What is Veteran’s Day about? Known as “The Great War,” World War I (WWI) began in July 1914 and officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France on June 28, 1919. However, seven months earlier the Allied nations and Germany had agreed to a temporary cease fire–...
Why did Russia pull out of WWI? Why did Britain attack the Ottoman Empire? Why did the Gallipoli War start? Why was the Crimean War considered useless by many? Why did the Russian Civil War happen? Why did the Russians invade Ukraine?
Why was Serbia upset with Austria-Hungary? Why did conquering Constantinople strengthen the Ottoman Empire? Why is the spread of the Mongol Empire important? Why was Franz Joseph important in WWI? Why didn't Germany push on after the invasion of Poland?
A WWI peace treaty paved the way to WWII. After thecelebrationson both sides of the Atlantic had died down, two months later a conference was convened at Versailles, just outside Paris, to work out a final peace treaty. But things didn’t go smoothly, Best explains, because the Allied ...
Americans are simply in love with England. There are many reasons to love England, but here are the top fifteen, from the accents to the royalty to the literature.
When American women were first deployed into combat zones, the U.S. refused to consider them veterans for more than 50 years.
Chapter 12/ Lesson 4 64K World War I, also known as The Great War was fought between the Central Powers and Allied Forces. Explore the major battles of WWI on both the Western and Eastern fronts. Explore our homework questions and answers library ...
Willett died in 1915, the year before the United Kingdom started using DST in May 1916. It is not known if he was aware that his idea had become a reality seven years before his death in a small town in Ontario. DST can cause health problems ...
The Spanish Flu Was Deadlier Than WWI In late August 1918, military ships departed the English port city of Plymouth carrying troops unknowingly infected with this new, far deadlier strain of Spanish flu. As these ships arrived in cities like Brest in France, Boston in the United States and ...
Why was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria important? How did the Sino-Japanese War affect WWI? How did the Japanese invasion of Manchuria cause WWII? Why did Mao Zedong get involved in the Korean War? What did the Second Sino-Japanese War symbolize? Was the Second Sino-Japanese War part ...