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"World War One Timeline". UK: BBC. "New Zealand and the First World War (timeline)". New Zealand Government. "Timeline: Australia in the First World War, 1914-1918". Australian War Memorial. "World War I: Declarations of War from around the Globe". Law Library of Congress. "Timeline of the First World War on 1914-1918-Online.
In the summer of 1917, a Central Powers offensive began in Romania under the command of August von Mackensen to knock Romania out of the war, resulting in the battles of Oituz, Mărăști and Mărășești where up to 1,000,000 Central Powers troops were present. The battles lasted from 22 July to 3 September and eventually the Romanian army ...
It has been hypothesized that early forms of three-banked ships may have existed as early as 700 BC, but the earliest conclusive written reference dates to 542 BC. These new galleys were called triērēs (literally "three-fitted") in Greek. [c] Romans later applied the term triremis which is the origin of "trireme" and the name used most ...
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: Aviation in World War I (1914–1918) 1914 in aviation. Air combat of October 5, 1914 Raid on Cuxhaven (1914) Strategic bombing during World War I (1914–1918) German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War
More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. [3] [4] More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history ...
The Russian calendar was eleven days behind the Swedish during the 18th century, so Russian dates are eleven days earlier. 1788 July 17 (6 July OS) Hogland – Bloody engagement between Swedish and Russian battlefleets.
Galleys were hardly used in the Elizabethan navy, [7] and it is not likely, therefore, that the galleys shown are of English provenance. It has been argued that for trading voyages, including those to the Iberian peninsula, the Irish would have used sturdy vessels of the caravel type, a view which finds support in the galleys shown. [8]