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1914 was a common year ... as foretold in scriptures like Matthew 24:3-8 and 2 Timothy 3:1-5. They view events such as World War I, which began in 1914, as ...
Battle of Komarów (1914), part of the Battle of Lemberg. August 26, 1914 – February 18, 1916 African, Kamerun: Siege of Mora: August 27 Western: Rearguard Affair of Étreux: August 27 – November 7 Asian and Pacific: Siege of Tsingtao: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Qingdao in Republic of China (1912 ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (1914–1918) Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (1915) Baralong incidents (1915) Action of 19 August 1915; Action of 24 September 1915; Attack on SS Gulflight (1916) United States Navy operations during World War I. Action of 15 October 1917; Attack on Orleans (1918) Mediterranean U-boat campaign of World War ...
It gave an impetus to German assertiveness as a world economic and military power, aimed at competing with France and Britain for world power. German colonial rule in Africa in 1884 to 1914 was an expression of nationalism and moral superiority, which was justified by constructing an image of the natives as "Other." The approach highlighted ...
The following events occurred in October 1914: ... a document declaring their unequivocal support of German military actions in the early period of World War I.
The July Crisis [b] was a series of interrelated diplomatic and military escalations among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914, which led to the outbreak of World War I. The crisis began on 28 June 1914, when Gavrilo Princip , a Bosnian Serb nationalist, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand , heir presumptive to the Austro ...
The following events occurred in July 1914: On the war, see July Crisis and Causes of World War I. [1]Sikhs aboard Komagata Maru in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet, 1914.Courts in British Columbia ruled the ship had to leave Canadian waters.