Australian Battlefields of World War 1 - France - 1917
Remains of Canadian trenches at Vimy Ridge Canadian Vimy Ridge Memorial Canadian Memorial - Vimy Ridge Canadian trenches looking towards German Trenches - Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial - Vimy Ridge Looking out at the plains from Canadian Memorial Vimy Ridge Awards Private Thomas James Bede Kenny, 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division - Victoria Cross April 10, 1917 - First Bullecourt battle commences First Bullecourt ( Right mouse click to zoom ) Battlefield location General Gough ordered Major General W. On the strength of reports from the 9th of October the High Command believed that enough ground had to be gained to justify the next attempt to seize and pass Passchendaele on October 12, 1917
World War 1 - World War 1 1914 Opening Campaigns
Guided by General Joseph Joffre, the French army pushed the VII Corps into Alsace on August 7 with orders to take Mulhouse and Colmar, while the main attack came in Lorraine a week later. German troops were to defend along the border while the right wing of the army swung through Belgium and past Paris in an effort to destroy the French army
On May 10 the German attack on the Netherlands began with the capture by parachutists of key bridges deep within the country, with the aim of opening the way for mobile ground forces. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind: Encyclopaedia Britannica articles are written in a neutral, objective tone for a general audience
World War II: Blitzkrieg - Phony War to Fall of France
Slicing across northern France, the German panzers, aided by tactical bombing from the Luftwaffe, conducted a brilliant blitzkrieg campaign and reached the English Channel on May 20. While both sides initially were inclined to honor Norwegian neutrality, Germany began to waver as it depended on shipments of Swedish iron ore that passed through the Norwegian port of Narvik
From now on, instances of violence against enemy civilians were interpreted in these terms; both parties accused the other of ignoring international standards for the just conduct of war. She has co-written and presented the documentary Brave Little Belgium (VRT-Canvas, to be broadcast autumn 2014) and curated a historical exhibition on Bruges under German Navy rule
World War I -- Belgium
Western Front: Race to the Sea (October 1914) The Belgian Army as the Germans poured through their country maintained a position around Antwerp which it attempted to defend. Of course, they faced the probability of being invaded from both Germany and France, as the two super-powers clashed using strategies that were far from secret
Read More Engines of Destruction: Roman Advancement of Siege Warfare The Neo-Assyrian Empire used earthen ramps, siege towers and battering rams in sieges; the Greeks and Alexander the Great created destructive new engines known as artillery to further their sieges, and the Romans used every technique to perfection. That is to say, the Romans were not inventors, but they were superb engineers and disciplined, tough soldiers who fought against great odds and won, repeatedly...
By this deal Austria was given the go-ahead to formally annex Bosnia- Herzegovina, which had been occupied by Austria after the Congress of Berlin, but not annexed. THE ANATOMY OF A MONSTER EDWARD VII, AUTOCRAT Edward VII has been hailed by the British as the greatest political activist of the House of Windsor, and as the greatest monarch since William the Conqueror in 1066
Canada and the First World War - Canadians in World War One - Canadian History
At the conclusion of the movement, the Germans had left a dangerous, deep, and irregular salient, and held a prepared and very strong position on a long shallow curve which could be better garrisoned by fewer troops. On May 30 the British admiralty sent out word that the German High Seas Fleet was out, and by daybreak the British battle cruisers, with a squadron of fast battleships, were cruising southward near Jutland, the Grand Fleet battleships some distance astern
BBC - iWonder - 37 days: Countdown to World War One
Transcript (PDF 87k) With Germany's backing some Austrian ministers were in favour of a quick attack on Serbia.However any plan needed the approval of both Austrian and Hungarian leaders, but the Hungarian Prime Minister Tisza was not convinced. If it refused, there would be war.Why did Vienna go to war? Month of Madness on Radio 421 JulyRussia begins to stirYou need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip.Margaret MacMillan describes how the Russian foreign minister warns the Austrian ambassador
Timeline of World War One - History Learning Site
March 21st Germany broke through on the Somme March 29th Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front April 9th Germany started an offensive in Flanders July 15th Second Battle of the Marne started
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