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The interpretation was popular among left-wing Progressives (led by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin) and among the "agrarian" wing of the Democratic party—including the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee of the House. He strenuously opposed war, and when it came he rewrote the tax laws to make sure the rich paid the ...
Captain Robert John Lillywhite RFC: 1 January 1914 [1] Died 26 November 1916 (killed in "an aeroplane accident at the Front", aged 23), [2] nephew of the famous cricketer James Lillywhite. [3] 721 Sub-Lt. Franklin Geoffrey Saunders RNVR: 1 January 1914 [1] Franklin Saunders was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. [4] 722
Oswald Boelcke [10] 40 Franz Büchner [11] 40 Lothar von Richthofen [12] 40 Heinrich Gontermann [13] 39 Carl Menckhoff [14] 39 Carl Bolle [15] 36 Julius Buckler [16] 36 Max Ritter von Müller [17] 36 Gustav Dörr [18] 35 Otto Könnecke [19] 35 Eduard Ritter von Schleich [20] 35 Emil Thuy [21] 35 Josef Veltjens: 35 Heinrich Bongartz: 33 Heinrich ...
Robert Miles Todd: US Army Air Service: 5 [325] Oswald Traenkner: German Empire Luftstreitkräfte: 5 [326] Herbert Travers: United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force: 5 [327] Gerold Tschentschel: German Empire Luftstreitkräfte: 5 [328] John Seymour Turnbull: Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 5 [329] Arthur Henry ...
Oswald Boelcke † German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 40 [5] PLM, IC Franz Büchner German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 40 [5] PLM, MOSH, HOH, IC Philip F. Fullard United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 40 [7] DSO, MC*, AFC Lothar von Richthofen German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 40 [5] PLM, HOH, IC Roderic Dallas † Australia
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."
Hannigan, Robert E. The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914–24 (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) Kang, Sung Won, and Hugh Rockoff. "Capitalizing patriotism: the Liberty loans of World War I." Financial History Review 22.1 (2015): 45+ online; Kennedy, David M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society (2004), comprehensive ...
This is a list of Military Crosses awarded in the 1918 New Year Honours.. The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire.