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The MANIAC's arithmetic unit nearing completion in 1952. The MANIAC I (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer Model I) [1] [2] was an early computer built under the direction of Nicholas Metropolis at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. It was based on the von Neumann architecture of the IAS, developed by John von ...
European diplomatic alignments shortly before the war. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers shortly after the war started, with Bulgaria joining the following year. Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915.
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."
As soon as the war began, the major nations issued "color books" containing documents (mostly from July 1914) that helped justify their actions.A color book is a collection of diplomatic correspondence and other official documents published by a government for educational or political reasons, and to promote the government position on current or past events.
Austro-Hungarian soldiers executing men and women in Serbia, 1916 [14]. After being occupied completely in early 1916, both Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria announced that Serbia had ceased to exist as a political entity, and that its inhabitants could therefore not invoke the international rules of war dictating the treatment of civilians as defined by the Geneva Conventions and the Hague ...
British Mark I male tank. This is a list of combat vehicles of World War I, including conceptual, experimental, prototype, training and production vehicles.The vehicles in this list were either used in combat, produced or designed during the First World War.
Knife-wielding maniac goes on ‘unprovoked’ NYC stabbing spree, leaving 1 woman, 2 men dead. Joe Marino, Larry Celona, Amanda Woods, Jack Morphet, Matt Troutman. November 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM.
Civilian deaths: 2,000,000+ Russian Empire: 410,000 civilians died due to military action 730,000 civilians died of war-related causes [16] Kingdom of Romania: