The tradition began in 1914 when lieutenant commander Max Horton, captain ofHMS E9, flew the flag as the boat returned after sinking the German warshipSMS Hela. Horton would go on to become an admiral during the Second World War. His action was in response to comments by Admiral Sir Arthur...
it was a German feminist who pushed for a global commemoration during an international conference of socialist women held in 1910 in Copenhagen. The following year, events across Europe marked the day, and during World War I, women used it to protest the armed conflict, which...
After World War I broke out, the warship was assigned to enforce the naval blockade of Germany by patrolling between Scotland and Norway. The cruiser was doomed when on October 15, 1914, she was spotted by U-9 about 80 miles east of Fraserburgh, Scotland. ...
15, 1914. Just 70 sailors survived. Aug 16, 2024 World War I Brought An End To Hell's Half Acre In Fort Worth The arrival of Camp Bowie to the city meant the Department of Defense would enact a policy that prohibited vice districts from existing within a certain short distance of...
World War One (1914-1918)-Known at the time as “The Great War,” and as “The World War,” this conflict was the greatest military battle in history up to that time. Only the successor conflict known as World War Two would surpass the First World War in ferocity, death, and the fa...
Europe was war-torn, having been engaged in World War I for 3 years with no hope for peace on the horizon. Several acts by Germany including resuming submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram would cause the United States to reluctantly enter the war and bolster the Allied forces. On the...
In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. ...
barely overestimated. They are set on overturning the post-1945 international consensus on human values and economic policy coordination. This was founded on learning the lessons of the nationalism that led to the 1914-18 world war and the 1920s-30s events that led to the 1939-45 world war....
World War II had begun in 1914 between Britain, France, and Russia (including Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Serbia) and Germany, Austria Hungary, and Turkey (then called Ottoman Empire). The United States, under President Woodrow Wilson, declared neutrality. Since the U.S. was a major tradi...
Updated on May 28th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: Gladiator movies were some of the most popular movies in the genre and have been popular for decades from the 1914 movie Cabiria to the 1963 Jason and the Argonauts and the more modern 2011 The Eagle. See full article at ScreenRant 9/19/...