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  1. 1H. G. Wells, reluctant war correspondent
  2. 2H. G. Wells, war correspondent in France
  3. 3The war in Italy: H. G. Wells at Isonzo
  4. 4H. G. Wells: the mountain war
  5. 5H. G. Wells: behind the front
  6. 6H. G. Wells: the western war
  7. 7H. G. Wells in France: the grades of war
  8. 8H. G. Wells in France: the war landscape
  9. 9The first tanks go into battle
  10. 10The birth of the Air Force
  11. 11The bantams, the padre, and the kind German officer
  12. 12The highly-strung Australians of Pozieres
  13. 13State of the Union Address, 1916
  14. 14The Zimmerman Telegram
  15. 15Woodrow Wilson: A world league for peace
  16. 16H. G. Wells: new arms for old ones
  17. 17H. G. Wells: new arms for old ones part 2
  18. 18H. G. Wells on tanks
  19. 19Woodrow Wilson: The severance of diplomatic relations with Germany
  20. 20Woodrow Wilson: Request for a grant of power
  21. 21Of German retreats and flaxen-haired babies
  22. 22Woodrow Wilson, 1917 inaugural address
  23. 23Order No. I of the Petrograd Soviet
  24. 24Woodrow Wilson: We must accept war
  25. 25Woodrow Wilson: A State Of War
  26. 26Woodrow Wilson: Speak, act, and serve together
  27. 27Emma Goldman addresses the jury
  28. 28The mustard gas surprise
  29. 29A nation preparing for war
  30. 30Prisoners of war in Germany
  31. 31Prisoners of war in Germany part 2
  32. 32Ambassador Gerard and the submarine situation
  33. 33Ambassador Gerard visits the US
  34. 34Ambassador Gerard returns to Berlin
  35. 35Gerard on US-German relations, 1917
  36. 36An ambassador describes Germany in wartime
  37. 37The Balfour Declaration
  38. 38The Hindenburg line is broken
  39. 39Haig's Cambrai Despatch
  40. 40Haig's Cambrai Despatch, part 2
  41. 41Haig's Cambrai Despatch, part 3
  42. 42State of the Union Address, 1917
  43. 43Brest-Litovsk Treaty
  44. 44The Treaty of Bucharest
  45. 45Treaty of Bucharest, part 2
  46. 46The origin of the flamethrower
  47. 47Anglo-French Joint Statement of Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia
  48. 48The Armistice Demands
  49. 49Abdication Proclamation of Wilhelm II

Preface

The documents in this collection have been placed in chronological order of the events described, as far as possible, although some the entries cover periods of time, and have been ranked by their date of publication. In some cases, dates have been inferred.

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