Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As a result, Hungary lost 64% of its total population, decreasing from 20.9 million to 7.6 million, and losing 31% (3.3 out of 10.7 million) of its ethnic Hungarians. [232] According to the 1910 census, speakers of the Hungarian language included approximately 54% of the entire population of the Kingdom of Hungary .
The British soldiers went to war in August 1914 wearing the 1902 Pattern Service Dress tunic and trousers. This was a thick woollen tunic, dyed khaki.There were two breast pockets for personal items and the soldier's AB64 Pay Book, two smaller pockets for other items, and an internal pocket sewn under the right flap of the lower tunic where the First Field Dressing was kept.
The most commonly worn equipment for the average soldier was either the brown ammunition belt with one or two ammunition pouches, and in some cases the old Romanov eagle buckle, or a fabric/canvas bandolier (the canvas version was introduced during the World War). A variety of haversacks and backpacks were worn usually of cloth or canvas.
To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used: {{WWI history by nation | state = collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar. {{WWI history by nation | state = expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The upper field pack had the same type of grommet tabs and loops as the M-1928 for attaching a bayonet and entrenchment tool plus straps for securing a "horseshoe" bedroll. [ 10 ] The M-1936 field bag was a copy of the British officers Musette bag of World War I and was issued to officers, engineers and mounted personnel.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Historiographie de la Première Guerre mondiale}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation . The first tentative efforts to comprehend the meaning and consequences of modern warfare began during the initial phases of World War I ; this process continued throughout and after the ...
"Pals" departing from Preston railway station, August 1914. The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and colleagues, rather than being arbitrarily allocated to battalions.