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Fatah needed Black September, according to historian Benny Morris. He writes that there was a "problem of internal PLO or Fatah cohesion, with extremists constantly demanding greater militancy. The moderates apparently acquiesced in the creation of Black September in order to survive". [6] As a result of pressure from militants, writes Morris ...
The following events occurred in September 1918: Isaak Brodsky 's The Execution of the Twenty Six Baku Commissars , following the Battle of Baku in Azerbaijan . An American gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry , firing 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions.
Black September (Arabic: أيلول الأسود Aylūl al-ʾAswad), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, [9] was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main phase of the fighting took place between 16 and 27 September 1970, though certain ...
Cleo Allen Noel Jr. (August 6, 1918 – March 2, 1973) was a United States ambassador to Sudan who was murdered by the Black September Palestinian organization organization in the 1973 attack on the Saudi embassy in Khartoum.
A.D. Jellison, a banker of Junction City, Kansas, gave a plot of land for a "community house," to be erected by the Black trainees who had been drafted from seven states. [7] Officers of the 367th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Division, on the Western Front, pictured here in September 1918.
The 366th Infantry Regiment was awarded two campaign streamers for the Colors; the first for Meuse-Argonne Lorraine (September 1918 to November 1918), and the second for Rome-Arno (January 1944 to September 1944). The Regimental Shield incorporated the Cross of Lorraine. The Regimental Motto was, "Labor Conquers All Things."
12 Aug 1918 Monash was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by King George V in the field. A British monarch had done this for the first time in 200 years. Australian Alfred Gaby earned himself a Victoria’s Cross for his actions on 08 Aug 1918. Albert was acting as commander when the advance was checked by a large German force ...
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western Front, the Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July).