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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."
However, by the time the Fifth Army arrived, units of the German Second Army were already in the area. Joffre authorized an attack across the Sambre, predicting that the German force had 18 divisions, comparable to Lanrezac's 15, plus another 3 British reinforcements (the British Expeditionary Force). However, Lanrezac predicted much higher ...
Image credits: RebelGrin #7. TIL in 2010 a doctor and his son just happened to be walking by an apartment building in Paris when a 15-month-old boy fell 80ft (24m) from a seventh floor balcony ...
The first two episodes were broadcast on BBC One in November 2005, and were watched by approximately 3.9 million people. [7] Sam Wollaston, a TV critic for the Guardian said of the series: "It was impossible not to be moved by The Last Tommy (BBC1), in spite of some cheapening and unnecessary reconstruction. Wonderful old men, the embers of a ...
A Diplomatic History of the American people (1947) pp 610–680 online; Bassett, John Spencer. Our War with Germany: A History (1919) online edition; Breen, William J. Uncle Sam at Home: Civilian Mobilization, Wartime Federalism, and the Council of National Defense, 1917-1919 (1984) Byerly, Carol R. (2010).
3. He played the saxophone in a jazz trio known as the "Three Blind Mice" and still plays the instrument today. He famously performed Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" on "The Arsenio Hall Show."
After putting together one of the largest collections of WWI footage, [3] CBS News produced 26 half-hour episodes that cover the war beginning with the tensions leading up the war, the events of the conflict, and legacy of the war. The series used archival footage from various national and private archives, some of which were at that point ...
A breakthrough at this point would separate the French from the British, push the latter into a pocket in Flanders, and open the way to the Channel ports; The German spring offensive began on 21 March 1918 with three German armies (about 62 divisions in all) in the assault. British defense lines were pierced in rapid succession.