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…

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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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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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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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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Besant, Annie

By Maria Framke

Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a British supporter of Indian nationalism. During W…

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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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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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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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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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