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July 1, 1916. The First Battle of the Somme begins. The British offensive is intended to draw German attention from Verdun, and in that regard only could it be considered a success. The nearly 20,000 killed in action on July 1 marks the single bloodiest day in the history of the British army.
Oct 29, 2009 · World War I started in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and ended in 1918. During the conflict, the countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire ...
The Stars and Stripes War Orphans Adoption Campaign ends after raising 123,047 francs and placing 3,444 orphans for adoption. December 27, 1918 Sporting Page returns to The Stars and Stripes .
Oct 29, 2016 · Erroneous representation of the flag. Erroneous flag of Serbia - Image by Tomislav Todorović, 10 April 2013. A series of trading cards was produced by W. Duke Sons & Co. in 1888. Each of the cards shows rulers, arms and flags of four countries. Kingdom of Serbia is represented with an erroneous white-blue-red vertical tricolor.
Apr 8, 2021 · Battles of the Meuse-Argonne: September 26 to November 11, 1918. More than 1 million American soldiers take part in the Battles of the Meuse-Argonne in France's dense Forest of Argonne and along ...
It wasn’t until 1835 that the first modern flag was conceived for the principality and Kingdom of Serbia, this was simple red, blue, white horizontal tricolour. From 1919 Serbia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and took the blue, white and red Yugoslavian flag. During World War Two the German Military Administration set up a puppet ...
Declarations of war during World War I. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. A declaration is usually an act of delivering a performative speech (not to be confused with a mere speech) or the presentation of a signed document by an authorized party of a national government in order to create a ...
