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Hace 1 día · Following Germany's Armistice in World War I in November 1918, the states were abolished. Finland was the first republic that declared its independence from Russia in December 1917 and established itself in the ensuing Finnish Civil War between pro-independence White Guards and pro-Russian Bolshevik Red Guards from January–May 1918.
Hace 15 horas · Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps , whose soldiers were known as Anzacs.
Hace 5 días · Erwin Rommel. Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel ( pronounced [ˈɛʁviːn ˈʁɔməl] ⓘ; 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall ( field marshal) during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox ( German: Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks] ⓘ ), he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi ...
Hace 4 días · The First Opium War ( Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng ), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by ...
3 de abr. de 2024 · OCLC 37105631. Sherry, Vincent, The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War (2005) ISBN 0521821452. Stallworthy, Jon, Great Poets of World War I: Poetry from the Great War (2002) ISBN 0786710985. Vance, Jonathan F. Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (1997) ISBN 077480601X.
Hace 15 horas · Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917. In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to engage in the conflict.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Before the First World War he was already a captain in the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons, a West Riding yeomanry regiment. He made a rare intervention in debate, urging that conscription be introduced immediately. He was sent to the front line in 1916. In January 1917 he was mentioned in despatches ("Heaven Knows What For" he wrote).
