1917 Documents: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
<p><ul> | <p><ul> | ||
*[[German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare]]<dd></dd>9 January 1917 | |||
*[[The Zimmerman Note]]<dd></dd>19 January 1917 | |||
*[[Address of the President of the United States to the Senate]]<dd></dd>22 January 1917<dd></dd>Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory" | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1917inauguration.htm Inaugural Address of President Wilson]<dd></dd>4 March 1917 | |||
<dd>At the beginning of his second term in office | <dd></dd>At the beginning of his second term in office | ||
*[http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html The Abdication of Nicholas II]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar) | |||
<dd>(Russian facsimile and transcription) | <dd></dd>(Russian facsimile and transcription) | ||
*[[The Abdication of Nicholas II]]<dd></dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)<dd></dd>(English translation) | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/firstprovgovt.htm Announcement of the First Provisional Government]<dd></dd>16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar) | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/manifestogranddukemikhail.htm Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto]<dd></dd>16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar) | |||
*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel1.html Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State]<dd></dd>17 March 1917<dd></dd>Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement | |||
*[[The Proclamation of Baghdad]]<br>by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude<br><dd></dd>19 March 1917 | |||
*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel2.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd <br>to the U.S. Secretary of State]<dd></dd>20 March 1917<dd></dd>Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd | |||
*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel3.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow<br>to the U.S. Secretary of State]<dd></dd>20 March 1917<dd></dd>Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow | |||
*[[Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting]]<dd></dd>20 March 1917 | |||
*[[Wilson's War Message to Congress]]<dd></dd>2 April 1917<dd></dd>Asking Congress for a declaration of war | |||
*[[Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War]]<dd></dd>4 April 1917 | |||
*[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/doc19.htm Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message]<dd></dd>4 - 5 April 1917 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usofficialawardeclaration.htm Formal U.S. Declaration of War]<dd></dd>6 April 1917 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/doyourbit.htm "Do Your Bit for America]<dd></dd>15 April 1917<dd></dd>President Wilson's appeal to the American public | |||
*[http://www.censol.ca/research/greatwar/ First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)]<dd></dd>A collection of various documents, records, and maps. <dd></dd>9 - 14 April 1917 | |||
*V. I. Lenin, [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/apriltheses.htm The April Theses]<dd></dd>April 1917<dd></dd>Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch] | |||
<dd>31 May 1917 | <dd></dd>31 May 1917 | ||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]<dd></dd>15 June 1917<dd></dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918/usspy.html Sedition Act]<br> and subsequently repealed in 1921. | |||
*[[The Reichstag Peace Resolution]]<dd></dd>19 July 1917<dd></dd>Ignored by the High Command | |||
*[[Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal]]<dd></dd>1 August 1917<dd></dd>Ignored by virtually all | |||
*[[The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence]]<dd></dd>20 August 1917 | |||
*[[The Joint Socialist Statement on the Refusal of Passports to Stockholm]]<dd></dd>9 September 1917 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/calltopower.htm Lenin's Call to Power]<dd></dd>24 October 1917<dd></dd>Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government<dd></dd>(Leading immediately to the October Revolution) | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/decreeonpeace.htm Lenin's Decree on Peace]<dd></dd>26 October 1917<dd></dd>Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia | |||
*[[Militarism | ''Militarism'']]<dd></dd> (1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)<dd></dd>First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917 | |||
*[[The Balfour Declaration]]<dd></dd>2 November 1917<dd></dd>British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine | |||
*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/1918rv1/ch5menu.htm The Bolshevik <i>Coup d'Etat</i> in Russia]<dd></dd> As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.<dd></dd>7 - 22 November 1917 | |||
*[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/focsani.htm The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers] | |||
<dd>9 December 1917<dd>(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.) | <dd></dd>9 December 1917<dd></dd>(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.) | ||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/jerusalemdecree.htm The Fall of Jerusalem]<dd></dd>December 1917<dd></dd>The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/finland1917.htm Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence]<dd></dd>18 December 1917 | |||
*[http://www.histdoc.net/history/ru/itsen.html Soviet Recognition of the Republic of Finland]<dd></dd>Also[http://www.histdoc.net/history/itsen2.html available in English translation]<dd></dd>18 - 23 December 1917 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haigcampaign1917despatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns]<dd></dd>25 December 1917 | |||
*[[Propaganda Leaflets]]<dd></dd>1915 - 1918 | |||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haig_despatches.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches as British Commander-in-Chief]<dd></dd>1916 - 1919 | |||
*[[History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in France]]<dd></dd>January 1917 - April 1919 | |||
</ul> | </ul> |
Revision as of 13:37, 12 July 2006
WWI Document Archive Main Index Page
- The Zimmerman Note19 January 1917
- Address of the President of the United States to the Senate22 January 1917Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory"
- Inaugural Address of President Wilson4 March 1917
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)(English translation)
- Announcement of the First Provisional Government16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State17 March 1917Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement
- The Proclamation of Baghdad
by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude
19 March 1917 - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow - Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting20 March 1917
- Wilson's War Message to Congress2 April 1917Asking Congress for a declaration of war
- Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War4 April 1917
- Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message4 - 5 April 1917
- Formal U.S. Declaration of War6 April 1917
- "Do Your Bit for America15 April 1917President Wilson's appeal to the American public
- First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)A collection of various documents, records, and maps. 9 - 14 April 1917
- V. I. Lenin, The April ThesesApril 1917Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state
- U.S. Espionage Act15 June 1917The act was amended in May 1918 as the Sedition Act
and subsequently repealed in 1921. - The Reichstag Peace Resolution19 July 1917Ignored by the High Command
- Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal1 August 1917Ignored by virtually all
- The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence20 August 1917
- Lenin's Call to Power24 October 1917Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government(Leading immediately to the October Revolution)
- Lenin's Decree on Peace26 October 1917Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia
- Militarism (1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917
- The Balfour Declaration2 November 1917British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- The Bolshevik Coup d'Etat in Russia As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.7 - 22 November 1917
- The Fall of JerusalemDecember 1917The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control
- Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence18 December 1917
- Soviet Recognition of the Republic of FinlandAlsoavailable in English translation18 - 23 December 1917
- Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns25 December 1917
- Propaganda Leaflets1915 - 1918
- History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in FranceJanuary 1917 - April 1919