43 victories .... what a guy this was ........ !! A fractured skull, two broken legs, a smashed arm, a multiple-fractured jaw, a scorched foot,...
The French Army Air Service (Aéronautique Militaire) was formed in October 1910. France led the world in early aircraft design and by mid-1912 they...
The first aircraft developed by Anthony Fokker in the First World War, the Fokker E, helped to establish German superiority over the British and...
The South African Native Labour Contingent began recruiting in South Africa for overseas service in 1916 and in all some 25,000 men volunteered....
This is probably "old hat" to you guys .... :headhurt: but I found this ... thought you maybe interested !! Battleships, Aircraft Carriers,...
Sopwith Camel and SE5a Pilots They have received far less attention than their countrymen in the French air service, but the Americans who flew...
Bruno Loerzer Oberleutnant, Commander, Jasta 26 He was award the Pour le Mérite for distinguished military service, leadership, and his 20th...
German Ace of WWI, CO of Richthofen Group It is impossible to consider Hermann Goring (frequently rendered as Herman Goering) as just another...
Godwin Brumowski was born in Wadowice, Galicia, on 26th July, 1889. On the outbreak of the First World War, Brumowski was serving as an officer in an...
Crown Prince Rupprecht (1869-1955), heir to the throne of Bavaria, was born in 1869. Upon the outbreak of the First World War Rupprecht was given...
The African colony of Rhodesia was divided into Northern and Southern administrations (modern Zambia and Zimbabwe). The colony was occupied, settled...
In 1914 the Russian Empire included Poland, Finland and large parts of Transcaucasia. The majority of the 166 million population were Slavs but as...
British battleship HMS Irresistible abandoned and sinking 18 March 1915 during the Battle of Gallipoli. Photo published in The War Illustrated 1...
At the beginning of the 20th century the British Empire covered more than 11,400,000 square miles of territory. This made it the largest empire the...
Amazing the difference between then and now isn't it ?????? In August 1914 the British government established the War Office Press Bureau under...
For many years I've loved silk postcards and I have a few myself .... looks like I'm not the only one that likes them !! :D The WW1 cards were...
In 1909 it was decided to form Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) to provide medical assistance in time of war. By the summer of 1914 there were over...
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), invariably considered the quintessential Welshman - was in fact born in Manchester on 17 January 1863, the son of a...
Asquith was the (Liberal) Prime Minister of Britain from 1908-16. Although he was Prime Minister at the time when Britain entered WW1 - he's seldom...
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ( April 25, 1862 - September 7, 1933) better known as Sir Edward Grey was a British politician and...
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