SUBJECT

DATE

INFORMATION

FRONT

MENU

Haig, General Sir Douglas

1915-1918

Commander at the Somme and Passchendaele.

WF

M

Halazin, The Battle of

Jan 1916

Senussi defeated near their base in Italian Libya.

ME

M

Halil Pasha – Ottoman commander

1914 - 1917

Played prominent part in Mesopotamian Campaign

ME

M

Hamilton, General Sir Ian

1915

British commander of the Gallipoli Campaign.

GC

M

Hardy, Thomas – English poet

1919

His poem Jezreel is about the Battle of Megiddo.

ME

M

Hejaz Railway, The

1915-1917

Arab Revolt:  A major target in the first two years.

ME

M

Hejaz Region, The – Saudi Arabia

Dec 1916

Arab Revolt: Most of the Region in Arab hands.

ME

M

Heligoland Bight, 2nd Battle of

Nov 1917

A minor naval action soon after Operation Albion.

SEA

M

Heligoland Bight, First Battle of

Aug 1914

North Sea: Resounding victory for the British Navy

SEA

M

Hemmingway Ernest – Am.writer

1929

A Farwell to Arms based on his service on the IF.

IF

M

Hermes (HMS) – Airpower at Sea

May 1913

Converted into a “seaplane tender” before the war

AIR-SEA

M

Hill 60, close to Ypres

1915-1917

Famous height, held by the Germans most of war.

WF

M

Hindenburg Line, The

Mar 1917

Built to replace the endangered Noyen Salient.

WF

M

Hindenburg, Paul von

1914-1918

Able German General on East and West Fronts.

EF/WF

M

Hipper, Admiral Franz von

Jan 1915

Commander: Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland.

SEA

M

Hitler, Lance Corporal Adolf

July 1918

Friedensturm:  Nazi leader awarded the Iron Cross

WF

M

Hodgson, William Noel – Eng poet

July 1916

Poem Before Action appears to portend his death.

WF

M

Hoffman, Lt.Colonel Max

Aug 1914

East Prussia: masterminds plan to rout Russians.

EF

M

Holst, Gustave – British composer

July 1914

Completes his work on Mars “The Bringer of War”

~

M

Hötzendorf, Austrian General

Aug –Sep 1914

Commander in Galicia and the Italian Campaigns.

EF/IFF

M

Holtzendorff, Admiral von

Feb 1917

Gives support to Germany’s 3rd U.boat campaign.

SEA

M

House of Windsor, The – Adopted

July 1917

Replacing the  title House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

~

M

Hundred Days Offensive, The

Aug-Nov 1918

A series of Allied attacks across the whole WF.

WF

M

Hungarian Republic The – as then

Nov 1918

Set up, and established on the 16th November.

IF

M

Hungary: The Peace Settlement

Nov 1919

Treaty of Trianon.  A drastic reduction in size.

Versailles

M

Hussein, Ibn Ali

June 1916

Sheriff of Mecca proclaims Arab independence.

ME

M

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

1915-1916

Holding out promise of an independent Arab State

ME

M