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==== World War I ==== | ==== World War I ==== | ||
On [[28 June]] [[1914]], the [[assassination]] of Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand]] of Austria-Hungary triggered a series of events that rapidly escalated into Earth's first global conflict, [[World War I]], with the United Kingdom and its allies such as France and Russia, against the Central Powers of [[Germany]] and Austria-Hungary. Some of the battlegrounds were [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] and [[Battle of the Somme|the Somme]]. A million [[British Army|British soldiers]] died during the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') {{facts}} | On [[28 June]] [[1914]], the [[assassination]] of Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand]] of Austria-Hungary triggered a series of events that rapidly escalated into Earth's first global conflict, [[World War I]], with the United Kingdom and its allies such as France and Russia, against the Central Powers of [[Germany]] and Austria-Hungary. Some of the battlegrounds were [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] and [[Battle of the Somme|the Somme]]. A million [[British Army|British soldiers]] died during the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') {{facts}} | ||
Britain had an [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance|agreement]] with Japan, who also entered the war against Germany. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') | |||
The immortal [[Jack Harkness]] fought in the war, ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') as did [[Tim Latimer]] and [[Hutchinson (TV character)|Hutchinson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') [[Tommy Brockless]] also served, and was eventually executed in [[1918]], when, suffering from [[shell shock]], he refused to return to the front lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') | The immortal [[Jack Harkness]] fought in the war, ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') as did [[Tim Latimer]] and [[Hutchinson (TV character)|Hutchinson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') [[Tommy Brockless]] also served, and was eventually executed in [[1918]], when, suffering from [[shell shock]], he refused to return to the front lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') | ||
