Germany realized that U.S. war production and financial strength reduced Germany's chances of victory. In March 1918 Germany launched its last great offensive on the western front. U.S. troops saw their first extended action in the Battle of the Marne, halting the German advance on June 4....
By the Ghost Light and Letters from the Little Blue Room look at WW1 from the perspective of families, at the time of the war and now. The starting point for one is letters from the front, the other is letters from home. (The authors of both happen to share my family name, but ...
(redirected fromThe first world) Financial Related to The first world:The First World War First World alsofirst world n. 1.The wealthiest and most highly-developed nations in the world. 2.During the Cold War, the industrialized capitalist nations of the world. ...
The result was the OVP-1918, which utilized a number of parts from the 1915 guns, including the bolts, magazines, and magazine locking system. The OVP-1918 retained the very high rate of fire that the earlier 1915 weapon had, but had a traditional style stock and grip, along with a sem...
Posted on April 2, 2023 by ww1geek A while ago I picked up a copy of ‘The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book’ from a charity shop. At over 400 pages and weighing in at nearly 3.5kg, this is an impressive work setting out the contribution of the Royal Artillery during the war...
First name(s) Edward Last name Foulkes Residence Manchester,Lancs Enlistment year 1881-1920 Service number 79118 Rank Private Battalion 36th Transfer to/from From Kings(Liverpool)(2nd Infantry Labour Coy) & Manchester Regt(11th Bn) Cause of discharge KR Para 392(xxviii) Notes Kings No.39745; Ma...
The letter to Marjorie from the adjutant (possiblyCecil Palmer Harvey, a former student at the University of London), is quoted at length: “He has been working under me for the last two months, and has always done his work extremely well, showing keenness and a desire to help to the ...
PARCELS TO THE FRONT & LETTERS HOME is dedicated to World Peace, in Honour of my Father, The Revd Arthur Hubert Hibbett (Bertie), his Brothers, Harold & Basil - all three seriously wounded in WW1 - and in Memory of his Brother, my Uncle Sydney Hibbett, K
Out of ammunition, the Russians fought with rifle butts and swords, to the last man standing. By mid-afternoon, a Japanese standard was flying from the top of 203- Meter Hill. Among the dead, four layers thick that day, was General Nogi’s last surviving son. ...
Marne is a department located in the north-eastern part of France. It derives its name from the river Marne which flows through this territory. Marne is associated with one of the important battles fought between the Allies and the Germans during the Great War....