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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on May 7, 2016 19:00:14 GMT
This is a thread where I will(as well as others can also) give facts about The Great War, please note that politics will not be tolerated and moderators reserve the rights of moderation. The facts are taken by the YouTube channel “The Great War” also they can be from other sites as well (which I will credit with the fact). 1)The Battle of Verdun has just started and its been only a week since the Germans have started attacking here, the French are bringing up men into the salient with only ONE road in the whole area to bring in/out any men or rations (!) What's even more interesting is that the Germans knew about the road but they could never actually bombard it even though at the start of the war they had 163 planes near Verdun (discluding the Zeppelins) 2) Do you know that in the first quarter of 1916 there were so many heavy rains in the Eastern Front (Germany VS Russia) that the roads were turned into rivers and lakes (!) The rivers and any other lakes in the area had broken their banks and the whole place was just full with water with men in small boats who were to cross these “endless waterbodies” in an eerie silence. 3) Do you know that Belgium was never actually defeated in the war? There was a small part of the country that continued to resist throughout the war against the Germans. 4.) There was a Belgian Armored Division and Czechoslovak Legion in Russia fighting for the Russians in the war (They were officially called volunteers tho). When the Revolution in Russia began, however, they had to be sent along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostok and then across the Pacific back to their countries. Some even fought in the war. Credits to General William T. Sherman for this one. 5.) The final front of the war was the East African Front, the German forces there being led by Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. He lasted until the end of November 1918.Credits to General William T. Sherman for this one. 6) (This goes more into interbellum) the French were promised lands far deep into Anatolia but multiple revolts especially one in Maraş and the capture of Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep lead to their eventual retreat. The province of Maraş was the only Turkish province to successfully free itself from foreigners without the main Turkish army's help giving the pronvince today's name of Kahramanmaraş Credits to Jean Lannes for this one. Thread will be updated when I get more and more facts  |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on May 7, 2016 19:36:36 GMT
4.) There was a Belgian Armored Division and Czechoslovak Legion in Russia fighting for the Russians in the war (They were officially called volunteers tho). When the Revolution in Russia began, however, they had to be sent along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostok and then across the Pacific back to their countries. Some even fought in the war.
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on May 7, 2016 19:51:19 GMT
4.) There was a Belgian Armored Division and Czechoslovak Legion in Russia fighting for the Russians in the war (They were officially called volunteers tho). When the Revolution in Russia began, however, they had to be sent along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostok and then across the Pacific back to their countries. Some even fought in the war. I like it,also they had to destroy their armored vehicles as the revolution in Russia had came and suddenly the Belgians were surrounded in enemies, so they wanted the the Communists should not get their hands on the armored vehicles which is why they blew them up. |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on May 7, 2016 21:47:16 GMT
5.) The final front of the war was the East African Front, the German forces there being led by Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. He lasted until the end of November 1918.
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 8, 2016 12:45:01 GMT
6) (This goes more into interbellum) the French were promised lands far deep into Anatolia but multiple revolts especially one in Maraş and the capture of Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep lead to their eventual retreat. The province of Maraş was the only Turkish province to successfully free itself from foreigners without the main Turkish army's help giving the pronvince today's name of Kahramanmaraş
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on May 8, 2016 13:25:34 GMT
Check the OP, added facts by Pedro and Lannes with credits.
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Post by General William T. Sherman on May 8, 2016 13:58:38 GMT
7.) Did you know that South America played a larger role in the Great War than most people might think? German and British Argentines went to fight for their respective sides and supplied items like grain to the warring nations. Venezuela, while neutral, despised the British due to the dispute over British Guyana and thus allowed German telegram messages to go through their territory, which was essential for the Germans as most telegraph areas were allied-aligned. Chile supplied critical iron and copper materials to the different warring nations and allowed for German Admiral Maximilian von Spee to dock in Valparariso for him to refuel. Many Germans in Chile also went to fight for Germany. Important naval battles were fought in South America, Maximilian von Spee defeated the British navy off Easter Island, but was then defeated by the British at the Falklands. Brazil sent men to fight on the Western and Middle Eastern Fronts and many believe that they could have majorly contributed if they joined in earlier (as they joined in 1917). Peru joined against Germany after a Peruvian trade ship was sunk by a U-Boat off the coast of Spain. This was very important as the Peruvian ship was sunk outside of the designated U-Boat attack range. Peruvian ships captured and destroyed U-Boats in the Pacific and Atlantic. Uruguay captured many German ships in Montevideo in 1918.
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Post by António Salazar on May 8, 2016 15:55:36 GMT
8) Netherlands neutral! But when they thought this meant they would be unscratched was wrong, we could not trade due submarines and sea mines and we had to deal with 2 million Belgian refugees. Still long live the Netherlands!
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 8, 2016 16:16:38 GMT
8) Netherlands neutral! But when they thought this meant they would be unscratched was wrong, we could not trade due submarines and sea mines and we had to deal with 2 million Belgian refugees. Still long live the Netherlands! Add to that the first starvation in decades in 1918, deploying the army by the border, and the electric fence |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on May 8, 2016 16:32:25 GMT
9) Do you know that for a 130 days nearly 10000 British and British Indian soldiers held out against the Ottomans in the city of Kut? The main army of the British in India tried countless times to resupply them (at a point even with airplanes which was unsuccessful.) by travelling through Iran and Iraq but they could never rescue them, the soldiers trapped surrendered after 130 days, were marched all the way to Anatolia where ⅓ Indians and ½ the British would never see their families again.
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on May 8, 2016 18:07:14 GMT
10) Do you know? The Austrio-Hungarian Third Invasion of Serbia was one of the biggest epic-fails of Austria-Hungary?
The Austrians send 450000 men compared to the Serbian 400000, here are the losses.
Austria-Hungary;
30000 killed
173000 wounded (!)
70000 missing (!!)
Underdog Serbia;
22000 killed
91000 wounded
19000 missing
Clear victory for Serbia! The Invasion also led to Oskar Potiorek being dismissed from the command of the Austria-Hungarian Third and Fourth Armies.
Original post will be updated tomorrow (in PST). Figures taken from Wikipedia.
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 10, 2016 1:20:54 GMT
12) There were 12 battles on the Isonzo River (the number fits) which were mostly AH victories with less troops and less casualties. With German support AH was able to cross the river on the 12th battle then
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Post by Moreau on May 10, 2016 8:45:28 GMT
13: Did you know Paul von lettow was the only german general ín ww1 to invade British territory
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 10, 2016 12:18:05 GMT
13: Did you know Paul von lettow was the only german general ín ww1 to invade British territory If you discount naval action then you're right |
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Post by Jean Lannes on May 10, 2016 12:19:52 GMT
14) The new king of the K.u.K. (Kaiser und König) monarchy in 1916 was sent a British agent to after the war to protect him from getting killed like Emperor Nicholas II. had been
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