so the Kaiser made a trip to Damascus in 1898 and declared himself a Teutonic Saladin: “The [Ottoman] sultan and the 300 million Muslims who revere him as their spiritual leader should know that the German Emperor is their friend forever.” German...
August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. August 2, 1914 - Ottoman Empire and Germany sign a secret treaty of alliance. August 4, 1914 - Germany invades Belgium. President Woodrow Wilson declares that the United States is neutral. Britain declares war on Germany. August 10, 1914...
Vietnam War - Fall, Saigon, US Withdrawal: In early March the North Vietnamese launched the first phase of what was expected to be a two-year offensive to secure South Vietnam. As it happened, the South's government and army collapsed in less than two mo
To this extent, the slogan “sleepwalkers”, which implies that those in positions of responsibility were somehow of unsound mind, deserves to be declared the non-word of 2014. The First World War is a combination of numerous individual wars that were begun by identifiable people and which ...
In August, some of its members met with members of the World Alliance for International Friendship at Constance in Germany—on the very day that war was declared. The Mayor of Constance insisted that participants went home—but not before a continuation committee had been set up, which met ...
We went round and round that day with the battles lasting 12 to 14 minutes, which is a long time. This particular day we found that the MiGs went into a defensive battle down low, about 500 to 1,000 feet. In the middle of this circle, there were two or three MiGs circling about ...
The U. S. -China trade relationship has dominated headlines in recent months, but it's the illicit drug trade that some lawmakers and experts believe should be moved to the top of the list of issues between the two countries. Last year, more than 49,000
The intelligence unit he led had in August arrested Michel Samaha, a pro-Syrian former minister who was charged with transporting Syrian-assembled bombs to wage attacks in Lebanon. 2017 Saad al-Hariri's ties with Saudi Arabia, which is furious at Hezbollah's expanding role in Lebanon, hit a...
who graduated from Newcastle Hospital in 1904. After six years experience in hospital and private nursing in Australia Ida left to work in England. When Britain and its allies declared war on Germany in 1914, Ida immediately volunteered to join the Australian Voluntary Hospital (AVH), an independ...
which moved German armies rapidly by rail to march through Belgium and into France. However, this violation of Belgian neutrality also ensured that Great Britain entered the war against Germany. On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany for failing to respect Belgium as a neutral...