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- abbreviation
World War I
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Easily over-run, the best they could manage to do was contribute troops to Napoleon as he fought to take over Europe, managed to stay neutral in WW1 (and provide a home to the Kaiser afterward), and surrender after a few days in WW2.
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British machine gunners in WW1 would use the cooling water from their Vickers machine guns to brew tea.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Cooking Bacon with a Machine Gun 2010
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What about the British blockade of Germany in WW1?
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Do you have any idea how many French men and boys were killed in WW1?
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It is our complete slavery to modern technology that is so much like what happened in WW1 and in all wars, including that in Afghanistan.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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Look at Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe in WW1 and the whacked-out, practically guaranteed to start another war, Versailles treaty.
Somalia Ruined: Intervention Fails Again « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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If you think WW1 is an inevitable result of the economics of the late 19th century, your Marxism is also your prerogative. jr Says:
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How were the Central Powers not the aggressor in WW1?
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One of his key evidences is (get ready for this one, too) that the Wehrmacht used on their jackets buttons authorized in WW1 (and used by the Weimar Republic) that read Gott Mit Uns. That no serious historian buys this tendentious crap bothers him not in the least.
June 21st, 2009 m_francis 2009
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After all, Richthofen-specialists and world famous historians with concentrations in WW1 warfare and aerial combat strongly approved the film as to its accuracy.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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