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

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

The former have had their first employment in this world-wide war of the nations.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

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.

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