All three British Aircraft carriers were involved in providing air cover for Operation Deny Flight. HMS Ark Royal was the first aircraft carrier to participate in the summer of 1993, when she was targeted in Piraeus harbour by the November 17 group who aimed RPGs at the ship on a timed fir...
in Egypt; Army clerk Julian Evans was held for hours with two colleagues by gun-toting Serbs while serving as part of Britain's peacekeeping force in Bosnia; weapons engineer Ron Sheppard survived when his Royal Navy ship was hit by Argentine bombs and cannon shells during the Falklands War,...
In 1991, Bosnia and Herzegovina was also seeking independence. At the time, Bosnia was populated by three groups of people – Bosnian Croats (~15%, Roman Catholics), Bosnian Serbs (~30%, Serbian Orthodox Christians), and Bosnian Muslims (~50%, Islam). The Bosnian seat of government in t...
Of course, the marketers involved no doubt know this. Their quarry is not the average household but the smaller group of heavy users of long-distance. Actually, price war is not exactly what long-distance marketers are dabbling in even now, at any rate, as long as their offerings defy ...
Produced by David Starner and Andrea Ball THE BALKAN WARS 1912-1913 JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN THIRD EDITION 1916 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The interest in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 has exceeded the expectations of the publishers of this volume. The first edition, which was published five mon...
In March 1896 Ferdinand finally received international confirmation of his rule. After Stoilov’s resignation in 1899, Ferdinand maintained a tight hold on Bulgarian domestic politics. On Oct. 5, 1908, he used the occasion of the eve of the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia-Hercegovina to ...
International circumstances were of considerable importance.Austria-Hungaryhad in October 1908annexedBosnia and Herzegovina, territory that was legally part of the Ottoman Empire but under Austro-Hungarian occupation and administration after theCongress of Berlin(1878). The Austro-Hungarian government, moreov...