Regions: South and South East Asia
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Survey Articles (Regional)

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Burma
By Michael W. Charney
Burma’s participation in World War I was limited mainly to the provision of troo…
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Indochina
By Claire Thi Liên Trân
Indochina contributed significantly to the French war effort in terms of funds, …
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Philippines
By Ricardo Jose
World War I seemed distant to most Filipinos, who were focused on fighting for i…
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Siam
By Stefan Hell
Siam (Thailand) declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary in mid-1917. In 1918…

Regional Thematic Articles

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Between Acceptance and Refusal - Soldiers' Attitudes Towards War (Indochina)
By Kimloan Vu-Hill
This paper provides a brief account of the experiences of the Vietnamese who wen…
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Centenary (Singapore)
By Kevin Blackburn
Between 2014 and 2018, there were no state-organized events to mark the centenar…
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Centenary (Thailand)
By Bhawan Ruangsilp, Din Buadaeng
On 22 July 1917, King Vajiravudh of Siam declared war on Germany and Austria-Hun…
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Colonial Society (Indochina)
By Pierre Brocheux
When World War I broke out, the military conquest of the countries located betwe…
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Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen (India)
By Rana Chhina, Adil Chhina
The betrayal of popular political aspirations by the colonial state, followed by…
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Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen (Indochina)
By Eric Thomas Jennings
Memorials designed to commemorate Indochina’s war dead were generally spearheade…
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Food and Nutrition (Indochina)
By Erica J. Peters
The diet of most people in Indochina during World War I was influenced more by c…
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Health and Medicine (India)
By Samiksha Sehrawat
Initially, medical arrangements for Indian troops in France and England were poo…
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Historiography 1918-Today (India)
By Florian Stadtler
This article details the historiography of South Asian involvement in the First …
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Indochinese Workers in France (Indochina)
By Kimloan Vu-Hill
About 49,000 Vietnamese workers went to France during World War I. Although thei…
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Labour (India)
By Radhika Singha
Of the 1.4 million Indians recruited for the First World War, some 563,369 were …
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Literature (India)
By Santanu Das
In spite of the global turn in First World War historiography, the colour of the…
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Making Sense of the War (India)
By Claude Markovits
Although India was not a theatre of war, World War I produced a major inflexion …
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Military Planning and Wartime Recruitment (India)
By David Omissi
In 1914, the Indian army was a modest colonial force of 159,134 serving Indian t…
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Post-war Societies (India)
By Sumit Sarkar
The decades between the two world wars seethed with tumultuous and momentous eve…
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Press/Journalism (India)
By Andrew Tait Jarboe
India hosted a vibrant and active wartime press: one that while generally suppor…
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Prisoners of War (India)
By Heike Liebau
During the First World War South Asian combatants and non-combatants were taken …
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Religious Missionaries and the Colonial State (Indochina)
By Charles Keith
The Great War helped to ease the Church-state tensions that had shaped French po…
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Responses to the War (India)
By Santanu Das
Responses to the war in British India (comprising today’s India, Pakistan, Bangl…
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Revolutionary Networks (India)
By Gajendra Singh
Revolutionary movements in India haunted the imagination of post-war British off…
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Sepoy Letters (India)
By David Omissi
Indian soldiers were sent to Europe in 1914, and some of them were to serve ther…
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Social Conflict and Control, Protest and Repression (Indochina)
By Patrice Morlat
Vietnamese resistance to French colonial rule had begun before the war and conti…
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Warfare 1914-1918 (India)
By George Morton-Jack
This article reconsiders the military role and performance of the British Empire…
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War Losses (India)
By Andrew Tait Jarboe
Some 1.5 million Indians served in the Indian Army during World War I and, of th…
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Women's Mobilization for War (India)
By Santanu Das
This article recovers the wartime experiences, writings, and songs of women from…

Encyclopedic Entries

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Amritsar, Massacre of
By Gajendra Singh
This entry explains the Amritsar Massacre of 13 April 1919. It charts the events…
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Berlin Indian Independence Committee
By Heike Liebau
During the First World War, Berlin became an organisational hub for Indian natio…
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Besant, Annie
By Maria Framke
Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a British supporter of Indian nationalism. During W…
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Chattopadhyaya, Virendranath
By Heike Liebau
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya belonged to the transnational networks of Indian pol…
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Dayal, Har
By Sunit Singh
Har Dayal was one of the chief architects of a quixotically sketched blueprint t…
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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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Ghadar Conspiracy
By Sunit Singh
Although sometimes characterized as a quixotically hatched scheme to overthrow B…
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Gurkha
By Gajendra Singh
This entry historicizes myths of the Gurkha in contemporary Britain, India and N…
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Hindostan (newspaper)
By Heike Liebau
Hindostan was a propaganda periodical for South Asian prisoners of war in the so…
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Hồ Chí Minh
By Pierre Brocheux
The Great War had a decisive influence on Hồ Chí Minh. In France, his acquaintan…
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Howell, Evelyn Berkeley, Sir
By Gajendra Singh
Evelyn Berkeley Howell was appointed Chief Censor of Indian military corresponde…
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Indian Expeditionary Force
By Claude Markovits
An Indian Expeditionary Force was sent to France and Belgium in September 1914 a…
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Indian Labour Corps
By Radhika Singha
By December 1919, India had raised a total of 877,068 combatants and 563,369 non…
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Khilafat Movement
By Gail Minault
The Khilafat movement was an agitation by Indian Muslims, allied with Indian nat…
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Lascar
By Florian Stadtler, Rozina Visram
Lascar seamen and other sailors from the British Empire were deployed on vessels…
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Martial Races, Theory of
By Heike Liebau
The notion of “martial races” was formally developed and codified in the wake of…
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Portuguese India
By Célia Reis
Although not directly involved in military operations, Portuguese India was link…
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Portuguese Timor
By Célia Reis
The Portuguese territory of Timor was affected by the war mainly because of its …
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Punjab Disturbances 1919
By Ahmad Azhar
This entry revisits the political upheavals that swept across several towns and …
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Townshend, Charles Vere Ferrers, Sir
By Justin Fantauzzo
Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend commanded the 6th (Poona) Division in Mesopot…
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War Poetry
By Jane Potter
This article examines the concept of war poetry and considers the range of poeti…
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Wilsonian Moment
By Erez Manela
The wake of the Great War saw mobilizations against empire across the world, wit…

See Also

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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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Colonial Empires after the War/Decolonization
By James E. Kitchen
The First World War saw the colonial empires of France and Britain mobilised to …
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Commemoration, Cult of the Fallen
By Stéphane Tison
The First World War ushered in an unprecedented wave of commemorations. Mass dea…
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Demobilization
By Gearóid Barry
The end of fighting in 1918 raised hopes for swift and equitable military demobi…
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Destruction of the Ecosystem
By Tait Keller
This article examines the First World War’s ecological impact and shows that pro…
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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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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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Influenza Pandemic
By Howard Phillips
By examining the origins, pathways, demographic impact and consequences for the …
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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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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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Rural Society
By Matteo Ermacora
The paper describes the impact of war on peasantry and its mobilisation in the w…
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Sea Transport and Supply
By Michael B. Miller
Allied capacity at sea to sustain global transport and supply determined their a…
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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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Women’s Mobilization for War
By Susan R. Grayzel
This article explores women’s economic, social, and political responses to the F…

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