Great War
another name for World War I
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How to use Great War in a sentence
Primarily because the way most of us in the west and Anglophile world view the history of the Great War is from the winning side.
Why was he so inspired by the Great War—and a group of school friends?
Why World War I Is at the Heart of ‘Lord of the Rings’ | John Garth | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War, to be published July 1, is her first standalone novel.
The chance of becoming a mother had died when she lost her sweetheart in the Great War.
In Europe, of course, memories of the Great War are evergreen.
Very likely the next Great War will have begun before we realize that the three days' delay in the fall of Antwerp saved Calais.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonOn that very road a battalion of Uhlans had been annihilated almost to a man at the outbreak of the Great War.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxThe early days of the Great War saw Sara Lee playing her part in the setting of a city in Pennsylvania.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartA Great War cannot be waged on one continent but many of its bad effects are felt upon the others.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianThe Great War in Europe with Napoleon was over and England had plenty of ships and men to spare.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | Various
Cultural definitions for Great War
A common name for World War I before a second world war broke out. (See World War II.)
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