[Hyack]

raydan raydan:

Who's your daddy?

I'm guessing that's a question which neither Batsy2 nor his mommy have been able to ascertain over these many years........

[Regina]

The time is near...............

[Hyack]

Tick...tock...tick...tock....

[martin14]

Keupri-Keui (Armenia) retaken by Turkish forces.
Japanese Cabinet decide against despatch of troops or warships to Europe.
Battle of Cracow begins.
Second Russian invasion of North Hungary begins.
Second German offensive against Warsaw. Battle of Lodz begins.

Libau (Baltic) bombarded by German squadron.
German cruiser "Friedrich Karl" sunk by mine in the Baltic.
Trebizond (Black Sea) bombarded by Russian squadron.


Sultan of Turkey as Khalif proclaims Jehad against those making war on Turkey or her allies.

[martin14]

The Race to the Sea is over.

By the end of 1914 the battles of movement in the first weeks of the war had been brought to a halt. The fierce defence of strategic landmarks by the Allied forces resulted in a situation which became one of deadlock. Carefully selecting the most favourable high ground the Imperial German Army began the construction of a strong defensive line from early in 1915.

The consolidation of the Front Lines consisted of trenches, wire defences, mined dugouts and deep bunkers, reinforced concrete emplacements and selected strongpoints, usually a reinforced farm, in an Intermediate, Second and Third defensive line. Gradually the building and digging was carried on on both sides of the wire along a distance of approximately 450 miles, creating a more or less continous line of trenches separating the warring belligerents along the length of The Western Front.

In 1915, 1916 and 1917 both sides made attempts to break the deadlock with major battle offensives. The characteristics of siege warfare which developed on the Western Front in these three years created conditions never witnessed before. Instead of expecting to achieve objectives at a considerable distance from the start of an offensive, the type of trench warfare fighting created a situation where attacks were carried out in phases with short distance objectives and usually following a bombardment of enemy trench lines beforehand. This strategy led to prolonged periods of fighting with success counted in gains hundreds of yards rather than miles. The human cost of casualties and dead in such a grinding type of siege warfare would be recorded in the thousands in the space of a single day. Over a period of these three years both sides suffered heavy losses in human casualties and aminals, expenditure in ammunition and equipment. In spite of this the Front Lines stretching from the Swiss border to the Belgian coast remained more or less in the same location with little ground gained by either side.


Re-transfer of French Government from Bordeaux to Paris begins.
British naval air raid on Friedrichshaven.
Basra (Mesopotamia) occupied by British forces.
Keupri-Keui (Armenia) again taken bY Russian forces.

[Jabberwalker]

In 1915, 1916 and 1917 both sides made attempts to break the deadlock with major battle offensives.

At the very end of he war, when it finally became one of rapid movement, the opposing armies expended themselves very rapidly. The Germans were the first to really move when they applied a million men, freed up by Bolshevik Russian surrender to the Western Front. They ran out of men first. Most Canadian casualties during the war occurred during and around the "big push" period at the end when they were on the move. Had the war continued on much further, there wouldn't have been a Canadian Corps, anymore. As horrible as the trenches were, in some sense, they saved lives.

[martin14]

30 Nov. Belgrade evacuated by retreating Serbian forces.

1 Dec. First units of Australian and New Zealand Expeditionary Forces arrive at Suez

2 Dec. Austrian forces cross the Danube and occupy Belgrade.
Not to worry, they won't be there long.

3 Dec. Battle of the Kolubara, the Serb counter attack.

3 Dec. British Government agree to Japanese request that Australia should not occupy German islands north of the Equator.
Oh boy, what a mistake that is going to be.

5 Dec. Serbian Government declare that Serbia will never make peace without Allied consent.

[Batsy2]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Oh, that; too bad. Maybe, you'll receive some of our foreign aid.

What for? We give more in foreign aid than you do.

[Batsy2]

raydan raydan:

England had 669 aces for a population of about 46 million... so 14.5 aces per million.
Canada had 206 aces for a population of about 8 million... so 25.75 aces per million.
Who's your daddy?

Somebody should point out to your that the smaller a country's population the easier it is to get "more aces per million."

Iceland would have probably killed more aces per million than either Britain or Canada by shooting just one Kraut out of the sky.

Whereas for India to acquire more aces per million than Canada, it would probably have had to shoot all the Boche down all down by itself.

[Jabberwalker]

Still banging away on your little toy drum? Grow up, for god sake.

[Batsy2]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Still banging away on your little toy drum? Grow up, for god sake.

What? For pointing out a fact?

[stratos]

3rd December-1914
Battle of the Kolubara (Serbia) begins.

British Government agree to Japanese request that Australia should not occupy German islands north of the Equator.

I'm not sure if we are doing just 100 yrs or all corresponding dates such as Dec. 3 1914-1915-1916...

[martin14]

stratos stratos:

3rd December-1914
Battle of the Kolubara (Serbia) begins.

British Government agree to Japanese request that Australia should not occupy German islands north of the Equator.

I'm not sure if we are doing just 100 yrs or all corresponding dates such as Dec. 3 1914-1915-1916...

I was doing just 100 years... so, everything from 1914 only.

[stratos]

martin14 martin14:

stratos stratos:

3rd December-1914
Battle of the Kolubara (Serbia) begins.

British Government agree to Japanese request that Australia should not occupy German islands north of the Equator.

I'm not sure if we are doing just 100 yrs or all corresponding dates such as Dec. 3 1914-1915-1916...

I was doing just 100 years... so, everything from 1914 only.

Okay I thought it was like that but was not overly sure so wanted to ask. TY

[martin14]

Battle of the Kolubara ends. Austrian forces routed by the Serbians and driven northwards.

Battle of the Falklands. Admiral von Spee's squadron destroyed. "Scharnhorst", "Gneisenau", "Leipzig" and "Nürnberg" sunk. Admiral von Spee killed (see November 1st). "Dresden" escapes.

$1:

Fresh from his success at the Battle of Coronel, off the southern coast of Chile, where the Germans outgunned the British, sinking British Admiral Cradock's flagship in the process, Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron - whose primary target was merchant and troop shipping in the South Atlantic - sped towards Port Stanley, in the Falkland Islands. His intention was to raid the British radio station and coaling depot there.


Unbeknownst to Spee however, a British squadron, including two fast, modern battle cruisers, Invincible and Inflexible, were at that same time coaling at Port Stanley, sent by First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher to reverse the British defeat at Coronel.

Each of the British battle cruisers were fitted with eight 12-inch guns, whereas Spee's Scharnhorst and Gneisenau each had 8.2-inch guns. In short, the British cruisers were significantly more powerful than Spee's - and Invincible and Inflexible were accompanied at Port Stanley by six other cruisers, all under the command of Vice Admiral Sturdee. These were the armoured cruisers Canarvon, Cornwall and Kent; two light cruisers, Bristol and Glasgow; and an old vessel, Canopus, presently grounded at Port Stanley and used as a form of make-shift fortress.

Spee began his attack on 8 December 1914, intending to subsequently refuel north at the Plate Estuary. Whilst aware of shipping in the area, he mistakenly assumed them to belong to the Japanese navy.

With his crew battle-weary and his ships out-gunned, the outcome was seemingly inevitable. Realising his danger too late - and having missed the golden opportunity to shell Sturdee's fleet while in port - Spee and his squadron dashed for the open sea, but at 10am were pursued by the British. Realising that he could not hope to outrun the fast British battle cruisers, Spee decided to bring about an engagement just after 1.20pm.

Despite initial success by Scharnhorst and Geneienau in striking the Invincible (commanded by Edward Bingham), and in then resuming a hasty escape, Sturdee managed to bring his powerful cruisers within extreme firing range some forty minutes later.

Four German cruisers were sunk, with Spee's flagship Scharnhorst sinking rapidly first, followed by Gneisenau, Nurnberg and Leipzig.

Ten British sailors died during the battle, while none of the British ships were badly damaged. However 2,200 German sailors were killed or drowned in the encounter.

The only German ship to escape was the light cruiser Dresden, which roamed at large for a further three months before its captain surrendered off the Juan Fernandez Islands on 14 March. Evacuating his ship, he then scuttled it by detonating its main ammunition magazine.

As a consequence of the battle, German commerce raiding on the high seas was brought to an end. Just as significantly, Sturdee's success was taken as a tremendous morale booster by the British, entirely reversing the earlier setback at Coronel.