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On THis Day 2nd August 1914
2 August 1914: Germany invades Luxembourg Luxembourg Germany occupied Luxembourg as the first military move of its western campaign. Although…
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On This Day July 18th 1918.
The French attack between Soissons and Château-Thierry on 18 July 1918 marked one of the decisive turning points of the…
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On This Day 3rd July 1916
My great uncle, Henry Taylor (alwyas known as Jack) D’Hooghe was killed in action at Ovillers. Henry, always known as…
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On This day 28th June 1914
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, visited Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
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On This Day 7th June 1917.
The Battle of Messines. The Battle of Messines, fought on 7 June 1917 during the First World War, was one…
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On This Day 24th May 1915
On May 24, 1915, Italy formally declared war on Austria-Hungary, marking its entry into World War I on the side…
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On This Day 24th April 1918
The first tank-versus-tank battle in history took place on 24th April 1918 near the French village of Villers-Bretonneux, during the…
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On This Day 18th April 1918
On April 18, 1918, during a critical juncture of the First World War, Alfred Lord Milner was appointed Secretary of…
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On This Day March 11th 1917, Baghdad is Captured.
In March 1917, British forces captured Baghdad during the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War, marking a significant turning…
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On This Day March 3rd 1918 – The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet…
Jonathan D’Hooghe – Lincolnshire based independent Great War Historian
