SUBJECT

DATE

INFORMATION

FRONT

MENU

Observation Balloon, The

1914-1918

For reconnaissnce and surveillance, notably In WF

AIR

M

October Revolution, The

Oct 1917

Lenin’s Bolshevicks seize power in Russia.

EF

M

Operation Alberich

Sep 1916-Mar 1917

German plan to withdraw from the Noyen Salient.

WF

M

Operation Albion in the Baltic Sea

Oct – Nov 1917

German navy takes control of the Gulf of Riga.

SEA

M

Operation Friedensturm

July 1918

Failure of German attack on the city of Reims.

WF

M

Operation Turk’s Cross

May 1917

The beginning of a major bombing attack on Britain

AIR

M

Orwell, George – English novelist

1945

Re. the Russsian Revolution: Animal Farm

EF

M

Ostend Raids, The

Apr-May 1918

Second attack blocks harbour for a short while.

SEA

M

Ostend, The port of

Oct 1914

Germans capture Dutch port on North Sea coast.

WF

M

Otranto Straits, The Battle of the

May 1917

Allied attempt to stop U-boats entering the Med.

SEA

M

Ottoman attacks on Suez Canal

1916

Middle East: Jan and August. Both are repulsed.

ME

M

Ottoman Empire enters the war

Oct 1914

Declares war on Allies and opens up 7 campaigns.

ME

M

Ottoman Empire: Peace Settlement

Aug 1920

Treaty of Sèvres. But Turks reject & take up arms.

Versailles

M

Ottoman Empire – Seven Campaigns

1914-1918

Including Caucasus, Gallipoli and Sinai-Palestine.

ME

M

Ourcq River, The Battle of

Aug 1914

Allies take advantage of weakness in German line.

WF

M

Owen, Lt. Wilfred – English war poet

Sep-Oct 1917

Anthem for Doomed Youth. Killed in Nov 1918.

WF

M