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King Gustaf V giving the Courtyard Speech. Rearmament was a special concern in Sweden because of the growing tensions in Europe.When Karl Staaff's government proposed a reduction in military spending and the cancellation of the order for the coastal defence ships that were later known as the Sverige-class coastal defence ship, more than 30,000 Swedish farmers marched to Stockholm to protest in ...
The original can be viewed here: Map Europe alliances 1914-fr.svg: . ... Sweden during World War I; Switzerland during the world wars; Treaty of London (1915)
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...
2011-04-10T02:48:52Z Alphathon 680x520 (505569 Bytes) Tweaked Germany and surrounding countries based on info from "File:Germany_general_map.png" 2011-04-10T01:54:05Z Alphathon 680x520 (493733 Bytes) Converted all lakes back to separate layer. Added Finish lakes and tweaked Finland shape based on "File:Finland 1996 CIA map.jpg".
Improved Sweden based on "File:Map of Sweden, CIA, 1996.jpg" 2011-04-08T15:53:07Z Alphathon 680x520 (438878 Bytes) Upgraded/fixed various parts of the map. Details: *Some minor fixes to Ireland and added some of the larger lakes based on [[:File:Ireland_trad_counties_named.svg]] *Pretty major fixes to Scotland (mainly the west coast and i
The Septemberprogramm was a list of possible goals for Germany to achieve in the war: [3]. France should cede some northern territory, such as the iron-ore mines at Briey to Germany and possibly a coastal strip running from Dunkirk to Boulogne-sur-Mer, to Belgium or Germany.
Strength and organisation of the armies of France, Germany, Austria, Russia, England, Italy, Mexico and Japan (showing conditions in July, 1914) (1916) online; The War Office (2006) [1922]. Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914–1920. Uckfield, East Sussex: Military and Naval Press. ISBN 978-1-84734 ...
3 August - Declaration of neutrality in the conflict between Germany, and France and Russia; 8 August - Sweden enters a join declaration of neutrality between all belligerents in World War I with Norway; 18-19 December - King Gustaf V meets with Christian X of Denmark and Haakon VII of Norway in Malmö [5]