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The 'Danger Tree' at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park This area of the website provides an A-Z listing of First World War terms, personalities, biographical sketches, battles, weaponry, etc.

All material listed by category elsewhere in the site is contained within this section.  Conversely many articles are solely listed within the encyclopedia given that they do not sit comfortably within any existing category.

The encyclopedia is grouped alphabetically. This page lists entries grouped under the letter 'B'.

Articles
Article Babtie, William
Article Bachelor Gay, A - Peter Dawson (Song 1917)
Article Bachmann, Gustav
Article Bacon, Reginald
Article Backs to the Wall, Douglas Haig, 1918
Article Baden-Powell, Lord
Article Baden, Prince Max von
Article Baden, Prince Max von - Announcing Representative Govt.
Article Baden, Prince Max von - On Kaiser's Abdication
Article Baer, Paul
Article Baghdad, Capture of
Article Baghdad, Capture of - Austro-German Report on
Article Baghdad, Capture of - British Despatch on
Article Baghdad, Capture of - Edmund Candler on
Article Bairnsfather, Bruce
Article Baker, A. B. - The Story of a W.A.A.C.
Article Baker, Sir Herbert
Article Baker, Newton
Article Baker, Newton - At The Front (Speech, 1917)
Article Baker, Newton - League of Nations (Speech, 1919)
Article Baker, Newton - On Operations in Mexico, 1916
Article Bakhmeteff, Boris - Note of Thanks to U.S., 1917
Article Balfour, Arthur
Article Balfour, Arthur - On Case of Capt. Fryatt, 1916
Article Balfour, Arthur - On the Fourteen Points, 1918
Article Balfour Declaration, 1917
Article Balkan Causes of World War One
Article Ball, Albert
Article Ball, Fred - Ordinary War on the Somme (Memoir)
Article Balloon, Memoir of Service in
Article Balloons, Observation
Article Bangalore Torpedo
Article BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
Article Baracca, Francesco
Article Barbed Wire (Wiring Parties)
Article Barbusse, Henri
Article Barker, William
Article Barrage, Creeping
Article Barrage, Dover
Article Barrage, Northern
Article Barrage, Otranto
Article Barrages
Article Basra, Capture of
Article Battenberg, Louis of
Article Battlefield Tours
Article Battlegrounds, Photographs of
Article Battles, Listing of
Article Battles, Principal
Article Battle That Wasn't, The - Jolly Jesters (Song, 1914)
Article Bauer, Max
Article Bauer, Otto
Article Bäumer, Paul
Article Bayes, Nora - Over There (Song, 1917)
Article Baylies, Frank
Article Bayonets
Article Bazentin Ridge, Battle of
Article BBC TV, How the 'Great War' was Lost - and Found
Article Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew
Article Beaulieu-Marconnay, Oliver Freiherr von
Article Bean, Charles
Article Beatty, David
Article Beaumont-Hamel, 'Y' Ravine Cemetery
Article Beaumont-Hamel, 29th Division Monument
Article Beaumont-Hamel, 51st Division Monument
Article Beaumont-Hamel Cemetery
Article Beaumont-Hamel, Hunter's Cemetery
Article Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park
Article Beaver, Wilfred
Article Beaverbrook, Lord
Article Bedford House Cemetery
Article Beersheba, Battle of
Article Bees, Battle of the
Article Belgian Air Service
Article Belgian Ambassador's Notes on Run-up to War in Turkey
Article Belgium, Cardinal Mercier on German Rule in (1)
Article Belgium, Cardinal Mercier on German Rule in (2)
Article Belgian Coast, Memoir of Service on
Article Belgium, Brand Whitlock on German Rule in
Article Belgium, Brave Little
Article Belgium During the First World War
Article Belgium, German Military Governor's Proclamations (1914)
Article Belgium, German Protest to U.S.A., 1914
Article Belgium, Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (1)
Article Belgium, Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (2)
Article Belgium, Germany's Request for Free Passage, 1914 (3)
Article Belgium, King's Address to Parliament, 4 Aug 1914
Article Belgium, German Troops Entering (Film Footage), 1914
Article Belgium, Labour Unions Protest at German Rule in
Article Belgium Put The Kibosh... - Mark Sheridan (Song, 1915)
Article Belgium, Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum
Article Belgium, Scrap of Paper (The), 1914 (1)
Article Belgium, Scrap of Paper (The), 1914 (2)
Article Belgium, Service as a Nurse in, August 1914
Article Belgium, U.S. Report into German Atrocities in 1914 in
Article Belgium, Women's Societies Protest at German Rule in
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of - British Press Dispatch
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of - French Citation
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of - French Military Report
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of - Josephus Daniels on
Article Belleau Wood, Battle of - Pershing on
Article Bell, I. F. - The First Battle of Ypres (Memoir)
Article Below, Fritz von
Article Below, Otto von
Article Bendall, F. W. D. - The Flood at Suvla Bay (Memoir)
Article Benedict XV, Pope
Article Benedict XV, Pope, Peace Note of, 1917
Article Benes, Eduard
Article Benet-Mercie Machine Rifle
Article Bennett, Louis Jr.
Article Benson, William Shepherd
Article Berchtold, Leopold von
Article Bergmann MG15 nA Gun
Article Bergmann MP18 Gun
Article Berkshire Cemetery Extension
Article Berlin, and Spartacist Uprising 1918-19
Article Berlin, Footage of Reaction to War Declaration, 1914
Article Bernafay Wood Cemetery
Article Bernert, Fritz
Article Bernstorff, Count von
Article Bernstorff, Count von - On German Spying in U.S.
Article Bernstorff, Count von - On U-Boat Warfare, 1917
Article Berr, Hans
Article Berthelot, Henri
Article Berthold, Rudolf
Article Beseler, Hans von
Article Bethlehem Farm East Cemetery
Article Bethlehem Farm West Cemetery
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Reaction to Italy's Declaration
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Reaction to War with U.S.
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Reaction to Romania's Declaration
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Scrap of Paper (1)
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Scrap of Paper (2)
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Speech to Reichstag, 1914
Article Bethmann-Hollweg, T. - Speech to Reichstag, 1917
Article Big Bertha
Article Billet, Memoir of Life in a
Article Bingham, Edward
Article Binyon, Laurence
Article Biographies
Article Birch, Noel
Article Birdwood, William
Article Birmingham, HMS
Article Birr Cross Roads Cemetery
Article Bishop, William
Article Bismarck, Otto von
Article Bismarck, Otto von - Film Footage
Article Bissing, Ferdinand von - Defence of Policy in Belgium
Article Bissing, Ferdinand von - Proclamations of 1914
Article Bita Paka, Battle of
Article Bizot, Maurice
Article Blackburn, Robert
Article Black Diamonds Band - We All Went... (Song, 1915)
Article Black Watch of Canada
Article Blank Cheque, Germany's Offer of, 1914
Article Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery
Article Blighty Wounds
Article Bliss, Tasker
Article Blockade of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Bulow)
Article Blockade of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Pohl)
Article Blockade of Britain by Germany, 1915 (von Tirpitz)
Article Blomfield, Reginald
Article Blue Max, the (Pour le Merite)
Article Bluff, The, Hedge Row Trench Cemetery
Article Blunden, Edmund
Article Bodart, Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Baghdad
Article Bodart, Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Jerusalem
Article Bodart, Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Fall of Turkey
Article Bodart, Dr. Gaston - Official Report on Siege of Kut
Article Boeck, General von der on Fall of Warsaw, 1915
Article Boelcke, Oswald
Article Bohm-Ermolli, Eduard Freiherr von
Article Bolimov, Battle of
Article Bollettino della vittoria (Italian Victory Bulletin)
Article Bolo, Paul
Article Bolshevik Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress Resolutions
Article Bols, Louis Jean
Article Bombardment, Preliminary
Article Bomber Aircraft
Article Bonar Law, Andrew
Article Bone, Muirhead
Article Bonser, H. P. - A Sapper in Palestine (Memoir)
Article Boot, Battle of the
Article Borden, Robert
Article Botterell, Henry
Article Bothmer, Felix von
Article Boroevic, Svetozar von
Article Boselli, Paolo
Article Botha, Louis
Article Bourjade, Leon
Article Bowmen, The (related to The Angels of Mons)
Article Boyau, Maurice
Article Boy-Ed, Karl
Article Boys In Khaki, Boys In Blue - F Wheeler (Song 1914)
Article Boyton, Arthur - Are We Downhearted? (Song 1914)
Article Bradbury, N. H. - A Gunner's Adventure (Memoir)
Article Braithwaite, Walter
Article Brame, George - On The Belgian Coast
Article Bratianu, Ion
Article Bratianu, Ion - Declaration of War with Austria-Hungary
Article Bravery in the Field, Memoir of
Article Brazil During the First World War
Article Breslau and Goeben, Flight of the (Memoir)
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918 - Czernin on
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918 - Hertling on
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918 - Lenin on
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918 - Russian Govt Protest on
Article Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of, 1918 - Russian Boycott of
Article Breton, Andre
Article Briand, Aristide
Article Briand, Aristide - On Deportations from Lille
Article Bridge House Cemetery
Article Bridges, William
Article Britain, Prime Minister's Statement of 6 Aug 1914
Article Britain, Breaking Off of Relations with Germany, 1914
Article Britain, Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum (1)
Article Britain, Reaction to Austrian Ultimatum (2)
Article Britain, Reaction to German Official Statement in 1914
Article Britain, Scrap of Paper (The), 1914
Article British War Medal
Article Brittain, Vera
Article Broch, Hermann
Article Brockway, Fenner
Article Brooding Soldier Canadian Memorial
Article Brooke, Rupert
Article Brooke, Rupert (Gifts of the Dead)
Article Brooke, Rupert (If I Should Die)
Article Broqueville, Charles de
Article Broqueville, Charles de - On Fourteen Points, 1918
Article Brown, Arthur Roy
Article Browning Automatic Rifle
Article Browning M1917 Gun
Article Bruchmuller, Georg
Article Brumowski, Godwin
Article Brunt, Walter van - Don't Bite the Hand... (Song, 1916)
Article Brusilov, Alexei
Article Brusilov, Alexei - Statement on Brusilov Offensive (1)
Article Brusilov, Alexei - Statement on Kerenski Offensive (2)
Article Brusilov, Alexei - Statement on Kerenski Offensive
Article Brusilov Offensive - Austrian Memoir of
Article Brusilov Offensive - Brusilov's Statement
Article Brusilov Offensive - German Observer's Report
Article Brusilov Offensive - Hungarian Memoir of
Article Brusilov Offensive - Polish Memoir of
Article Brussels - Footage of German Troops Entering, 1914
Article Bryan, William Jennings
Article Bryce, James
Article Bryce Report into Armenian Massacre, 1915
Article Bryce Report into German Atrocities in Belgium, 1915
Article Buchan, John
Article Bucharest, Treaty of, 1918
Article Buchner, Franz
Article Buckingham Palace, Footage of Crowds Cheering, 1914
Article Bulfin, Edward
Article Bulgaria During the First World War
Article Bulgaria, Peace Delegation on Allegations of Atrocities
Article Bulgaria, Radoslavov on on Entry into War
Article Bulgaria, Memoir of Service in
Article Bulgaria, Russia's Declaration of War with, 1915
Article Bull's Road Cemetery
Article Bullard, Robert Lee
Article Bullet, Pomeroy
Article Bultitude, R. G. - Retreat (Memoir)
Article Bulow, Karl von
Article Bulow, Prince von (On Naval Blockade of Britain, 1915)
Article Burian, Istvan von
Article Burian, Istvan von - Protest Re: U.S. Munitions, 1915
Article Burkhart, Maurice - It's a Long Way to Berlin... (1917)
Article Burrage, A. M. - War is War (Memoirs)
Article Burr, Henry - Hello Central! Give Me... (Song, 1918)
Article Burr, Henry - Just a Baby's Prayer... (Song, 1918)
Article Burr, Henry - Keep the Trench Fires... (Song, 1918)
Article Burr, Henry - Somewhere in France is a Lily (Song, 1917)
Article Burr, Henry - The Rose of No-Man's Land (Song, 1918)
Article Burr, Henry - While They Were... (Song 1914)
Article Bus House Cemetery
Article Butt, Clara - Land of Hope and Glory (1912, Song)
Article Butte de Warlencourt
Article Butterworth, George
Article Buttes New British Cemetery
Article Byng, Julian
Article Byng, Julian, Summary of

A Flechette was an anti-personnel dart dropped from an aircraft.

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