SUBJECT

DATE

INFORMATION

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Race to the Sea, The

Sep - Nov 1914

Struggle to gain tactical advantage in this region.

WF

M

Ramadi, The Battle for

Mar - Sep 1917

Mesopotamia: British success after earlier failure.

EF

M

Ransome, Arthur – English author

1915-1917

War correspondent in Russia on several occasions

EF

M

Rape of Belgium, The

 Aug 1914

The Schlieffen Plan: the invasion of Belgium

WF

M

Rasputin, Grigori

1906-1916

A “holy man” within the Russian royal household.

EF

M

Rava-Ruska, The Battle of

Sep 1914

Galicia: Austro-Hungarians defeated and in retreat.

EF

M

Reed, John – American journalist

1919

Russian Revolution-Ten days that Shook the World

EF

M

Reinhardt Scheer, German Admiral

Oct 1918

His idea of a “do or die” attack causes a mutiny.

WF

M

Remarque, Erich Maria

Nov 1928

German author: All Quiet on the Western Front.

WF

M

Richthofen, Manfred von

1915-1918

Top “ace” among the fighter pilots of the day.

AIR

M

Riga seized by Central Powers

Sep 1917

Using “storm troopers” & better creeping barrage.

EF

M

River Jugla, The Battle of

Sep 1917

Holds back German advance on the Port of Riga.

EF

M

Robinson, Lt. William Leefe

Sep 1916

First pilot to shoot down a zeppelin during a raid.

AIR

M

Rodzianko, Mikhail – Duma President

Sep 1915

Pleaded wtith Czar not to take command of army.

EF

M

Romani, The Battle of

Aug 1916

British victory in the defence of the Suez Canal.

ME

M

Romania joins the Allies

Aug 1916

Hoping to gain Transylvania, but it was not to be.

EF

M

Romania regains its territory

Nov 1918

And gains land by the seizure of Transylvania

EF

M

Romania, The Invasion of

Sep-Dec 1916

Central Powers take over most of the country.

EF

M

Rommel, Lieutenant Erwin

Oct 1917

The “Desert Fox” of WW2, fought at Caporetto.

IF

M

Romonov Rule, The end of

Mar 1917

Russia: following the abdication of Czar Nicholas II

EF

M

Royal Air Force, Formation of the

April 1918

Becoming first independent Air Force in the world.

AIR

M

Royal Naval Air Service, The

1914 - 1918

It proved a revolutionary period of development.

AIR/SEA

M

Royston, Colonel John

Aug 1916

Ldr of Australian Light Horse, Battle of Romani.

ME

M

Russia – Bolshevism Outlawed

July 1917

Members imprisoned and Lenin flees to Finland.

EF

M

Russia – Provisional Government

Mar - Oct 1917

Planned an elected Assembly but stayed in the war

EF

M

Russia – The Petrograd Soviet

Mar 1917

Body of social revolutionaries opposed to the war.

EF

M

Russia, The Great Retreat

May - Sep 1915

Russia loses both Galicia and the Polish Salient.

EF

M

Russian Civil War Intensifies

1917-1922

On three fronts. Whites are eventually defeated.

~

M

Russian Civil War, The

Oct 1917

Beginning of conflict between Reds and Whites.

~

M

Russian Civil War: The Reds

1917-1922

Had the industrial area + good command structure.

~

M

Russian Civil War: The Whites

1917-1922

Had diverse objectives and lacked co-ordination.

~

M

Russian Revolution, The

Mar 1917

Rebellion breaks out on the streets of Petrograd.

EF

M