Invented in France in 1860, barbed wire was further developed in the United Stat…
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Dada
By Josepha Laroche
Dada, a transnational movement of artists, was founded in Zurich in 1916. It dis…
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Empire
By Erez Manela
World War I was not simply a conflict among European states but a global war of …
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Konoe, Fumimaro
By Gerhard Krebs
Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a pivotal figure in Japanese history during the first …
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League of Nations and Japan
By Thomas W. Burkman
Japan joined the League of Nations from its outset in 1920 as one of four perman…
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Navy Squadron in the Mediterranean (Japan)
By Tomoyuki Ishizu
Responding to the British request for further support to the Allied war efforts,…
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Provincial Capitals (Japan)
By Louise Young
Though of minimal significance for Japan militarily, the Great War helped stimul…
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Qingdao, Siege of/German-Japanese War
By Sven Saaler
Japan declared war on Germany in August 1914 and, after a two-month siege, captu…
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Russo-Japanese War
By Siobhan Peeling
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, caused by Russian and Japanese expansionism…
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Siberian Intervention 1918-1922
By Paul Dunscomb
Woodrow Wilson proposed a joint intervention with Japan to “rescue” the Czech le…
See Also
Thematic
Alliance System 1914
By Günther Kronenbitter
Alliances were an important feature of the international system on the eve of Wo…
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Bereavement and Mourning
By Manfred Hettling, Tino Schölz
In the modern era, new forms of mourning and meaning-making for fallen soldiers …
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Centenary (Historiography)
By Jost Dülffer
Innovative historical scholarship played an important role in the shaping of mem…
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Controversy: Total War
By Daniel Marc Segesser
Total war is a controversial term used in the past by politicians, publicists an…
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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 atte…
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Governments, Parliaments and Parties
By Torsten Oppelland
One sees a wide range of political regimes from a democratic republic with unive…
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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 ou…
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Imperialism
By Boris Barth
This article focuses on the extent to which imperialism contributed to the outbr…
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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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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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Militarism
By Christian K. Melby
Militarism is a vague term that has meant different things to different people a…
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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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On the Road to Modern War
By Dennis Showalter
The Great War was never considered the “war to end all wars” by the states and a…
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Post-war Economies
By Dietmar Rothermund
Post-war economies were beset with problems, ultimately leading to the Great Dep…
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Raw Materials
By Pierre Chancerel
Raw materials were vital during the First World War. Due to the armaments produc…
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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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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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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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The Way to War
By Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
Imperialism shaped almost every facet of international politics from 1898 to 191…
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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 fav…
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Xenophobia
By Thomas Brodie
This article provides an overview of xenophobia during the First World War - nam…
