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A diagram of the fortifications surrounding the city. The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and ...
Two years after the park opened, in 1867, a statue of writer and playwright Joost van den Vondel by sculptor Louis Royer was placed in the park on a stand designed by architect Pierre Cuypers [2] As a result, people started to call the park "Vondelspark" (English: "Vondel's Park"). [3] In 1873, a bandstand was built.
List of New York City parks relating to World War I; Littlefield Fountain; McLaughlin Hall (Detroit, Michigan) Memorial Arch (Huntington, West Virginia) Memorial Gymnasium (University of Idaho) Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas) Memorial Hall (Newark, Delaware) Memorial Hall (University of Kentucky) Memorial Park, Houston; Mojave Memorial Cross
The classically inspired Menin Gate in Ypres. World War I is remembered and commemorated by various war memorials, including civic memorials, larger national monuments, war cemeteries, private memorials and a range of utilitarian designs such as halls and parks, dedicated to remembering those involved in the conflict.
Pair of shell cases enscribed with the names Hurlus and Tahure. Auve [1]; Beauséjour, Marne; Bignicourt-sur-Saultz (3/33 homes remained) [1] 30 men and 45 women and children were taken captive.
Fort Vaux (French: Fort de Vaux), in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, was a polygonal fort forming part of the ring of 19 large defensive works intended to protect the city of Verdun. Built from 1881 to 1884 for 1,500,000 francs, it housed a garrison of 150 men.
At the same time, a large battle for the city of Przasnysz took place on the Polish front. The city changed hands several times but eventually remained in Russian hands. As a result of the battle, the Germans lost from 38,000 to 60,000 soldiers and Russian losses amounted to about 40,000 men. [58]
Camp Colt was a military installation near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania used for Tank Corps recruit training prior to deployment in World War I.The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913 and the preceding 1917 World War I recruit training camp for U.S. troops along the Round Top Branch.