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The '''Western Front''' was the theatre of the '''[[World War II|Second World War]]''' which encompassed the fighting in [[Western Europe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'') | The '''Western Front''' was the theatre of the '''[[World War II|Second World War]]''' which encompassed the fighting in [[Western Europe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'') | ||
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[[File:WorldWarI.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Western Front|original Western Front]] of the cataclysmic [[World War I|First World War]], which planted the seeds for a repeat of the struggle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'')|link=https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/File:WorldWarI.jpg]] | [[File:WorldWarI.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Western Front|original Western Front]] of the cataclysmic [[World War I|First World War]], which planted the seeds for a repeat of the struggle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'')|link=https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/File:WorldWarI.jpg]] | ||
Between [[1914]] and [[1918]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] fought against [[German Empire|Imperial Germany]] on French and [[Belgium|Belgian]] soil on the stagnant [[Western Front]] of the [[World War I|First World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', ''et al.'') Germany and her allies were defeated and the end of the war was marked by [[Armistice Day]] on [[11 November]] 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'') | Between [[1914]] and [[1918]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] fought against [[German Empire|Imperial Germany]] on French and [[Belgium|Belgian]] soil on the stagnant [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[World War I|First World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', ''et al.'') Germany and her allies were defeated and the end of the war was marked by [[Armistice Day]] on [[11 November]] 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'') | ||
In [[1919]], the signing of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] formally brought the war to an end. [[George Limb]] was among the attendees at [[Versailles]]. [[Chief Inspector]] [[Patrick Mullen]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] later suspected that Limb may have had a hand in sabotaging the treaty in some way, sowing the seeds for another conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') The treaty forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war and stripped her of her [[empire]], [[colony|colonies]] and much of her European territory. Countries such as [[Poland]] gained independence ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') while Germany became a [[republic]], known as the [[Weimar Republic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Almost Perfect (novel)|Almost Perfect]]'') | In [[1919]], the signing of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] formally brought the war to an end. [[George Limb]] was among the attendees at [[Versailles]]. [[Chief Inspector]] [[Patrick Mullen]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]] later suspected that Limb may have had a hand in sabotaging the treaty in some way, sowing the seeds for another conflict. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') The treaty forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war and stripped her of her [[empire]], [[colony|colonies]] and much of her European territory. Countries such as [[Poland]] gained independence ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') while Germany became a [[republic]], known as the [[Weimar Republic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Almost Perfect (novel)|Almost Perfect]]'') | ||
