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Allies
The military alliance that fought against the Central Powers was known as the Allies. Initially this alliance was based around the four great powers of Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire, along with the smaller states of Serbia, Montenegro and Belgium that also went to war in 1914.
- Page 4 - Republic of FranceKey information and statistics about the Republic of France during the First World
The Salonika campaign
23 October is the anniversary of the 1915 sinking of the Marquette with the loss of 32 New Zealanders, including 10 nurses. They were en route from Egypt to the Greek port of Salonika as New Zealand’s contribution to the little-known Allied campaign in the Balkans
- Page 3 - Serbia 1915As New Zealand forces rested on the island of Lemnos in the autumn of 1915, the crisis in the Balkans intensified.
Western Front in 1918
In 1918, a series of major German and Allied offensives broke the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, resulting in the collapse of the German Army and the end of the war within the year. New Zealand units played an important part in the Allies' final push for victory.
- Page 1 - 1918: Amiens, Bapaume and victory - Western Front campaignIn 1918, a series of major German and Allied offensives broke the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, resulting in the collapse of the German Army and the end of the
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Main image: French artillery at the Somme
French soldiers handling the new 145mm naval gun at Ravin d'Hardecourt aux Bois on the Somme, 1916.
