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WWI

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WWI British  

abbreviation

  1. World War One

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After WWI, American radicals found hope in the Russian Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Unemployed WWI veterans marched on Washington in 1932 to demand bonuses, only to have their encampments dispersed with tanks and tear gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The period lasted from roughly 1873 to 1914, with the outbreak of WWI.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

During WWI, federal authorities placed 6,300 “enemy aliens” — many from Germany — into internment camps.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Did you know that the US Army Signal Corps used 600 pigeons during WWI?!

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas