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U.S. Military Wives in the Philippines, from the Philippine War to World War II
(9,670 words)
Alvah, Donna - U.S. Military Wives in the Philippines, from the Philippine War to World War II
Keywords: …
Lethal Journey between Four Fronts: First World War Experiences of the Reichstag’s Deputies
(8,581 words)
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The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916
(13,244 words)
Kenyon, David - The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916
Keywords: France | Indian Cavalry divisions | Somme
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Western Front | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | Soldiers and Combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Britain
Abstract: A 'fact' that is often quoted to support the status of the Indian soldier as exploited victim is that the Indian regiments arrived in Marseilles in late 1914 still dressed in tropical clothing and without warm winter kit. This chapter aims to…
German and French Regiments on the Western Front, 1914–1918
(18,055 words)
Meteling, Wencke - German and French Regiments on the Western Front, 1914–1918
Keywords: First World War | French armies | German army | Western Front
ISFWWS-Keywords: Western Front | French Army and its combattants | Germany | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Science, Technology, and Medicine | Society | Legacy
Abstract: This chapter talks about how the fundamental changes in the German and French armies developed at regimental level during the First World War. It explores a central …
Imperialism, Nationalism and the First World War in India
(8,519 words)
Das, Santanu - Imperialism, Nationalism and the First World War in India
Keywords: empire | First World War | imperialism | India | Nationalism | nationalist leaders | sepoys | Western Front
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | The French and British Empires | Politics | Western Front | Experience of combat | Published memoirs and biographies
Abstract: This article explores the relationship between empire, India and the First World War, by examining both the responses to the war within India, and the experience of the sepoys in the Western Front. In …
Black-Hearted Traitors, Crucified Martyrs, and the Leaning Virgin: The Role of Rumor and the Great War Canadian Soldier
(10,107 words)
Cook, Tim - Black-Hearted Traitors, Crucified Martyrs, and the Leaning Virgin: The Role of Rumor and the Great War Canadian Soldier
Keywords: crucified Canadians | guardian angels | leaning golden Virgin | leaning virgins | nefarious traitors | rumors
ISFWWS-Keywords: Canada | Soldiers and Combat | Western Front | Published memoirs and biographies | Experience of combat
Abstract: Rumors were important not just to the teller but also to the listeners, and by definition rumors are part of a group activity, a social phenomenon where stories are…
‘Tailoring in the Trenches’: The Making of First World War British Army Uniform
(9,853 words)
Tynan, Jane - ‘Tailoring in the Trenches’: The Making of First World War British Army Uniform
Keywords: British army uniform | drafting guides | dressing techniques | First World War | soldier tailors | tailoring trade | trenches | wartime representations
ISFWWS-Keywords: Britain | Masculinity | Home fronts | Society | Soldiers and Combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Economy
Abstract: While soldiers’ bodies were disciplined by dressing techniques long before the First World War, this chapter explores specific wartime representations of …
Tears in the Trenches: A History of Emotions and the Experience of War
(109 words)
André, Loez - Tears in the Trenches: A History of Emotions and the Experience of War
Keywords: Masculinity | Experience of combat | Soldiers and Combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Religion | French Army and its combattants | Society ‛Uncovered Fields’ Jenny Macleod and Pierre Purseigle,
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2004
e-ISBN: 9789047402596
DOI: 10.1163/9789047402596.013 © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Loez, André
‘Gladder to be Going Out Than Afraid’: Shellshock and Heroic Masculinity in Britain, 1914–1919
(105 words)
Meyer, Jessica - ‘Gladder to be Going Out Than Afraid’: Shellshock and Heroic Masculinity in Britain, 1914–1919
Keywords: Britain | Masculinity | Experience of combat | Medicine | Society | Published memoirs and biographies | Literature ‛Uncovered Fields’ Jenny Macleod and Pierre Purseigle,
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2004
e-ISBN: 9789047402596
DOI: 10.1163/9789047402596.012 © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Meyer, Jessica
In the Name of Father and Son: Remembering the First World War in Serbia
(11,718 words)
Todić, Katarina - In the Name of Father and Son: Remembering the First World War in Serbia
ISFWWS-Keywords: The Balkans and Eastern Europe | Legacy | Published memoirs and biographies | Pre-war period | Culture | France
Other Fronts, Other Wars? Joachim Bürgschwentner, Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani , (2014)
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2014
e-ISBN: 9789004279513
DOI: 10.1163/9789004279513_021 © 2014 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Todić, Katarina
Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War
(13,430 words)
Roy, Kaushik - Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War
Keywords: First World War | France | Indian cavalry | Mesopotamia | Palestine | Third Afghan War
ISFWWS-Keywords: India | Military organisation of combat | Experience of combat | Legacy | Soldiers and Combat | The French and British Empires | Middle East | The Ottoman Empire and the Middle East | Published memoirs and biographies
Abstract: This chapter argues that it is ahistorical to analyze the evolution of armies and warfare by using universal concepts like modern warfare.…
Hidden Courage: Postwar Literature and Anglican Army Chaplains on the Western Front, 1914–1918
(13,743 words)
Madigan, Edward - Hidden Courage: Postwar Literature and Anglican Army Chaplains on the Western Front, 1914–1918
Keywords: Anglican army chaplains | British Expeditionary Force (BEF) | postwar writers | Robert Graves | Western Front
ISFWWS-Keywords: Western Front | Britain | Religion | Literature | Experience of combat | Published memoirs and biographies | Legacy
Abstract: Robert Graves was perhaps the most scathing postwar critic of the Anglican army chaplains who served with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the Great War. It…
‘A Sting of Remembrance!’: Collective Memory and Its Forgotten Armies
(9,585 words)
Michail, Eugene - ‘A Sting of Remembrance!’: Collective Memory and Its Forgotten Armies
Keywords: Balkan front soldiers | British popular memory | First World War | forgotten British army | public memory | veteran soldiers
ISFWWS-Keywords: Balkans | Published memoirs and biographies | Britain | Legacy | Literature
Abstract: Focusing on the story of the ‘forgotten’ British army of the Balkan front this chapter explains exactly the feeling of exclusion from public memory, the reasons behind it, and the veteran soldiers’ reactions…
Soldiers’ Suffering and Military Justice in the German Army of the Great War
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Duménil, Anne - Soldiers’ Suffering and Military Justice in the German Army of the Great War
Keywords: Germany | Experience of combat | Soldiers and Combat | Western Front | Published memoirs and biographies ‛Uncovered Fields’ Jenny Macleod and Pierre Purseigle,
Publication Editor: Brill, The Netherlands, 2004
e-ISBN: 9789047402596
DOI: 10.1163/9789047402596.004 © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Duménil, Anne