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English-language names given by WWI troops to places affected by WWI

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This is a list of English-language names given by World War I troops to places affected by World War I. Indeed, because there were many tensions during World War 1, some places had to be renamed. Since there was a very anti-German sentiment during World War 1, the military and government would rename towns, like Kitchener, Ontario in Canada, which was named Berlin until WWI. Another reason why English-language names were given by troops to places affected by WW1 is that English-speaking troops often fought in unknown territory[1] and had difficulty pronouncing foreign placenames. Thus, with the advent of strategising and the creation of trench maps, the English-speaking troops (mostly belonging to the British Empire, and Americans starting in 1917) had to find a way to locate places and themselves.

In France and Belgium

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References

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  1. ^ "British War WW1 trench maps". greatwar.co.uk.
  2. ^ http://westfrontassoc.mtcdevserver.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/britain-allies/383-gaz-tommy.html#sthash.b5FzWmoQ.zRe9fIMY.dpbs
  3. ^ a b The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 27 April 1918, reprinted in page 32, The Daily Telegraph, Friday 27 April 2018