Encyclopedia - 1916: Encyclopedia - 1916
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) 1916 - Events. January 1 -The first successful blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 - Events
1916 - January-February. January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 - Births
1916 - January-March. January 3 - Betty Furness, American actress and consumer activist (d. 1994) January 7 - Paul Keres, Estonian che...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Film: Encyclopedia - 1916 In Film
See also: 1915 in film 1916 1917 in film years in film film 1916 in film - Events. November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916
The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. The British an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasus Campaign - 1916
Early in 1916, General Yudenich, commanded a winter assault on the Turkish fort-city of Erzurum. The winter attack was successful and aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign: Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign
The Caucasus Campaign was fought from 1914 until 1918 in the Caucasus during World War I between the Russian Empire a member of the Allie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel: Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel
Beaumont-Hamel is a commune of the Somme département, in northern France. Population: 225. Postal code: 80 300 Area: 8.31 km² Altitude...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles W. Fairbanks: Encyclopedia - Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was a Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United Sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland or Battle of the Skagerrak (Danish: Søslaget ved Jylland/Søslaget om Skagerrak; German: Schlacht von Jütlan/Skag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristide Briand: Encyclopedia - Aristide Briand
Aristide Briand (March 28, 1862 – March 7, 1932) was a French statesman. He was born at Nantes, of a bourgeois family. He studied law, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Griffith: Encyclopedia - Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith (Árt Ó Gríofa in Irish) (March 31, 1871 – August 12, 1922) was the founder and first leader of Sinn Féin. He served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I
The Western Front line for most of World War I extended relatively statically from the English Channel to the Swiss frontier, most of Bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George
The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British states...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dada: Encyclopedia - Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Aviation - Events
January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with Pour le Mérite ("the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Rail Transport - Births
1916 in rail transport - Unknown date births. Benjamin F. Biaggini, president of the Southern Pacific Company 1964–1976 (d. 2005). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Erzurum 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Erzurum 1916 - Backgound
Russia had won significant battles at Sarikamis and Kara Killisse but lacked the resources to exploit their victories. In August they los...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Rail Transport - Events
1916 in rail transport - April events. April 13 - Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen purchas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Prelude
The Allied war strategy for 1916 was largely formulated during a conference at Chantilly held between 6 December and 8 December 1915, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South American Championship 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - South American Championship 1916 - Matches
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Conclusion
It is difficult to declare the Battle of the Somme a victory for either side. The British and French did succeed in capturing ground but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Tank!
Main articles: Battle of Flers-Courcelette – Battle of Morval The last great Allied effort to achieve a breakthrough came on 15 Septemb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Attrition: August And September
Main articles: Battle of Guillemont – Battle of Ginchy By the start of August, Haig had accepted that the prospect of achieving a break...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Battle Of Bazentin Ridge
Main article: Battle of Bazentin Ridge On 14 July (Bastille Day) the Fourth Army was finally ready to resume the offensive in the souther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - The First Day On The Somme
Main article: First day on the Somme The first day of the battle was preceded by seven days of preliminary artillery bombardment in which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Columbia General Election 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - British Columbia General Election 1916 - Results
Notes: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. 1 One candidate, H.C. Brewster (Liberal) who contested and was elect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Poland 1916-1918: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Poland 1916-1918 - Quotes
"Starvation is here," said General von Kries. "Candidly, we would like to see it relieved; we fear our soldiers may be unfavourably affec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Pozières And Mouquet Farm
Main articles: Battle of Pozières – Battle of Mouquet Farm No significant progress was made in the northern sector in the first few we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - The Final Phase
Main articles: Battle of Thiepval Ridge – Battle of Le Transloy – Battle of the Ancre Heights – Battle of the Ancre On 26 September...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krasin Icebreaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Krasin Icebreaker - Krasin 1916
The first icebreaker Krasin (launched as Sviatogor and renamed in 1927 to honor the recently deceased Krasin) was built for the Imperial ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Somme 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of The Somme 1916 - Aftermath Of The First Day
At 22:00 on 1 July, the commander of the British Fourth Army, Lieutenant-General Henry Rawlinson, had issued orders for the attack to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portugal In The Great War: Encyclopedia Ii - Portugal In The Great War - 1916–1918 Portugal In The War
When Portugal complied with the British demand to confiscate the German ships interned in Portuguese ports, Germany reacted by declaring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1916 In Aviation - First Flights
February February 9 - Sopwith Pup flown by Harry Hawker April SPAD S.VII May May 28 - Sopwith Triplane flown by Harry Hawker June ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumann Na Mban: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumann Na Mban - Role In 1916 Easter Rising
On 23 April 1916, when the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood finalised arrangements for the Easter Rising, it integrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Presidential Election 1916 - Nominations
U.S. presidential election 1916 - Republican Party nomination. The Republican Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois from 7 June to 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Fancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Fancourt - The Battle Of Jutland 1916
On May 31, 1916 the Princess Royal was involved in the initial engagement of the Battle of Jutland. Two of her sister ships were lost (wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 1916: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Presidential Election 1916 - General Election
U.S. presidential election 1916 - Campaign. Woodrow Wilson campaigned for reelection on a pledge of continued neutrality in the Great W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dime U.s. Coin: Encyclopedia Ii - Dime U.s. Coin - Mercury Dimes 1916–1945
So-called "Mercury" dimes contain no mercury, nor do they depict the Roman messenger god. Adolph A. Weinman, the designer and a noted scu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - O'connell Street: Encyclopedia Ii - O'connell Street - Impact Of Events Of 1916 And 1922
The Easter Rising in 1916, when a band of Irish republicans seized the General Post Office (GPO) and proclaimed the Irish Republic, led t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utah Troubles: Encyclopedia Ii - Utah Troubles - The Long Occupation: 1916-1937
First under the command of Major General Alonzo Kent, then Lt. General John Pershing, and then Colonel Abner Dowling, US Army governor-ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Adams: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Adams - University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign 1916-1971
Adams excepted an offer from William A. Noyes, head of the Illinois as an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Henry Asquith: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Henry Asquith - Second Government May 1915 – December 1916
Herbert Henry Asquith - Changes. October, 1915 - Sir Frederick Smith succeeds Sir Edward Carson as Attorney-General. November, 1915 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beiyang Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Beiyang Army - Fragmentation Of The Beiyang Army 1916-18
Pressure from the Beiyang commanders prevented any political figure of the left from taking up power in the Republic of China government....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of China - Warlord Era 1916-1928
After Yuan Shikai's death, shifting alliances of regional warlords fought for control of the Beijing government. Despite the fact that va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahatma Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahatma Gandhi - Movement For India's Independence 1916–1945
As he had done in the South African War, Gandhi urged support of the British War effort and was active in encouraging Indians to join the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War I - 1916 - Artillery Duels And Attrition
The German Chief of Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed that although a breakthrough might no longer be possible, the French could be d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahatma Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahatma Gandhi - Movement For India's Independence 1916–1945
As he had done in the South African War, Gandhi urged support of the British war effort and was active in encouraging Indians to join the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beaumont-hamel - History
On July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, 800 soldiers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment rose from the Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of China - Early Republican China 1912-1916
History of the Republic of China - Founding of the Republic of China. Main article: Xinhai Revolution The last days of the Qing Dynasty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portugal In The Great War: Encyclopedia Ii - Portugal In The Great War - 1914–1915 Neutral Portugal
Serb separatists assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June, 28, 1914. Most commentators today ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell Gate Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell Gate Bridge - History
The bridge was conceived in the early 1900s for the Pennsylvania Railroad to link New York to New England. It was completed on September ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - War Cabinet December 1916–january 1919
David Lloyd George - Changes. May - August 1917 - In temporary absence of Arthur Henderson, George Barnes, Minister of Pensions acts a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beaumont-hamel - Honours
In November of 1916 His Majesty King George V granted the title "Royal" to the Newfoundland Regiment. No other regiment in the British Em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - War Cabinet December 1916–january 1919
David Lloyd George - Changes. May - August 1917 - In temporary absence of Arthur Henderson, George Barnes, Minister of Pensions acts a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Stadium Berlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Stadium Berlin - 1916 To 1934. Deutsches Stadion Old Olympiastadion.
In 1912 during the 1912 Summer Olympics the city of Berlin was designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 1916 S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia: Encyclopedia Ii - Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia - History
In 1855, Philadelphia had a population of about 460,000, and recorded 10,506 deaths. Leading causes of death were smallpox, typhoid, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasus Campaign - Sources
The first year - Strachan, Hew (2003). The First World War, pp 109-112. Viking (Published by the Penguin Group) The war in 1918 - From...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Adams: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Adams - Personal Life
Roger Adams descended from the grandfather of John Adams, third US President. He was the last child in a family of three daughters which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - O'connell Street: Encyclopedia Ii - O'connell Street - Introduction
O'Connell Street has often been centre-stage in Irish history, forming the backdrop to one of the 1913 Dublin Lockout gatherings, the 191...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasus Campaign - The First Year
The chief war aim of the Ottoman government was the recovery of their former lands in Eastern Anatolia which they had lost due to the Rus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beaumont-hamel - Gallipoli
On September 20, 1915 the regiment landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula, where the British VIII Corps, IX Corps and the Austral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaumont-hamel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beaumont-hamel - Recruitment And Training
As a dominion in the British commonwealth, Newfoundland had automatically gone to war with the Empire when Germany invaded Belgium on Aug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - O'connell Street: Encyclopedia Ii - O'connell Street - Modern O'connell Street
Despite the progess made in improving the street's architectural coherence post-1916 and 1922, poor planning controls in the 1970s and 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Fancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Fancourt - Post-war Career
In April 1946 he was appointed deputy chief naval representative in the Ministry of Supply. He retired from the navy in December 1949 and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Adams: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Adams - World War I
At (UIUC) Adams took charge of the Organic Chemical Manufactures ("prep labs") started by his predecessor C. G. Derick for the synthesis ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Fancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Fancourt - Interwar Activities
After the war, Fancourt was sent to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to complete his interrupted education. On his return to the Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasus Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasus Campaign - 1918
In the early months of 1918, the Russian army in the Caucasus was nothing more than a few thousand volunteers and some two hundred office...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roger Adams: Encyclopedia Ii - Roger Adams - World War Ii
In July of 1940 Vannevar Bush was working to mobilize US Science for the prosecution of World War II. Bush wanted to bring Adams into the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Henry Asquith: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Henry Asquith - Biography
Born in Morley, West Yorkshire and educated at Fulneck School, West Yorkshire and the City of London School, he won a scholarship to Ball...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quebec Bridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Quebec Bridge - History
Quebec Bridge - Background. Before the Quebec Bridge was built, the only way to travel from the south shore of the St. Lawrence in Levi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumann Na Mban: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumann Na Mban - After The Rising
Revitalized after the Rising and led by Countess Markiewicz, Cumann na mBan took a leading role in popularising the memory of the 1916 le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dada: Encyclopedia Ii - Dada - History
Dada - Zürich. In 1916, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Tristan Tzara, Hans Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, Sophie Täuber—all living in exile i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Fancourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Fancourt - World War Ii
In December 1940 he was promoted Captain and given command of HMS Sparrowhawk, the naval air station at Hatston in the Orkney Islands. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Jutland - Background
Battle of Jutland - Naval tactics in 1916. The general idea was that a fleet approaching battle should be in parallel columns moving in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Route 25 New Jersey: Encyclopedia Ii - Route 25 New Jersey - History
Route 25 New Jersey - Routes 1 and 2: 1916-1927. In 1916, two routes were defined by the state legislature: Route 1, from the south bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Americanist Phonetic Notation: Encyclopedia Ii - Americanist Phonetic Notation - Alphabet
Americanist phonetic notation - Consonants. Below is a generalized chart of phonetic symbols used by linguists of the Americanist tradi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Henry Asquith: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Henry Asquith - First Government April 1908 – May 1915
Herbert Henry Asquith - Changes. September 1908 - Lord Wolverhampton succeeds Lord Tweedmouth as Lord President. Lord FitzMaurice succ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sitwells: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sitwells - Wheels 1921
H. R. Barber - Aldous Huxley - Charles Orange - Alan Porter - Augustine Rivers - Paul Selver - Edith Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell - Sachevere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Entry Into Politics
His flair quickly showed, and he was elected Liberal MP for Caernarfon in 1890 and he would remain an MP until 1945, fifty-five years lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Shackleton: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Shackleton - Antarctic Expeditions
Ernest Shackleton - 1901 National Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton participated in the National Antarctic Expedition, which was organiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prime Minister Of The Republic Of Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Prime Minister Of The Republic Of Poland - Former Prime Ministers
Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland - Prime Ministers of semi-independent Kingdom of Poland Nov. 5 1916 - 1918. Prime Minister of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War I - 1915 - Stalemate
Between the coast and the Vosges was an outward-bulge in the trench line, named the Noyon salient for the captured French town at maximum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dime U.s. Coin: Encyclopedia Ii - Dime U.s. Coin - General History
While now made of sandwich-like clad layers of cupro-nickel (an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel), dimes were originally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Jutland - Losses
Battle of Jutland - British. Battlecruisers Indefatigable, Queen Mary, Invincible Armoured cruisers Black Prince, Warrior, Defence Flo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dime U.s. Coin: Encyclopedia Ii - Dime U.s. Coin - Early Dimes 1796–1837
The Draped Bust/Small Eagle design, minted in 1796 and 1797, was the work of then-Chief Engraver Robert Scot. The portrait of Liberty was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Shackleton: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Shackleton - Legacy
In 1994, the James Caird Society was set up to preserve the memory of Shackleton's achievements. Its first Life President was Shackleton'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dime U.s. Coin: Encyclopedia Ii - Dime U.s. Coin - Seated Liberty Dimes 1837–1891
Christian Gobrecht designed this dime, whose obverse design, as was the tradition of the time, graced every circulating silver U.S. coin ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woodrow Wilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Woodrow Wilson - Later Life
In 1921, Wilson and his wife retired from the White House to a home in the Embassy Row section of Washington, D.C. Wilson died there on F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Jutland - The Fleet Action
In the meantime Beatty and Evan-Thomas had resumed their engagement of Hipper's battlecruisers, this time with the visual conditions to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beiyang Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Beiyang Army - Yuan Shikai's Ascendancy 1901-1908
Li Hongzhang died in 1901 and was replaced by Yuan Shikai, who took on Li's appointment as Governor-General of Zhili and as Superintenden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Jutland - Battle Damage Assessment
The British lost fourteen ships including several battlecruisers totalling 111,000 tons and 6,094 men. The Germans lost eleven ships of 6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Prime Minister
He progressed to replace Asquith as prime minister of a new wartime coalition government between the Liberals and the Conservatives. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Later Political Career
Throughout the next two decades Lloyd George remained on the margins of British politics, being frequently predicted to return to office ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Lloyd George: Encyclopedia Ii - David Lloyd George - Entry Into Politics
His flair quickly showed, and he was elected Liberal MP for Caernarfon in 1890 and he would remain an MP until 1945, fifty-five years lat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War I - Consequences
The war along the western front led to the surrender of the German goverment and its allies, in spite of German success elsewhere. As a r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Jutland: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Jutland - The Battlecruiser Action
The German submarines were completely ineffective; they did not sink a single ship and provided no useful information as scouts. Jellicoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War I - 1918 - Final Offensives
Following the successful Allied attack and penetration of the German defenses at Cambrai, Ludendorff determined that the only opportunity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War I - 1917 - Commonwealth Takes The Lead
The staged withdrawal to the Hindenberg Line was named Operation Alberich by the Germans.[9] It was begun on February 9 and completed Apr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utah Troubles: Encyclopedia Ii - Utah Troubles - The Great Revolt Of 1915
Peace between the Mormons and the United States government ensues through the first decades of the twentieth century, but beneath the sur...   » Read the article