Articles related to "1918"

In January 1918 the Royal Navy lost two submarines and over 100 men in a tragic wartime accident.

As the number of H1N1 cases rose, so did comparisons to the Spanish flu of 1918. The patterns of both pandemics are strikingly similar. But modern era 2009 is not 1918.

Following U.S. entry into World War I, massive shipments of munitions and food stuffs enabled the Allies to withstand the last German offensive and ultimately prevail.

Named as one of the One Hundred Outstanding Heroes of World War I, Oscar F. Miller served his country with honor. He was born in Franklin County, Arkansas in 1882.

The search for peace pre-occupied European leaders after the end of World war 1. The League of Nations was created to safeguard world peace but it failed in this purpose

Whenever a flu virus affects humans as SARS, H5N1 bird flu and swine flu did, the Spanish flu outbreak is cited. But in 1918 more than the influenza virus was involved.

The German Stormtrooper, while skilled with multiple weapons, relied heavily upon grenades in combat.

Stormtroopers performed dangerous missions resulting in a constant need for an influx of fresh recruits.

At the close of World War One, the victorious allies ordered that the powerful and undefeated High Seas Fleet present itself for interment until a final peace.

Many reporters and scientist cite the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 when discussing the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu). Yet key differences exist between the two pandemics.

The swine flu is not the first major flu outbreak to sweep the globe, and looking back provides a glimpse at the enormity of a pandemic health crisis.

This wild outbreak of influenza spread to almost every part of the world and millions of people lost their lives from this contagious disease.

As the world worries about avian flu, they need only look to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to see how bad things can get.

An epidemic of global proportions that had far reaching consequences

The 26th Division's 102nd and 104th Infantry faced a sudden assault by a large force of elite German Stormtroopers.

The British Mark A Whippet was lightly armored, fast, and armed with machine guns, designed to exploit defensive penetrations.

Seeking to retain tactical gains seized during attacks the German Army, from 1914-1918 developed a general purpose light machinegun.

The German Army made deft use of their mortars during World War One, instilling respect and fear amongst Triple Entente troops.

Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.

Fighting alongside 50,000 homeless Czech legionnaires and 70,000 Japanese troops the White forces under Admiral Kolchak fought the longest of any.

The Tank Abwehr Gewehr, or T-Gewehr, was the first anti-tank rifle and dangerous to both its crew and targets.

In the middle of fighting the First World War, Russia also experienced one of the most significant revolutions of modern times and was soon plunged into civil war

After World War I, the U.S adopted a policy of Isolationism. However, it remained committed to the search for world peace through disarmament. Both policies failed.

Evidence and historical analysis concludes that Wilson's decisions were motivated by factors not related to the internal Russian political conflicts face by Bolsheviks.

Short of everything but ingenuity, the United States Army used a special unit of long range artillery provided by the US Navy in WWI.

Researchers have presented evidence that scientists who have long thought that bird flu survivors may hold the key to treating and preventing H5N1 are on the right track.

Following the British introduction of tanks into combat at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, the German Army developed a number of methods to stop armor advances.

Soldiers on all sides employed basic, vicious weapons for hand-to-hand combat during trench raids from 1914-1918.

The El Nino of 2009 resembles that of 1918. Both coincide with strikingly similar pandemic outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. Could the climate event be a contributing factor?

In order to increase their weight of fire, German Stormtroopers employed the light 77mm field gun in operations.

While the German Army did not initially embrace the idea of tanks, by 1918 they sought heavy tanks to match against their opponents.

In June 1918, a scandal broke out in Guelph, Ontario when a small force of militiamen raided a Jesuit seminary in search of young draft dodgers.

With the number of bird avian flu cases increasing each year, what you should know about this possible pandemic and precautions you can take.

Wilfred Owens was only one of many killed just before Armistice Day, 1918; but his death sums up the loss and futility of the time - Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

The present Swine Flu outbreak is partially rooted in history, with large influenza epidemics in 1918, 1976 and earlier.

Seattle - King County's Health Department has prepared an apocalyptic comic book drawing an analogy between the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and Swine Flu.

Ernst Jünger fought as a member of the German Army from 1914-1918, serving by war's end as an elite Stormtrooper.

Overshadowed by the 1930 classics "All Quiet on the Western Front" and France's "The Grand Illusion," these three still are among the best anti-war movies of that decade.

Robert Frost's recently discovered "poem" is a collection of seven stanzas, which appears to be more a list of notes rather than a poem, as the title clearly reveals.

During the First World War the German military employed airships with limited material and psychological effect against England.

The flu can be prevented if you don't already have it and it can be treated if you do. There are some steps you can take to help yourself and those around you.

The Romanovs, along with a doctor, three servants, and a family dog, were brutally murdered by Bolsheviks.

After World War I, the U.S. government was ill prepared to combat communism. During the "Big Red Scare," patriotic organizations took, sometimes extralegal, action.

Grand Duke Louise IV of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of Great Britain, Queen Victoria's daughter, had seven children, including Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.

Brief biography of French writer and poet Guillaume Apollinaire, influential to the surrealist movement.

Finland asked Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse to be its king once it gained independence from Russia, but eventually decided to become a republic.

Thirty-fourth president Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, called many places home. These places included numerous Army bases and, of course, the White House.

With the 90th anniversary of the most famous World War I battle now here, few realize the site of Sgt. Alvin York's heroic 1918 stand was located by researchers in 2006.

In March 1918, America joined Europe in using Daylight Savings Time.

Legendary home run king Babe Ruth would not have had the chance to be a hitter with the desinated hitter rule