Tag: WWI
Jaishankar lays wreath at cemetery for Indian soldiers in Israel
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday began his five-day visit to israel by laying wreath at a cemetery for Indian soldiers who laid...
‘Rifle on Steroids’: How the Tankgewehr became the First Tank-Killing Weapon
During WWI the German Army was sorely pressed to develop a counter weapon after the British and French began unveiling their first armoured vehicles...
Worse Than WWI: How the Spanish Flu Pandemic Surpassed the Body Count of the Great War
In 1918-1920, amid one of the deadliest armed conflicts in human history, over half a billion people contracted the Spanish flu – an unusually...
Syrian Parliament Unanimously Recognises Armenian Genocide as Tensions With Turkey Rise – Report
Middle East12:05 GMT 13.02.2020(updated 17:56 GMT 13.02.2020)The overwhelmingly symbolic move comes in the wake of a serious deteriorated situation in northwestern...
US Will Defeat EU Army
The testy slap-down by US President Donald Trump to the idea of a European army was telling. Any notion of the Europeans stepping away...
World Leaders’ Better Halves Sparkle in Chic Outfits at Remembrance Day Dinner
Europe19:30 11.11.2018(updated 19:37 11.11.2018) Despite the formality of the occasion stipulated by protocol, Saturday’s high-profile outing allowed for a tad of chic and unpretentious...
Hawks on Parade?: Trump’s DC Military Demo to Cost Taxpayers $12 Million
US00:53 20.07.2018US President Donald Trump’s Bastille Day-inspired military parade in Washington, DC, will come at a cost of $12 million, according to officials with...
Africa's WWI effort recognised in new Tate Modern exhibit
By Vincent Dowd Arts reporter, BBC News...
Tank Renaissance: Germany Reportedly Reviving WWI-Era “Leopards”
While the EU is paving the way for tanks in Europe, preparing infrastructure, Germany is arming itself with the newest А7V modification for the...
‘Forget Cold War, Look Back at WWI’: Swedish Journalist on Russia-West Crisis
Europe12:46 09.04.2018According to a Swedish columnist, the world of today has become insecure to the point, when the risk of a devastating conflict due...
Newly Revealed Docs Shed Light on UK’s Intervention in Russia During WWI
In March 1918 the Bolshevik government signed a peace treaty with Germany, as they had promised to the nation exhausted by four years of the devastating and senseless WWI....
