During World War One a variety of weapons were used. The tried-and-true small arms and artillery were prominent features of the battlefield, as they had been for the last three centuries. But in the early 20th century a number of technological innovations created entirely new classes of weapo...
What communication technology was used during World War 1? Communication Advancements Prior to World War I, communications between those on the battlefield and those elsewhere were rudimentary. Generals would send human and animal messengers. This was a dangerous approach, but during wartime, communicat...
What were the major battles of WWI? Was the Battle of Verdun on the Eastern Front? What was the Battle of Aisne of 1918? What war was the Battle of Waterloo in? How did France win the Battle of Verdun? What was the Battle of Ypres? Who used artillery in WWI? What are the Battle...
For France and Britain, the nature of the war, where artillery shells accounted for 70% of the dead and missing, meant that a high proportion of bodies were never found or never recovered for identification and burial. Both countries had systems of dog tags, (plaque d’identité...
Subačiaus street branches from Aušros vartų street. It passes theArtillery fortress. According to the myths, a basilisk used to live in nearby cellars. At the end of the Subačiaus street, there are two tall towers of theMissionary churchnot reopened since Soviet closure and the...
The AIF received the best and the brightest for their overseas deployment. Whatever was spare was sent to the UK after Dunkirk. Australia did not resort to pseudo tanks - trucks dressed up to resemble tanks. Were the Martini-Henry rifles the same variants as used at Rorke's Drift? Oct ...
s will take place at 1 p.m. The event itself was the subject of the award-winning 2000 A&E made for TV movieThe Crossing, starring Jeff Daniels as Washington. The film, which was based on the 1971 Howard Fast novel of the same name, was filmed entirely...
April 27, 1945 was declared Frank Adamo Day, and a large parade celebrated the colonel's homecoming with thousands attending. "Persons who had known the famous doctor for years, some since he was a little boy, wouldn't let him go," the Tribune reported. "There were tears in their eyes...