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World War I History
World War I History
1915 - General Richard Charteris wrote in his diary "Our attack has failed, and failed badly, and with heavy casualties. That is the bald and most unpleasant fact." He was referring to the Allies' dual offensive that had been launched on May 9 on the Western Front.
| "My darling one and beautiful, everything tends towards catastrophe and collapse" - British naval officer Winston Churchill, July 29, 1914 |
