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submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized -
woodrow wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. -
machine guns
A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. -
archduke franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. -
Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II -
Vladimir lenin
Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924, -
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary -
flame throwers
A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire -
battle of chra
) was fought by British and French troops against German Polizeitruppen (paramilitary police) in the village of Khra, near the Khra River on 22 August 1914 -
battle of tepe
The Battle of Tepe on 25 August 1914 was the first skirmish between German and British forces during the Kamerun campaign in of the First World War. -
poison gas
The most commonly used gas in WWI was 'mustard gas' [bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide]. In pure liquid form this is colorless, but in WWI impure forms were used, which had a mustard color with an odor reminiscent of garlic or horseradish. -
tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower -
battle of verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War -
battle of belleau wood
The Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918) was a major battle that occurred during the German spring offensive in World War I, near the Marne River i -
blockade of germany
The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany