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The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Great Battle of Galicia, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg (now Lviv) and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their ...
September 10, 1914 (Thursday) German forces retreated from Verdun to the Aisne River in northeastern France. [91] Siege of Antwerp – Belgian cavalry reached the city of Leuven, Belgium. [92] Rebel forces captured the city of Durrës, capital of Albania, a week after Prince William abdicated the throne. [93] The units that would eventually ...
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 ...
The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeats the Russian Fourth Army. [32] August 24 – 26 Western: Action of Elouges: Western: Battle of the Trouée de Charmes, a phase of the Battle of Lorraine. August 24 – September 7 Western: Siege of Maubeuge. The Germans besiege and capture the Maubeuge Fortress. August 24 – September 5 Western
The Big Four or the Four Nations refer to the four top Allied powers of World War I [ 1] and their leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919. The Big Four is also known as the Council of Four. It was composed of Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, and ...
The British Expeditionary Force order of battle 1914, as originally despatched to France in August and September 1914, at the beginning of World War I.The British Army prior to World War I traced its origins to the increasing demands of imperial expansion together with inefficiencies highlighted during the Crimean War, which led to the Cardwell and Childers Reforms of the late 19th century.
Withdrawal and the Russian Revolution begins (March–November 1917) By the end of 1916, Russian casualties totalled nearly five million killed, wounded or captured, with major urban areas affected by food shortages and high prices. In March 1917, Tsar Nicholas ordered the military to forcibly suppress a wave of strikes in Petrograd but the ...
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.