1914-1918
First global conflict
The years of World War I, used as shorthand for that conflict and its era.
The dates appear on war memorials, in historical references, and as a period marker: the 1914-1918 generation, poets of 1914-1918.
Sometimes hyphenated as a compound modifier: the 1914-18 war.
Disillusioned postwar literary cohort
- war poetryVerse about armed conflict
- Wilfred OwenDulce et writer
- poppiesFlowering plants, often red
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
Siegfried Sassoon · In Flanders Fields · disillusionment · modernism · Hemingway · futility · sacrifice · patriotism
Elongated ground excavations
- Western FrontFranco-Belgian combat zone
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
- mustard gasBlistering chemical warfare agent
artillery · machine guns · Somme · Verdun · doughboys · Tommies · dugouts · shell shock
Austrian heir, killed 1914
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- SarajevoBosnia's chief city
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- Central PowersWWI German-led alliance
Triple Entente · Serbia · Austria-Hungary · Ottoman Empire · Kaiser Wilhelm · Woodrow Wilson · neutrality · Lusitania
Storage vessels for liquids
- biplanesAircraft with two wing tiers
- U-boatsGerman military submarines
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
- poison gasHarmful inhaled chemical weapon
chlorine · howitzers · Big Bertha · aerial reconnaissance · dogfights · Red Baron · radio · telegraph
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- war bondsGovernment debt for combat
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
munitions factories · women workers · censorship · shortages · Red Cross · nursing · telegrams · gold star
Lost Generation
Disillusioned postwar literary cohort
- war poetryVerse about armed conflict
- Wilfred OwenDulce et writer
- poppiesFlowering plants, often red
Siegfried Sassoon · remembrance · In Flanders Fields · disillusionment · modernism · Hemingway · futility · sacrifice · patriotism · commemoration
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- Western FrontFranco-Belgian combat zone
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- barbed wireSpiked metal fence material
mustard gas · artillery · machine guns · Somme · Verdun · doughboys · Tommies · dugouts · shell shock · over the top
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Austrian heir, killed 1914
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- SarajevoBosnia's chief city
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
Central Powers · Triple Entente · Serbia · Austria-Hungary · Ottoman Empire · Kaiser Wilhelm · Woodrow Wilson · neutrality · Lusitania · Treaty of Versailles
tanks
Storage vessels for liquids
- biplanesAircraft with two wing tiers
- U-boatsGerman military submarines
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
poison gas · chlorine · howitzers · Big Bertha · aerial reconnaissance · dogfights · Red Baron · radio · telegraph · dreadnoughts
rationing
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- war bondsGovernment debt for combat
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
conscription · munitions factories · women workers · censorship · shortages · Red Cross · nursing · telegrams · gold star · war widows