Wales in the World Wars
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title:
Wales in the World Wars
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Wales, as part of the United Kingdom, participated as part of the allies in World War I (1914–1918) and the allies in World War II (1939–1945). Just under 275,000 soldiers from Wales fought in World War I, with 35,000 combat deaths, in particular at Mametz Wood and Passchendaele. Welsh battalions also had other encounters on the Western, Tsingtao and Gallipoli fronts during the war. Frongoch, in Merionethshire, was the site of a World War I internment camp, initially housing German prisoners of
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_in_the_World_Wars
date created:
2022-08-11T13:34:36Z
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2024-09-15T21:20:29Z
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