Observances mark 100-year anniversary of Armistice Day
World War I ended on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in 1918. Armistice Day, as the anniversary is known by, is celebrated around the world. Given the centenary, observances were bigger than usual in 2018. Heads of state across Europe attended events to commemorate…
Danish crew finds wreckage of World War I submarine
Ninety-nine years ago, the German submarine UC-30 disappeared in the North Sea. Nobody laid eyes on it until a Danish expedition made a surprise discovery of the wreckage off the west coast of Denmark. The submarine was thought to have sunk in a totally different part of the sea, and…
British man maintains French crater, remnant of World War I explosion
On July 1, 1916, 30 tons of explosives left as a trap by British soliders exploded, starting the Battle of Somme in France. The explosion was said to be heard 200 miles away in London, and it left a crater nearly 400 feet wide. In 1978, a London man, Richard…
Jan 1st 1919: The American Defense Society has launched a campaign “to eliminate the German language in all schools… https://t.co/zMhkEY3zse
(about 1 year ago)Jan 1st 1919: The newly formed German Council of People’s Deputies is planning to raise 80 billion marks to pay for… https://t.co/ZCGdE8PJI1
(about 1 year ago)Jan 1st 1919: Belgium may eliminate its war debt by selling its African colony the Belgian colony to Britain for th… https://t.co/q00FlqOyur
(about 1 year ago)Jan 1st 1919: Several British military commanders will reportedly be “elevated to the peerage” with Field Marshal H… https://t.co/5oKRP81Wox
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