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Lochnagar Crater, on the Somme 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.

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

Articles
Article Labor's Service to Freedom - Samuel Gompers (1917)
Article Lacaze, Marie-Jean-Lucien
Article Laddie in Khaki - Robert Carr (Song 1915)
Article Lafayette Escadrille
Article Lahoulle, Auguste
Article Lake Naroch, Battle of
Article Lake, Percival
Article Lambart, Frederick
Article Lammasch, Heinrich
Article Land of Hope and Glory - Clara Butt (1912, Song)
Article Landis, Reed
Article Langemarck Cemetery
Article Langle de Cary, Fernand de
Article Lankhof Farm Bunkers
Article Lanky Yankee Boys in Blue - B. Murray (Song 1908)
Article Lanrezac, Charles
Article Lansing, Robert
Article Lansing, Robert - Letter Regarding 'Dumba Affair', 1915
Article Lansing, Robert - On Post-War Czech State, 1918
Article Lansing, Robert - On Recognition of Polish Govt.
Article Lansing, Robert - Reply to Austrian Munitions Protest
Article Lansing, Robert - Reply to Mexican Protest
Article Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery
Article Last Post Ceremony, Ypres (2003 Audio)
Article Latrines, Trench
Article Lauder, Harry
Article Laurier, Wilfred
Article Lawrence, T.E.
Article Lawrence, T.E. - Disputed Sexuality of
Article Lazovert, Stanislaus de - Account of Rasputin's Death
Article League of Nations - Covenant of, 1919-24
Article League of Nations - Henry Cabot Lodge on
Article League of Nations - Ignace Paderewski on, 1919
Article League of Nations - Newton Baker (Speech, 1919)
Article League of Nations - Woodrow Wilson on
Article Le Cateau, Battle of
Article Ledwidge, Francis
Article Leefe-Robinson, William
Article La Leggenda del Piave (Song, 1918)
Article Lee, Joseph (Broken Heart, The)
Article Lee, Joseph (Drum, The)
Article Lee, Joseph (Half-hour's Furlough, The)
Article Lee, Joseph (Homecoming, The)
Article Le Hamel, Battle of
Article Leman, Ernst
Article Leman, Gerard
Article Leman, Gerard - Diary Regarding Fall of Liege, 1914
Article Leman, Gerard - German Account of Fall of Liege, 1914
Article Leman, Gerard - Letter to King Albert I
Article Lench, W. H. - Evacuation of Suvla Bay (Memoir)
Article Lenin - April Theses, 1917
Article Lenin - Call for Civil Unrest (1), 1917
Article Lenin - Call for Civil Unrest (2), 1917
Article Lenin - Call to Power, 1917
Article Lenin - Decree on Peace, 1917
Article Lenin - On Need to Accept Brest-Litovsk Terms, 1918
Article Lenin - Post-Revolution Proclamations, 1917
Article Lenin - Proclamation of Victory, 1917
Article Lenin - Statement of Bolshevik Demands, 1917
Article Lenin - Ultimatum to Ukraine, 1917
Article Lenoir, Maxime
Article Leopold, Prince
Article Le Prieur Rocket
Article Leps, Adrien
Article Lester, Alfred - A Conscientious Objector (Song, 1915)
Article Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery
Article Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
Article Leval, Maitre G. de - On the Execution of Edith Cavell
Article Lewis, Cecil
Article Lewis Gun
Article Lewis, James Hamilton - Call of America (1917)
Article Lewis, Percy Wyndham
Article Lewis, W. Sylvanus - In a Kite Balloon (Memoir)
Article Liberty Bell - Peerless Quartet (Song, 1917)
Article Lice, Body
Article Lichnowsky, Prince - My Time as Ambassador (Memoir)
Article Liebknecht, Karl
Article Liebknecht, Karl - Call for Revolution, 1918
Article Liege, Battle of
Article Liege, Fall of, German Account of, 1914
Article Liege, Fall of, Leman's Despatch to King Albert I, 1914
Article Liege, Fall of, Leman's Prison Diary, 1914
Article Liman Sanders, Otto von
Article Linklater, Eric
Article Lille, Deportations from - Aristide Briand On
Article Lille, Deportations from - German Proclamation on
Article Lille, Deportations from - James W. Gerard on
Article Lille Gate
Article Lille Ramparts Cemetery
Article Linke-Crawford, Frank
Article Linsingen, Alexander von
Article Lions of the Great War (Feature Article)
Article Lippmann, Walter
Article Lipsett, Louis James
Article Listening Post
Article Literary Ambulance Drivers
Article Little Bit of Cucumber - Harry Champion (Song, 1915)
Article Littlejohn, W. H. (A Prayer)
Article Littlejohn, W. H. (Holy Communion, Suvla Bay)
Article Littlejohn, W. H. (Hospital Ship, The)
Article Littlejohn, W. H. (Suvla Bay)
Article Little, Robert
Article Littler, Thomas - Diary of
Article Lloyd George, David
Article Lloyd George, David - Call for Extra U.S. Troops, 1918
Article Lloyd George, David - On Co-ordination of Allied Forces (1)
Article Lloyd George, David - On Co-ordination of Allied Forces (2)
Article Lloyd George, David - On U.S. War Entry, 1917
Article Lloyd George, David - Opening Address at Versailles
Article Lloyd George, David - Speech on War's Origins, 1917
Article Lloyd George's Beer - Ernie Mayne (Song, 1917)
Article Lloyd, Marie - Now You've Got The Khaki On (1916)
Article Lochnagar Crater
Article Lodge, Henry Cabot
Article Lodge, Henry Cabot - on League of Nations, 1919
Article Lody, Carl
Article Lody, Carl - Final Letters
Article London Cemetery & Extension
Article London Gazette
Article London Pre-war Peace Rally, August 1914
Article London, Treaty of, 1839
Article London, Treaty of, 1913
Article London, Treaty of, 1915
Article Lone Pine, Battle of
Article Lone Tree Cemetery
Article Longueval New Zealand Memorial
Article Lonsdale Cemetery
Article Loos, Battle of
Article Loos, Memoir of Battle of (1)
Article Mons, Memoir of Battle of (2)
Article Loos, Memoir of Highland Battalion at
Article Lorraine, Invasion of
Article Lorraine & Thorne - When We've Wound.. (Song, 1915)
Article Lorraine, V - If You Were The Only Girl (Song 1916)
Article Lorraine, V - Three Cheers For Little Belgium (Song 1914)
Article Louvain, Destruction of, 1914
Article Louvain, Destruction of - Footage of
Article Louvain, Destruction of - Judicial Report
Article Louvain, Destruction of - Kaiser Wilhelm's Reaction
Article Louvain, Destruction of - Official German Statement
Article Lowenhardt, Erich
Article Ludendorff, Erich
Article Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (1)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (2)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - 1914 Film Footage of (3)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Aisne/Champagne
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Battle of Verdun (1)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Battle of Verdun (2)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Negotiating Armistice
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Opening of 1918 Spring Offensive
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Second Battle of the Marne (1)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Second Battle of the Marne (2)
Article Ludendorff, Erich - On Third Ypres
Article Ludendorff, Erich - 'Stabbed in the Back' Allegations
Article Lufbery, Raoul
Article Luke Jr, Frank
Article Lukin, Henry
Article Lukis, Dr Theodore
Article Lusitania and the U-20
Article Lusitania, British Law Courts Review
Article Lusitania, RMS, The Fatal Voyage (Feature Article)
Article Lusitania Sinking, First U.S. Protest, 1915
Article Lusitania Sinking, German Response, 28 May 1915
Article Lusitania Sinking, Second U.S. Protest, 1915
Article Lusitania Sinking, Third U.S. Protest, 1915
Article Lutsk, Battle of
Article Lutyens, Edwin
Article Luxembourg During the First World War
Article Luxemburg, Rosa
Article Lvov, Prince Georgy
Article Lyautey, Hubert
Article Lyddite
Article Lys Offensive - Currie's Appeal to Canadian Corps
Article Lys Offensive - Hindenburg on Opening of

German losses at Messines were 25,000, of which 7,500 were taken prisoner.  British casualties were 17,000 killed or wounded.

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