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The international maritime boundary between the Maldives and India runs through the channels In the British Admiralty charts it is called Eight Degree Channel. It is so named as it lies on the 8-degree line of Latitude, north of the equator. Another local name for this channel is Addigiri Kandu.
Map showing the territories lost by the German Empire after World War I. Eupen-Malmedy is labelled "8" on the map. During World War I, Belgium was invaded by the German Empire and between 1914 and 1918 most of Belgium's territory was under German military occupation. With the defeat of Germany in 1918, Belgian politicians attempted to expand ...
The Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with maximum and average natural ground levels of only 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, respectively. In areas where construction exists, however, this has been increased to several metres.
The Maldives were only marginally affected by the Second World War. The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I was sunk off Addu Atoll in 1941. In March 1944, the German submarine U-183 fired through the Gan channel, torpedoing the oil tanker British Loyalty that had been anchored in the Addu lagoon. The tanker was damaged but not sunk, and its oil ...
World War I: Allies: France British Empire Russian Empire (1914–17) United States (1917–18) and others. Central Powers German Empire Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria (1915–18) Allied victory Belgium acquires Eupen-Malmedy from Germany; 1914 1918 East African campaign (part of World War I) Allies: United Kingdom South ...
During the reign of Queen Victoria in 1887, the Maldivian king, Muhammad Mueenuddeen II officially accepted British protectorate in the Maldives. [1] [2] While the Maldives was a British protectorate, the Maldivian king's powers were taken over by the chief minister and the prime minister.
Side view of a Belgian Army-style demarcation stone in Stuivekenskerke. Western Front demarcation stones, known in French as bornes du Front (Front bollards or markers) or bornes Vauthier (Vauthier bollards or markers) and in Dutch as demarcatiepalen (demarcation posts), are monuments erected in France and Belgium to mark the limit of the German advance during the First World War.
The fort's garrison surrendered on 9 October 1914. Breendonk was used briefly in World War II but was already militarily obsolete. During the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940, it served as the initial headquarters of the Belgian General Staff under King Leopold III but was abandoned as the Germans advanced