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The Battle of Tanga, sometimes also known as the Battle of the Bees, was the unsuccessful attack by the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" under Major General A. E. Aitken to capture German East Africa (the mainland portion of present-day Tanzania) during the First World War in concert with the invasion Force "C" near Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Meaning. According to tradition, "the birds and the bees" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to fertilization.
27 August 2003. (2003-08-27) World War 1 in Colour is a six-episode television documentary series recounting the major events of World War I narrated by Kenneth Branagh. [1] The first of its six parts aired on 23 July 2003. [2] The series consists of colourised footage, with the colour of the images having been enhanced by computer-aided ...
Margaret Bourke-White (/ ˈ b ɜːr k /; June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. [1] She was the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviets' first five-year plan, [2] was the first American female war photojournalist, and took the photograph (of the construction of Fort Peck Dam) that became ...
Media in category "World War I artists" The following 61 files are in this category, out of 61 total. A portrait-caricature of an Austro-Hungarian soldier.WWI postcard art.Wittig collection.item 42.obverse.scan.jpg 6,261 × 8,137; 6.62 MB
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. [1] He was notable for his extensive studies ...
World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by ...
British official war artists were a select group of artists who were employed on contract, or commissioned to produce specific works during the First World War, the Second World War and select military actions in the post-war period. [1] Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record ...