Articles related to "1918"
Internment High Seas Fleet 1918
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.
• kaiser wilhelm ii • kaiserliche marine • high seas fleet • interned at scapa flow • admiral franz von hipper
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.
• kaiser wilhelm ii • kaiserliche marine • high seas fleet • interned at scapa flow • admiral franz von hipper
The Northern White Army 1918-1920
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.
• allied forces • murmansk • archangel • general ek miller • admiral kolchak
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.
• allied forces • murmansk • archangel • general ek miller • admiral kolchak
The Siberian White Army 1918-1923
Fighting alongside 50,000 homeless Czech legionnaires and 70,000 Japanese troops the White forces under Admiral Kolchak fought the longest of any.
• orenberg cossacks • general dutov • siberian cossacks • semenov • baron ungern-sternberg
Fighting alongside 50,000 homeless Czech legionnaires and 70,000 Japanese troops the White forces under Admiral Kolchak fought the longest of any.
• orenberg cossacks • general dutov • siberian cossacks • semenov • baron ungern-sternberg
US Navy Railway Guns France 1918
Short of everything but ingenuity, the United States Army used a special unit of long range artillery provided by the US Navy in WWI.
• united states world war one • liege • bombarded paris • rear admiral ralph earle • baldwin locomotive works
Short of everything but ingenuity, the United States Army used a special unit of long range artillery provided by the US Navy in WWI.
• united states world war one • liege • bombarded paris • rear admiral ralph earle • baldwin locomotive works
The Ghosts of War: Popular Memory and the Battle of the Somme [WWI]
A look at how some battles in World War I forever scarred the British psyche. Looks at the effect of the Battle of the Somme on Britain.
• world war i • britain • popular culture • effect of war on • battle of the somme
A look at how some battles in World War I forever scarred the British psyche. Looks at the effect of the Battle of the Somme on Britain.
• world war i • britain • popular culture • effect of war on • battle of the somme
Bird Flu May Be In Check
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.
• bird flu pandemic • h5n1 • flu pandemic • antibody • 1918 flu pandemic
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.
• bird flu pandemic • h5n1 • flu pandemic • antibody • 1918 flu pandemic
Go to the Head of the Line for Your Flu Shot
This year it's especially important to get your Flu shot early. Because of a shortage, being late may be a costly mistake.
• flu • influenza • shots • shortages • copd
This year it's especially important to get your Flu shot early. Because of a shortage, being late may be a costly mistake.
• flu • influenza • shots • shortages • copd
Tracing the History of a Plague - Part One
Five Hundred years before Christ, the Greek writer Thucydides wrote of a mysterious plague that struck the city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. In this three part series, using a technique called retrodiagnosis, I'll explore the background, symptoms and finally the solution to this literary and medical mystery. Why? Because to understand the future of bioterrorism, one must understand the past.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Five Hundred years before Christ, the Greek writer Thucydides wrote of a mysterious plague that struck the city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. In this three part series, using a technique called retrodiagnosis, I'll explore the background, symptoms and finally the solution to this literary and medical mystery. Why? Because to understand the future of bioterrorism, one must understand the past.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Tracing the History of a Plague - Part Three
Thanks to the writings of Thucydides, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been able to use retrodiagnosis to speculate on the true nature of The Plague of Athens. Their findings may surprise you.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Thanks to the writings of Thucydides, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been able to use retrodiagnosis to speculate on the true nature of The Plague of Athens. Their findings may surprise you.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Tracing the History of a Plague - Part Two
Like physicians today, Thucydides describes in detail the symptoms that he and others suffered as they became infected with The Plague of Athens. Thanks to his eye for detail, modern scientists are learning more about the surprising identity of this mystery plague.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Like physicians today, Thucydides describes in detail the symptoms that he and others suffered as they became infected with The Plague of Athens. Thanks to his eye for detail, modern scientists are learning more about the surprising identity of this mystery plague.
• plagues • influenza • black death • bubonic • death
Vimy Ridge - World War One
Vimy Ridge was taken only after the attempts of some of the bravest soldiers of anytime and any war.
• vimy • ridge • vimy ridge • canada • canadian
Vimy Ridge was taken only after the attempts of some of the bravest soldiers of anytime and any war.
• vimy • ridge • vimy ridge • canada • canadian
Frost's 'War Thoughts at Home'
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.
• frost’s ‘war thoughts at home’ • poetic notes • north of boston • france • 1918
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.
• frost’s ‘war thoughts at home’ • poetic notes • north of boston • france • 1918
Victims of the Romanov Murder
The Romanovs, along with a doctor, three servants, and a family dog, were brutally murdered by Bolsheviks.
• romanov murder • romanov victims • killed by bolsheviks • murdered by bolsheviks • russian royal family killed
The Romanovs, along with a doctor, three servants, and a family dog, were brutally murdered by Bolsheviks.
• romanov murder • romanov victims • killed by bolsheviks • murdered by bolsheviks • russian royal family killed
BERT WILLIAMS, THE JACKIE ROBINSON OF THE AMERICAN THEATER
A biography of Bert Williams (1863-1922), the first black singer/comedian/actor in America to appear with white performers, and the first African American to star in the Ziegfeld "Follies."
• black vaudeville performers • george walker • bert williams • blackface • minstrel shows
A biography of Bert Williams (1863-1922), the first black singer/comedian/actor in America to appear with white performers, and the first African American to star in the Ziegfeld "Follies."
• black vaudeville performers • george walker • bert williams • blackface • minstrel shows
Czech Volunteers in Russia WWI
The Czech Legion started from humble beginnings in 1914 and ended up as one of the last reliable units on the World War One Eastern Front.
• czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
The Czech Legion started from humble beginnings in 1914 and ended up as one of the last reliable units on the World War One Eastern Front.
• czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
Execution of the Romanovs
The Romanov family, including Tsar Nicholas II, were executed in 1918. The Tsar, Tsaristsa, Grand Duchesses, Tsarevich, a doctor, and three servants were killed.
• execution of the romanovs • murder of the romanovs • yurovsky • tsar nicholas ii • alexandra fyodorovna
The Romanov family, including Tsar Nicholas II, were executed in 1918. The Tsar, Tsaristsa, Grand Duchesses, Tsarevich, a doctor, and three servants were killed.
• execution of the romanovs • murder of the romanovs • yurovsky • tsar nicholas ii • alexandra fyodorovna
Formation of the Red Army Cavalry
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • kransov • mammotov • shkuro
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • kransov • mammotov • shkuro
Game 6 of the 1986 World Series
With the 106th World Series set to begin on October 23, Suite 101 Baseball takes a look at the ten greatest games in Fall Classic History.
• game 6 1986 world series • game six mets red sox • 1986 world series • bill buckner error • bill bucker game 6
With the 106th World Series set to begin on October 23, Suite 101 Baseball takes a look at the ten greatest games in Fall Classic History.
• game 6 1986 world series • game six mets red sox • 1986 world series • bill buckner error • bill bucker game 6
Hauptman Detzner WW I Holdout
When the Allies occupied the German colony of New Guinea at the opening of WW I a German officer led a four-year expedition to retain the island, surrendering in 1919.
• last german unit to surrender • caroline islands • marshall islands • marianas islands • samoa
When the Allies occupied the German colony of New Guinea at the opening of WW I a German officer led a four-year expedition to retain the island, surrendering in 1919.
• last german unit to surrender • caroline islands • marshall islands • marianas islands • samoa
Point Pelee National Park
Point Pelee National Park in Canada's Deep South is famous for the monarch butterfly migration plus wildlife and vegetation not found anywhere else in Canada.
• point pelee national park • 30 miles 50km southeast windsor ontario • point pelee most southern point of land canadian m • 10 mile 6km sandspit extends lake erie intersects • point pelee made national park 1918
Point Pelee National Park in Canada's Deep South is famous for the monarch butterfly migration plus wildlife and vegetation not found anywhere else in Canada.
• point pelee national park • 30 miles 50km southeast windsor ontario • point pelee most southern point of land canadian m • 10 mile 6km sandspit extends lake erie intersects • point pelee made national park 1918
Salvage of the High Seas Fleet
More than forty of the 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet only left their final anchorage as scrap if at all.
• sms baden • sms frankfurt • german ship us navy • ernest cox • greatest salvage opertation
More than forty of the 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet only left their final anchorage as scrap if at all.
• sms baden • sms frankfurt • german ship us navy • ernest cox • greatest salvage opertation
Scuttling of the High Seas Fleet
Interned at the close of World War One in Scotland the German fleet chose to scuttle itself at anchor rather than surrender
• november 21 1918 • treaty versailles • last commander of the fleet • june 21 1919 • paragraphe elf bestatigen
Interned at the close of World War One in Scotland the German fleet chose to scuttle itself at anchor rather than surrender
• november 21 1918 • treaty versailles • last commander of the fleet • june 21 1919 • paragraphe elf bestatigen
The Best Red Sox Players Ever
In a town where baseball failure is a way of life, these players made existence a little more tolerable for the sometimes less-than-loveable historic losers from Boston.
• best red sox players • red sox best players • top red sox players • boston red sox players • red sox all stars
In a town where baseball failure is a way of life, these players made existence a little more tolerable for the sometimes less-than-loveable historic losers from Boston.
• best red sox players • red sox best players • top red sox players • boston red sox players • red sox all stars
The Combat Record of the Konarmia
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • tachanka • kransov • mammotov
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.
• red army • russian civil war • tachanka • kransov • mammotov
The Czech Legion 1917-1920
Growing from a unit of volunteers that fought for the Tsar against the Hapsburg Empire, these 50,000 Czechs fought an amazing campaign for survival.
• czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
Growing from a unit of volunteers that fought for the Tsar against the Hapsburg Empire, these 50,000 Czechs fought an amazing campaign for survival.
• czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
The Red Army 1917-1923
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
• red army • army order number 1 • red guards • raboche-krest'yanskaya krasnaya armiya • rkka
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
• red army • army order number 1 • red guards • raboche-krest'yanskaya krasnaya armiya • rkka
The Southern White Army 1917-1920
Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.
• ukraine • don cossacks • kuban cossacks • kaliden • kransov
Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.
• ukraine • don cossacks • kuban cossacks • kaliden • kransov
Brno’s Tugendhat House Gem
The twenty year life of the Czechoslovak Republic from its birth in 1918 until its death at Nazi hands in 1938 saw a revolution in architecture, much of it residential.
• brno • czech republic • tugendhat house • architectural gem • architectural
The twenty year life of the Czechoslovak Republic from its birth in 1918 until its death at Nazi hands in 1938 saw a revolution in architecture, much of it residential.
• brno • czech republic • tugendhat house • architectural gem • architectural
Estonia: Government Profile
The Republic of Estonia, a former Soviet republic, has developed a functional representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic estonia government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • former soviet • capital tallinn
The Republic of Estonia, a former Soviet republic, has developed a functional representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic estonia government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • former soviet • capital tallinn
Iceland - Government Profile
Iceland, an independent nation since 1944, has developed a parliamentary representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic iceland government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • capital reykjavik • sovereign state danish crown 1918
Iceland, an independent nation since 1944, has developed a parliamentary representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic iceland government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • capital reykjavik • sovereign state danish crown 1918
Latvia: Government Profile
The Republic of Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has developed a functional representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic latvia government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • former soviet • capital riga
The Republic of Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has developed a functional representative democracy, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• republic latvia government profile • political framework structure • representative democracy • former soviet • capital riga
Ukraine - Government Profile
Ukraine, a former Soviet satellite, has developed into a semi-presidential republic with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• ukraine government profile • political framework structure semi presidential re • capital kyiv kiev • independence 1918 russia 1991 soviet union • august 24
Ukraine, a former Soviet satellite, has developed into a semi-presidential republic with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
• ukraine government profile • political framework structure semi presidential re • capital kyiv kiev • independence 1918 russia 1991 soviet union • august 24