Britain’s War Power and Global Role in 1917
Sydney Brooks surveys Britain’s war effort, noting the navy’s crucial role and Britain’s massive mobilization. He cites nearly four billion dollars advanced, fifteen billion in loans, and extensive production in steel, copper, boots, cloth, and munitions. The article highlights Britain as the alliance’s arsenal and labor pool, with rapid wartime industrial gains and vast material support to France, Russia, and other allies.
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Britain Builds Mighty War Machine
The piece extols Britain under Winston as a unified nation expanding exports while raising a vast army. It notes five million mobilized before conscription and ten million served, praising the British army in Flanders with superior commissariat, medical, transport, and supply networks. It asserts resolve to continue fighting and questions Kaiser’s view of Britain.
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