SUBJECT | DATE | INFORMATION | FRONT | MENU |
Sep 1919 | Austria loses much land and access to the sea. | Versailles | ||
April 1917 | Postwar agreement giving Italy parts of Anatolia. | ME | ||
Aug – Sep 1921 | Anatolia: Greeks defeated and fail to take Ankara. | Versailles | ||
Oct 1915 | Allies establish a bridgehead in northern Greece. | EF | ||
Mar –Apr 1917 | A series of vicious encounters in Mesopotamia. | ME | ||
Aug 1914 | New Zealand takes over Western Samoa in Pacific | FAR EAST | ||
Aug 1914 | Tannenburg: Russian general commits suicide | EF | ||
April 1920 | Most of Anatolia to go to Greece, France and Italy | ME | ||
April 1920 | The settlement of Middle East including Palestine. | Versailles | ||
April 1915 | German commander in the Gallipoli Campaign. | GC | ||
June 1914 | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. | ~ | ||
Aug 1914 | French soundly defeated in the battle for Lorraine. | WF | ||
Jan 1915 | Ottoman army virtually destroyed in East Anatolia. | ME | ||
1917 | His Memorial Tablet refers to Passchendaele. | WF | ||
May – Jun 1916 | Jutland: Commander of German High Seas Fleet. | SEA | ||
Aug 1914 | Germans invade Belgium, aiming to encircle Paris. | WF | ||
1905 | Architect of the Schlieffen Plan pre- | WF | ||
Dec 1915 | Gallipoli Evacuation: invents a delayed- | GC | ||
Dec 1914 | Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby by Germans. | SEA | ||
Nov 1918 | French take historic city five days before armistice. | WF | ||
Nov 1915- | By anti- | ME | ||
Oct - | Overrun by Central powers, including Bulgaria. | EF | ||
Nov 1918 | Following 3 years of occupation by Central Powers | EF | ||
Nov 1915- | Thousands perish while escaping via Albania. | EF | ||
1914- | Including the Caucasus and Gallipoli Campaigns | ME | ||
1926 | By T.E.Lawrence, opposing the ME settlement. | ME | ||
Aug 1920 | But Turks reject this treaty and take up arms. | Versailles | ||
April 1915 | Mesopotamia: Turks come very close to victory. | ME | ||
Oct 1917 | Mesopotamia: British victory opens way to Mosul. | ME | ||
Mar 1915 | Complaints made after Battle of Neuve Chapelle | WF | ||
1918 | Persian Campaign: among the South Persia Rifles. | ME | ||
1928- | Russian Revolution: And Quiet Flows the Don | EF | ||
1913 | Produces large, four engined passenger plane. | AIR | ||
May 1916 | British cross Sinai but are defeated at Gaza. | ME | ||
1917- | British take Gaza and advance into Palestine | ME | ||
Feb 1917 | Final victory over the Senussi. Terms are agreed. | ME | ||
Aug 1916 | Italians make some gains on the Isonzo Front. | IF | ||
1899- | Outstanding South African soldier and statesman. | AF | ||
July 1918 | Operation Friedensturm: A notable Allied victory. | WF | ||
Nov 1917 | Jewish journalist and prominent Zionist leader. | ME | ||
1917 | For a time, worked in Russia as a secret agent. | EF | ||
Jul – Nov 1916 | One of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. | WF | ||
Jun – Sep 1916 | Introduction of the creeping barrage and the tank. | WF | ||
Nov 1918 | Carrier based torpedo bomber. Too late for action. | AIR- | ||
Feb – Jul 1915 | Seized by troops from the Union of South Africa. | AF | ||
Apr 1918- | World- | ~ | ||
1861- | Achieved outstanding victory at Battle of Coronel. | SEA | ||
Apr 1917 | A signals network by the Anti- | AIR- | ||
Sep 1918 | Germans decide to retire and Americans take over. | WF | ||
Apr 1915 | Captured by Germans after a second gas attack. | WF | ||
Aug 1914 | East Prussia: Germans defeated and pushed back. | EF | ||
Nov 1915- | Takes part in Serbia’s Great Retreat via Albania. | EF | ||
Oct 1917 | Brings an end to Russia’s Provisional Government | EF | ||
May 1917 | Germans attack military sites and populated areas. | AIR | ||
Feb 1917 | Kaiser agrees to the launch the third campaign. | SEA | ||
1915- | Germany’s 3 campaigns of unrestricted warfare | SEA | ||
Jan- | Major thrust fails to capture the city of Ismailia. | ME | ||
Aug 1916 | Ottoman/German force repulsed at town of Romani | ME | ||
May 1916- | British cross Sinai but are halted at Gaza. | ME | ||
May 1916 | No attacks would be made on “non- | SEA | ||
1916 | One of the first to propose the idea of a “tank”. | WF | ||
1916- | British Commander in the Persian Campaign. | ME | ||
May 1916 | British diplomat: The Sykes- | ME | ||
May 1916 | Agreement over postwar settlement of Middle East | ME |