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Great War
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The Treaty of Versailles and Saint-Germain were seen by liberals, from Keynes's Economic Consequences of the Peace onwards, as the malign progeny of the Great War. The bellicose passions of the war had been translated into the vengeful and unjust strictures of the Peace. A 'guilty conscience' over the treatment of Germany was born. By the end of the twenties most educated Britons had been persuaded of the co-responsibility of all the great Powers in unleashing the catastrophe. Hence, the attribu
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― The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany During 1930s
― The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany During 1930s
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The soldiers fell into line on the platform and waited while their officers received instructions. It was the early hours of the morning and the air was cold. Michael thought that he could hear the distant rumble of thunder and when he looked in that direction he saw a faint orange glow of light on the horizon that seemed to pulse slowly. He felt sick in his stomach. Months of training had prepared him to be a soldier but until this moment war was just a concept, like a foreign country he had he
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― Michael Sweeney
― Michael Sweeney
Before Skyward Sword, there was a war. The Great War. The war in which Hylia was present on the …more
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Reading our way through the various novels, adaptions and non-fiction books about World War One.…more
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A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War…more
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