war of the nations

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And it is this new fanatical belief which has brought about the war of the nations.

From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles

They had heard the sound of the first heavy gun that was fired in anger in the war of the nations!

From The Belgians to the Front by Wolff, William Almon

This war of the nations, which has overthrown so many accepted standards and created new ones, will also give a new basis to the privileged position of German officers in public life.

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

Shall this war of the nations, unparalleled in history, mean for Germany the destruction of all her material and spiritual possessions, as they were destroyed during the thirty years of horror in the seventeenth century?

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

Like a thunderclap the war of the nations had begun.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various