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King Gustaf V giving the Courtyard Speech. Rearmament was a special concern in Sweden because of the growing tensions in Europe.When Karl Staaff's government proposed a reduction in military spending and the cancellation of the order for the coastal defence ships that were later known as the Sverige-class coastal defence ship, more than 30,000 Swedish farmers marched to Stockholm to protest in ...
Two U.S. Army officers of the 9th Corps Observation Squadron, [256] patrolling the border with Mexico on a flight from Calexico Field to Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, become lost in a storm, and land their DH.4B on a beach at Refugio de Guadalupe [256] on Las Animas Bay in Lower California. Lieutenants Cecil H. Connolly and Frederick D ...
At the same time he ordered Albatross to find shelter in Swedish territorial waters. Bogatyr and Oleg managed to catch up with Albatross and opened fire. The flaming Albatross ran aground near Östergarn. Bayan, Oleg and Rurik then attempted to return to their base. A couple of hours later they encountered Roon and Lübeck. A short artillery ...
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Swedish victory Denmark is occupied by Olof; Sweyn Forkbeard is expelled; Viking expedition to Wendland. Location: In Wendland. Sweden: Wends: Successful expedition Battle of Svolder (999–1000) Location: In Øresund or near Rügen. Sweden Denmark Jarls of Lade: Norway: Swedish victory Swedish Norwegian war (1015–1018) Battle of Nesjar (1016 ...
Diverging from the Schlieffen Plan, Rupprecht received reinforcements and attacked the French line near the Trouée de Charmes; however, through the use of reconnaissance aircraft, the French spotted the German buildup, and were able to build an adequate defence. Thus the German gains were minimized, and were eradicated by a following French ...
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The Åland Islands are located in the northern Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. The population is Swedish-speaking, but after the 1809 Treaty of Fredrikshamn the islands were ceded to the Russian Empire together with a vast majority of the Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden, becoming the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.