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Except in Morocco, Spanish troops continued to wear colourful dress uniforms for parade and off-duty wear; a feature that quickly disappeared in all armies directly involved in the war. [9] The main rifle of the Spanish Army at this time was a version of the Mauser, manufactured in Oviedo in 7 mm caliber, known as the Mauser Model 1893 rifle. [10]
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Horse artillery—rows of limbers and caissons, each pulled by teams of six horses with three postilion riders and an escort on horseback (1933, Poland). A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed.
The name "Toledo steel" comes from the city where these special steel products were most-notably crafted: Toledo, Spain.Toledo steel forging techniques were developed from ancient customs associated with culture in the Iberian Peninsula, and used to forge many different types of weapons over the course of many centuries.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
The Krupp steelworks, or Krupp foundry, or Krupp cast steel factory (German: Krupp-Gussstahlfabrik [Guss+stahl+fabrik]) in Essen is a historic industrial site of the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany that was known as the "weapons forge of the German Reich" (Waffenschmiede des Deutschen Reiches). [1]
These are depictions of diverse aspects of war in film and television, including but not limited to documentaries, TV mini-series, drama serials, and propaganda film.The list starts before World War I, followed by the Roaring Twenties, and then the Great Depression, which eventually saw the outbreak of World War II in 1939, which ended in 1945.
Spanish Navy: España: dreadnought: 15,700 23 October 1913 26 August 1923 Run aground 26 August 1923, partially scrapped in situ Evstafi Imperial Russian Navy: Evstafi: pre-dreadnought: 13,061 28 May 1911 March 1918 Renamed Revolyutsiya 6 July 1921, scrapped 1922–1923 Exmouth Royal Navy: Duncan: pre-dreadnought: 13,966 2 June 1903