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Pool of Peace - the Spanbroekmolen mine crater on Messines Ridge 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 'P'.

Articles
Article Pack Up Your Troubles - Murray Johnson (Song, 1916)
Article Pack Up Your Troubles - Reinald Werrenrath (Song, 1917)
Article Paderewski, Ignace
Article Paderewski, Ignace - On League of Nations
Article Paderewski, Ignace - On Paris Peace Conference
Article Padre, Memoir of a
Article Page, Thomas Nelson - On 10th/11th Isonzo
Article Page, Thomas Nelson - On Asiago Offensive
Article Painleve, Paul
Article Painleve, Paul - On French Failure at 3rd Aisne, 1917
Article Paintings, Wartime
Article Pakenham, William
Article Palestine Front
Article Palestine, Memoir of Service in
Article Palmer, Robert (How Long, O Lord?)
Article Pals' Battalions
Article Panama's Declaration of War with Germany, 1917
Article Pandemic, Influenza
Article Papen, Franz von
Article Parabellum Gun
Article Parados
Article Parapet
Article Paris, Government Abandonment of, 1914 (1)
Article Paris, Government Abandonment of, 1914 (2)
Article Paris, Footage of Reaction to War Declaration, 1914
Article Paris Gun
Article Paris Gun - British Press Report on
Article Paris Gun - William G Sharp on Use of
Article Paris Peace Conference - Account of Signing Ceremony
Article Paris Peace Conference - British Observer's Account of
Article Paris Peace Conference - Poincare's Welcoming Address
Article Paris Peace Conference - Clemenceau's Opening Address
Article Paris Peace Conference - Dutch Newspaper Editorial
Article Paris Peace Conference - German Protests (1)
Article Paris Peace Conference - German Protests (2)
Article Paris Peace Conference - Lloyd George's Opening Address
Article Paris Peace Conference - Paderewski on
Article Paris Peace Conference - Sonnino's Opening Address
Article Paris Peace Conference - Wilson's Opening Address
Article Pasic, Nikola
Article Passchendaele, Battle of
Article Passchendaele, New British Cemetery
Article Passchendaele, Tyne Cot Cemetery
Article Paterson, Alexander - Bravery in the Field? (Memoir)
Article Patriain, Inni della - La Canzone del Grappa (Song, 1918)
Article Pau, Paul
Article Payne, Herbert - Smoke Clouds (Song 1917)
Article Peaceful Penetration
Article Peace Note, Pope Benedict XV, 1917
Article Peace Resolution, Reichstag, 1917
Article Peace Without Victory, Woodrow Wilson, 1917
Article Pecanha, Dr Nilo - On Brazil's Reason for War, 1917
Article Peckham Crater
Article Peerless Quartet - America Here's My Boy (Song, 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - Au Revoir, But Not... (Song 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - I Don't Know Where I'm... (Song 1917)
Article Peerless Quartet - I'm Gonna Pin My Medal... (Song 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - Keep the Trench Fires... (Song 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - Liberty Bell (Song, 1917)
Article Peerless Quartet - We Don't Want The Bacon (1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - We'll Do Our Share (Song 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - When I Send You a... (Song 1918)
Article Peerless Quartet - While They Were... (Song 1914)
Article Pellissier, Robert - Wartime Letters
Article Penfield, Frederic C - On Aftermath of Hindenburg Retreat
Article Penrose and Whitlow - Potsdam (Song, 1914)
Article Perowne, Victor (A Dirge)
Article Pershing, John
Article Pershing, John - Address to Foch, 28 March 1918
Article Pershing, John - Despatch, 1 September 1919
Article Pershing, John - From the Battlefields (Speech 1918)
Article Pershing, John - Life of
Article Pershing, John - On Battle of St Mihiel, 1918
Article Pershing, John - On European Calls for Extra Troops, 1918
Article Pershing, John - On Expedition to Mexico, 1916
Article Pershing, John - On Fighting at Cantigny, 1918
Article Pershing, John - On Foch's Appt. as Allied Commander
Article Pershing, John - On Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918
Article Pershing, John - On Second Battle of the Marne (1)
Article Pershing, John - On Second Battle of the Marne (2)
Article Perth (China Wall) Cemetery
Article Petain, Henri-Philippe
Article Peter I, King or Serbia
Article Petit, Gabrielle
Article Pflanzer-Baltin, Karl von
Article Philipps, Colwyn (Barrier, The)
Article Philipps, Colwyn (I Love)
Article Philipps, Colwyn (Racing Rhymes)
Article Philipps, Colwyn (Release)
Article Philipps, Colwyn (To Mother)
Article Phillips, David - At a Sap-Head (Memoir)
Article Phillips, J - Don't Take My Darling Boy Away (Song)
Article Photographs, Present-day
Article Photographs, Wartime
Article Photo Reconnaissance
Article Piave River, Battle of the
Article Piave River, Battle of the - Conrad von Hotzendorf on
Article Piave River, Battle of the - French Report on
Article Piave River, Battle of the - German Report on
Article Piave River, Battle of the - G.M. Trevelyan on
Article Piave River, Battle of the - Lord Cavan on
Article Pigeons, Carrier
Article Pike, Ernest - Roses of Picardy (Song)
Article Pilsudski, Josef
Article Pilsudski, Josef - Newspaper Interview with
Article Pilsudski, Josef - On Immediate Plans
Article Pilsudski, Josef - Regency Council's Appt. of (1)
Article Pilsudski, Josef - Regency Council's Appt. of (2)
Article Pinsard, Armand
Article Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
Article Pistols
Article Plan 17
Article Plan 19
Article Plan A
Article Plan B
Article Plan G
Article Plan R
Article Plans, War
Article Plehve, Wenzel von
Article Ploegsteert, Berkshire Cemetery Extension
Article Ploegsteert, Hyde Park Corner
Article Ploegsteert, Hyde Park Corner Cemetery
Article Ploegsteert, Underhill Farm Cemetery
Article Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
Article Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery
Article Ploegsteert Wood, Mud Corner Cemetery
Article Ploegsteert Wood, Rifle House Cemetery
Article Ploegsteert Wood, Toronto Avenue Cemetery
Article Plowman, Dorothy (Any Soldier's Wife)
Article Plowman, Max
Article Plowman, Max (When It's Over)
Article Plumer, Herbert
Article Poets
Article Pohl, Hugo von
Article Pohl, Hugo von - Naval Blockade of Britain, 1915
Article Poincare, Raymond
Article Poincare, Raymond - Footage with George V, 1914
Article Poincare, Raymond - Footage of Russian State Visit, 1914
Article Poincare, Raymond - Reaction to 1st Marne, 1914
Article Poincare, Raymond - War Address, 4 August 1914
Article Poincare, Raymond - Welcome Address at Versailles
Article Poison Gas
Article Poison Gas - German Defence Of Use Of
Article Poison Gas - Memoir of Use of at Ypres, 1915 (1)
Article Poison Gas - Memoir of Use of at Ypres, 1915 (2)
Article Poison Gas - Photographs of
Article Poison Gas - Sir John French's Account
Article Poland, Polish Speech on German Military Rule in
Article Poland, U.S. Report on German Military Rule in
Article Politicians
Article Politicians, Photographs of
Article Polivanov, Alexei
Article Polygon Wood, 5th Australian Division Memorial
Article Polygon Wood Cemetery
Article Polygon Wood New Zealand Memorial
Article Pomeroy Bullet
Article Pom-Pom Gun
Article Pool of Peace
Article Poperinghe
Article Porte; Sublime Porte
Article Portugal During the First World War
Article Postcards, Wartime
Article Posters, Propaganda
Article Potemkin
Article Potijze Burial Ground
Article Potijze Chateau Lawn & Grounds Cemeteries
Article Potiorek, Oskar
Article Potsdam - Penrose and Whitlow (Song, 1914)
Article Potter, R. C.
Article Pour le Merite
Article Powell, N. C. - The End of Bulgaria (Memoir)
Article Pozieres, 1st Australian Division Memorial
Article Pozieres, Tanks Corps Memorial
Article Pozieres Cemetery
Article Pozieres Mill Australian Memorial
Article Pozieres Ridge, Battle of
Article Preliminary Bombardment
Article Prezan, Constantine
Article Price, G & Dalhart, V - Till We Meet Again (Song 1918)
Article Priestley, J.B.
Article Principal Actions
Article Princip, Gavrilo
Article Prittwitz, Maximilian von
Article Proclamation of Irish Republic (1916)
Article Propaganda Order, 1917 German
Article Propaganda Posters
Article Propaganda Posters - Australia
Article Propaganda Posters - Belgium
Article Propaganda Posters - Canada
Article Propaganda Posters - France
Article Propaganda Posters - Germany
Article Propaganda Posters - Italy
Article Propaganda Posters - Russia
Article Propaganda Posters - U.K.
Article Propaganda Posters - U.S.A.
Article Propaganda, U.K. (The Most Popular War in History)
Article Propaganda, U.S.
Article Provisional Government, Announcement of Formation
Article Prowse Point Cemetery
Article Przemysl, Account of 1915 Austrian Surrender of
Article Public Schools, UK and Recruitment
Article Pulemyot Maxima Gun
Article Pulpe, Eduard
Article Punishment No. 1, Field
Article Putnik, Radomir
Article Puttnam, David

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