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The Congress had little money to pay the soldiers who fought for independence. They made promises of land to induce army enlistment. By resolutions of September 16 and 18, 1776, and August 12, September 22, and October 3, 1780, they proposed to give each officer or private continuously to serve in the United States army until the close of the war, or until discharged, or to the representatives ...
France held off until 1 December 1914, when they finally published their Yellow Book. [3] Other combatants in the war published similar books: the Blue Book of Britain, [4] the Orange Book of Russia, [4] [5] the Yellow Book of France, [6] and the Austro-Hungarian Red Book, the Belgian Grey Book, and the Serbian Blue Book. [7]
Other important long-term or structural factors that are often studied include unresolved territorial disputes, the perceived breakdown of the European balance of power, [5] [6] convoluted and fragmented governance, arms races and security dilemmas, [7] [8] a cult of the offensive, [5] [9] [8] and military planning. [10]
Map -- Camp Logan (circa, 1917) Map 24th infantry camp; Houston, Texas, showing bullet holes in vicinity (circa 1917) Map of Buffalo Bayou area - Camp Logan Riots (circa 1917) Camp Logan was a World War I –era army training camp in Houston , Texas , named after U.S. Senator and Civil War General John A. Logan . [ 1 ]
Wilson then asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. [5] On December 7, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary. [6] [7] U.S. troops began arriving on the Western Front in large numbers in 1918. [citation needed]
no change to map: August 3, 1795 Representatives of the United States and the Western Confederacy sign the Treaty of Greenville, ending the Northwest Indian War and ceding most of the modern state of Ohio to United States control. [91] February 29, 1796 Great Britain agreed to abandon several forts in the northwest that it still occupied ...
In 1900, the British had a 3.7:1 tonnage advantage over Germany; in 1910, the ratio was 2.3:1 and in 1914, it reached 2.1:1. Ferguson argues: "So decisive was the British victory in the naval arms race that it is hard to regard it as in any meaningful sense a cause of the First World War."
Coordinates: Hicks Field Bombing Target: Type: Pilot training airfield: Site information; Controlled by: Royal Flying Corps (1916) Air Service, United States Army (1917–1920) United States Navy (1920–1940) United States Army Air Forces (1940–1945): Condition: Redeveloped as industrial park: Site history; Built: 1916: In use: 1916–1945 (military), 1945–ca.1976 (civil airfield ...