SUBJECT

DATE

INFORMATION

FRONT

MENU

Faisal, Prince – son of King of Hejaz

1915-1918

Commander of the Northern Army in Arab Revolt.

ME

M

Falaba,The – British passenger ship

March 1915

First passenger ship to be sunk by a U-boat.

SEA

M

Falkenhayn, General Erich von

Feb-Sep 1916

Battle of Verdun: Aims to bleed France to death.

WF

M

Falkland Islands, Battle of the

Dec 1914

British naval victory over Germans in the Pacific.

SEA

M

Fayolle, French General Émile

1915

Failure due to German fire power and barbed wire

WF

M

February (March) Rebellion, The

Mar 1917

The Russian Revolution: Czar and family arrested.

EF

M

Felixstowe F.2 – airpower at sea

Late 1917

Long range British flying boat to locate U.boats.

AIR-SEA

M

Ferdinand, Archduke Franz

June 1914

Heir to Austro- Hungarian throne, assassinated.

EF

M

Festubert, The Battle of

May 1915

Canadians seize the town after a ferocious battle.

WF

M

First World War, The

1914-1918

The participants, on land, sea and in the air

~

M

Fitch, The Death of Lt. Alex

Sep 1918

Harrow School: Remembered by an eternal light.

WF

M

Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of

Sep 1916

Battle of the Somme: first use of tanks in battle.

WF

M

Flying Circus, the Red Baron’s

Spring 1917

Renewed Fokker attack, led by Manfred Richthofen

AIR

M

Foch, General Ferdinand

Mar 1918-Jan 1920

Allied Supreme Commander: Ludendorff Offensive

WF

M

Fokker Scourge, The

Aug 1915-Apr 1916

German fighter dominates skies on Western Front

WF

M

Fourteen Points, Wilson’s

Jan 1918

Peace without victory based on “moral diplomacy”

~

M

French, Field Marshal Sir John

1914-1915

Commander of the British Expeditionary Force.

WF

M

Frontiers, The Battle of the

Aug-Sep 1914

Germans invade Belgium and reach close to Paris.

WF

M

Fronts, The Major

Aug1914

Six land fronts plus War at  Sea and in the Air.

~

M

Furious (HMS) – airpower at sea

July 1918

As an “aircraft carrier”, attacks German naval base

AIR-SEA

M