scholarly journals Mozambickie zmagania Portugalczyków w czasie I wojny światowej

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-136
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Great War ◽  
The South ◽  
Military Literature ◽  
Historical Literature ◽  
The Great War

The historical literature devoted the Great War in Africa is dominated by the struggle between the German forces, superbly commanded by the initially lieutenant colonel, and finally general Major Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and units of the British Empire. The main reason of such situation is that in the east of Africa, the Germans continued fighting until the ceasefire in Western Europe in November 1918. In this narrative, there is relatively little room for a broader description of the struggles between the Germans and the Portuguese in Mozambique. The Luzytan military effort was described mainly, and at the same time disapprovingly, by the British. The impression appears that Albion deprecating the Iberian ally tried to dump a significant portion of the responsibility for the South-East Africa failures. The intention of the author of this text is to show Portuguese actions in an objective manner, not burdened with the British imperial narrative. It serves, above all, the use of Portuguese materials. This is - according to the author's knowledge - the first such attempt in the area of Polish historical-military literature. The author discussed the course of armed operations between the Portuguese and German forces and their impact on the findings of international conferences building a new balance of power after the end of the Great War.

scholarly journals France and the Serbian government's Yugoslav project

Balcanica ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 171-193
Author(s):  
Vojislav Pavlovic
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Great War ◽  
French Politics ◽  
Extreme Caution ◽  
French Government ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Actual Realization

The French government and statesmen had never considered the creation of a unified South-Slav state as an objective of the Great War. Officially acquainted with the project through the Nis Declaration in December 1914 they remained silent on the issue, as it involved both the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy and, following the Treaty of London in May 1915, an open conflict with Italy. In neither case, then, did French diplomacy deem it useful to trigger such a shift in the balance of power in Europe just to grant the wishes of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Naturally, in the spring of 1918 the dismantlement of Austria-Hungary was envisaged, but with the view to weakening the adversary camp, while the destiny of the Yugoslav provinces remained undecided. Moreover, war imperatives required extreme caution in relation to Italian intransigency. The Italian veto weighed heavily on French politics, to the extent that even the actual realization of the Yugoslav project, proclamation of a unified state on 1 December 1918 in Belgrade, took place without a consent or implicit support on the part of the French government.

The Nature and Legacy of British Imperial Internment

2020 ◽  
pp. 303-314
Author(s):  
Stefan Manz ◽  
Panikos Panayi
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
First Century ◽  
Great War ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Great War ◽  
The Way

This chapter begins by highlighting the main findings of the book, including the globalization of internment by the Empire during the Great War and the consequences for individuals and their families, but also the fact that Britain treated those it had incarcerated in a humane way. The chapter examines the return to Germany, its consequences for individuals, and the way in which the German authorities dealt with the former residents of the British Empire. These people, who may not have seen their homeland for decades, made efforts to preserve the memory of their experiences, along with former civilian and military prisoners who came from other states at war with Germany. While the memory of internment may have survived into the interwar years, it disappeared in the second half of the twentieth century, but came back to life in the early twenty-first century, inspired by the centenary of the Great War.

scholarly journals La migración por la Gran Guerra 1914-1918 y su relación con Latinoamérica

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Carlos Guillermo Tapias Cote
Keyword(s):  
Great War ◽  
The South ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
The People ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen:Europa, Asia y África fueron hasta la Gran Guerra de 1914-1918 regiones de las cuales provenían los inmigrantes a tierras americanas, siendo entre ellas las latinoamericanas, y en particular, las del sur del continente las más receptivas. El artículo versa sobre las procedencias, causales, establecimientos y decaimiento en la migración de personas durante el primer gran conflicto del siglo XX. Palabras clave: Inmigración, capitalismo, guerra, movilidad, expulsión**********************************************************The migration caused by the Great War 1914-1918 and its relation with Latin AmericaAbstractEurope, Asia and Africa were until the Great War, 1914-1918, regions from where immigrants were come to American lands, being among them the Latin-Americans, and in particular, those of the south  of the continent the most receptive. The article is about the provenances, causals, establishment and decline of the people migration towards the first great conflict of 20th century.Key words: Immigration, capitalism, war, mobility, expulsion.**********************************************************A migração pela Grande Guerra (1914-1918) e sua relação com América LatinaResumoEuropa, Ásia e África foram até a Grande Guerra (1914-1918) regiões das quais provinham os imigrantes que chegaram a terras americanas, sendo entre elas as latino-americanas, e em particular o sul do continente, as mais receptivas. Este artigo trata sobre as procedências, causais, estabelecimento e decaimento na migração de pessoas para o primeiro grande conflito do século XX. Palavras chave: Imigração, capitalismo, guerra, mobilidade, expulsão.

scholarly journals Balance of Power or Balance of Threat: Revisiting Ottoman Alliance Politics before the Great War

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Dogachan Dagi
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Great War ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Alliance Formation ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Alliance Politics ◽  
External Threat ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Threat Theory

AbstractThe Ottoman alliance politics before the Great War has not been explored for theorizing alliance politics though it presents a unique example of alliance formation under external threat. Thus, in this article, a neo-realist balance of threat theory is utilized to examine the Ottoman decision to align with Germany in the Great War. Unlike a historical account as to why the Ottomans sided with the German-Austrian alliance, this article develops a theoretical approach that takes insights from ‘alliance theories’ to explain the Ottomans’ fateful alignment. Such an alliance theory approach underlines the dilemmas of the Ottoman decision makers and demonstrates ‘rational’ elements of their strategy of balancing the main source of the threat. By bringing alliance theories and Ottoman historiography together it is argued that the Ottomans, in their search for an alliance before the Great War, sought a “balance of threat” politics rather than a “balance of power” politics.

An Anglican Odyssey: The Ecumenical Vision of Canon David John Garland (1864–1939) OBE and his Hidden Christian Agenda for Anzac Day

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
John A. Moses
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Great War ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Civic Religion ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Great War

Abstract There is still much unclear about the nature of the origins of Australia’s most respected and hallowed national day, namely Anzac Day, 25 April, and about who was primarily responsible for instituting a day of solemn commemoration for the fallen in the Great War of 1914–18. Much has been written by mostly unqualified would-be ‘authorities’ that is either patently false, uninformed or hostile to the commemoration. This is either because of resentment in some quarters of the distinctly Anglican contribution to the nature of the commemoration or pacifist misunderstanding that the celebration of Anzac Day is somehow a glorification of war. This paper based on original research into the files of the Queensland Anzac Day Commemoration Committee establishes the key role of Canon David John Garland (1864–1939) in shaping a liturgy of civic religion for the day which he hoped would become a means of reminding the population of their calling as part of the British Empire to emphasize the reign of Almighty God over all nations of the earth. That was the hidden Christian agenda in the mind of Canon Garland. Naturally he had his opponents to this objective.

India

2020 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
Stefan Manz ◽  
Panikos Panayi
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Great War ◽  
White Race ◽  
German Minority ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Anglo Indian

The chapter begins with a brief outline of the operation of the Indian civil service, the Government of India, and its relationship to Whitehall through the India Office, as well as pointing to the role of India during the Great War. The narrative then tackles the issue of the development of a hostile Anglo-Indian opinion towards the Germans which meant that the white race split apart. As in other parts of the Empire, the Government of India introduced measures which controlled the movement of the German minority and also confiscated all German property. Those interned consisted mostly of Germans resident in India when the war broke out, including missionaries, although others arrived there from Bahrain, East Africa, and Siam. Apart from the head camp at Ahmednagar, a series of other establishments also evolved, including Belgaum which held families and Sholapur which incarcerated women transported from Siam.

IX. The Seventh Dominion

1971 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Rose
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Great War ◽  
Zionist Movement ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Seal Of Approval

As a result of the Great War, the Zionist movement came of age. For the first time since its inception as a political organization, Zionism gained a backer of international and worldwide repute. The political charter which Herzl had hawked around the chancelleries of Europe found its consummation in the Balfour Declaration. The British Empire, in its moment of supreme crisis, stamped its seal of approval on the concept of a Jewish National Home in Palestine.

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