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MapBritish and German New Guinea.
British & German New Guinea This 1906 map of British New Guinea, German New Guinea (also known as Kaiser-Wilhelms-land), and the Bismarck Archipelago was produced by the Geographical Section of the General Staff of the War Office of Great Britain. Germany annexed the northern area of the island of New Guinea in 1884, together with islands of New Britain and New Ireland. The Germans renamed the former New Pomerania…- Contributor: Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division - Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section
- Date: 1906-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingBelgians Flooding Germans. This print showing German troops struggling in an unexpected flood in Belgium is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "A heroic feat by small Belgium caused admiration from the whole world. Highly cultured Belgium, outraged by Germany's barbarian attacks, decided to take extreme measures to save the country. The whole of northern Belgium…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialGerman intrigues in Persia, In November 1914, after the Ottoman Empire entered World War I on the side of Germany and the Central Powers, Sultan-Caliph Mehmed V issued a call for a worldwide jihad against Britain and France. The Germans and their Turkish allies hoped to stir up Muslims against British rule in India and to draw Persia and Afghanistan, both of which had declared their neutrality, into…- Contributor: [Griesinger, W]
- Date: 1918-01-01
- Resource: - 44 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialGerman colonization. "Authorities": p. 138-141.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 166 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingGermans Destroyed by Horses. This print showing horses trampling a group of German soldiers is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "In one of the battles in the Alsatian theater of the war, at Gwaldikonen, the Germans settled on a small hill and installed their field artillery there. The French tried to attack several times but they…- Contributor: Samoilov, Misha
- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialFormer German possessions in Oceania. "Appendix" (p. [89]-94): Agreement between Great Britain and Germany, April 25-29, 1885. Declaration of April 6, 1886; April 10, 1886. Final act of Samoa conference, June 14, 1889. Convention and declaration of November 14, 1899. Convention of December 2, 1899. "Authorities": p. [95]-97, [1] p.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 118 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Russian-German War. 1914. This print showing the scene of a battle between Russians and Germans in 1914 is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "On August 7, the German army near Gumbinnen introduced at least three corps into battle and tried to encircle our right flank. The battle became extremely tense. We took the offensive in…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingOur Siberian Detachment Captures German Positions. This print showing Russian soldiers charging up a hill is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "On the left bank of the Vistula River, during the night of December 29 and the next day, the Germans attempted to attack separate areas of our forces, which they had also attempted to attack during the…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe German Peace.
La pace tedesca During the final year of World War I, authorities in Italy and in other combatant countries were deeply alarmed by the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia's withdrawal from the war. They worried that defeatism would spread among their own war-weary populations, leading to a slackening of the war effort. The authorities responded both with repressive measures aimed at countering "Red" subversion and with propaganda urging…- Contributor: Canevari, Silvio
- Date: 1918-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialGerman opinion on national policy since July 1914. German text.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 62 pages
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MapMap of the empire of Germany. From: Kitchin, General atlas describing the whole universe. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Delarochette, L. (Louis)
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Germans' Retreat in East Prussia. This print showing German soldiers retreating from advancing Russians is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "Our troops captured Bakałarzewo and seized large quantities of weapons, equipment, and ammunition. Some of the weapons were seized in the aslant position. On the left bank of the Vistula River, the Germans hastily continue moving to…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingDefeat of the German Troops at Gumbinnen. This print showing a cavalry battle at Gumbinnen (present-day Gusev, Russia) is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "In East Prussia on August 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1914, a fierce battle was fought. It culminated in a brilliant victory of the Russian troops on the banks of the Rominte River. German forces…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingExtermination of the German Artillery Battery. This print showing an artillery blast amidst cavalry is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "From November 17 to November 19, along the line of the Masurian Lakes, our troops, having come very close to the artificial barriers installed by the Germans, rained fierce artillery fire upon the enemy in the passages between…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Battle with the Germans Near Lipsko. This print showing a battle between Germans and Russians near Lipsko, Poland is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "While our valiant troops were destroying the Austro-German army under [General Moritz von] Auffenberg and driving it away from the city of Lublin beyond the San River, a German unit consisting of three divisions…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialGerman Old Testament.
Deutschsprachige Bibel (Altes Testament) This two-volume manuscript of a Southern German translation of the Old Testament was written by the professional scribe Georg Rorer from Ratisbon (Regensburg) around 1463, perhaps for the monastery of Rottenbuch in Bavaria. The first volume contains all the books of the Old Testament from the Book of Genesis (with the first part of the Book of Genesis up to 24:19 missing) to the…- Contributor: Rörer, Georg - Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856 - Furtmeyr, Berthold, Flourished
- Date: 1463-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA Bloody Battle with the Germans at Vítkovice. This print showing a battle between Russians and Germans at Vítkovice is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "Bloody Kaiser Wilhelm II had long promised his barbaric hordes that they would one day plunder the beautiful Warsaw. Twice, the Germans rushed to the city, but each time they were repulsed with heavy losses.…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialTanganyika (German East Africa) Appendix (p. [107]-112): Extracts from treaties relating to East Africa. "Authorities": p. [113]-115.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 134 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Failure of the German Offensive at Kaunas. This print showing a battle scene is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains, in the words of a Russian reporter for the newspaper Early Morning, September 12, 1914: "Local diplomatic circles received a message relayed through Copenhagen that an attempted advance by East Prussian troops on Kaunas suffered a decisive setback. The detachments…- Date: 1914-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialTreatment of natives in the German colonies. "Authorities": p. [49]-50.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 66 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingRussian Ships Shot down the German Cruiser "Magdeburg". This print showing a ship in flames at sea is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "On the night of August 13, the German cruiser Magdeburg got stranded in dense fog in the shallow water of the Gulf of Finland. Attempts to move away from the shoal were unsuccessful despite assistance from German…- Date: 1914-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA Battle with the Germans on the Bzura River. This print showing a battle taking place on the Bzura River is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "The second onslaught of the German troops on Warsaw and the Vistula River was stopped along the line of the Bzura River and its tributary, the Rawka River. Further to the south, the line of…- Date: 1915-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Defeat of the Germans on the River Bzura. This print showing the defeat of Germans at the river Bzura is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains: "In three previous battles, the defeated German army was unable to conduct a full and broad offensive against our invincible army along the front line at the river Bzura. The Germans were limited to separate…- Date: 1915-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRussia's War with Germany and Austria-Hungary. This print showing a clash between the infantry and cavalry of two opposing forces is from the collection of World War I lubok posters held at the British Library. The caption explains that the image depicts the capture of Yaroslav (present-day Jarosław, Poland) by the Russian Army. Lubok is a Russian word for popular prints created from woodcuts, engravings, etchings, or later, by using…- Date: 1914-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialPsalter of David in German.
Psalterium Davidis, Deutsch Manuscript psalters are, in many cases, preceded by a calendar section. The small-scale manuscript of a psalter in German presented here contains on leaves 1 recto-6 verso an Augsburg calendar (including the entries dedicated to the feasts of Saints Ulrich and Afra and the consecration of the Augsburg Cathedral on September 28). The Psalter is on leaves 8 recto-267 recto, followed by, on leaves…- Contributor: Bämler, Johann
- Date: 1484-01-01
- Resource: - 566 pages
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