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Youngest Soldier
The youngest soldier in WW1 was Momcilo Gavric. His life span was from may 1, 1906 to April 28, 1993. He was expected in to the unit at the age of seven. Promoted to the rank of corporal at the age of eight. His father was hung at the beginning of the war. Along with his mother, and grandmother. His house was set on fire. And his seven siblings had been hung, three sisters and four brothers. His house caught on fire and he lived because he wasn’t home at the time. -
Battle of Tannenberg
The Germans travel to Russia and are trying to start a fight. Germans use their railroads to surround the Russians and inflict heavy casualties. About ten thousand prisoners were killed. and 125,000 were taken in German custody. it ended with complete destruction of Russian Second Army. Also Alexander Samsonov was the commanding general and committed suicide at the end. -
German Planes
German aircraft's were hit by a French pilot named Louis Quenault. The first German Airplanes who sent to raid on London. These Planes were called the Nine Zeppelins. It was very hard to navigate taking into consideration the pat weather and mechanical problems. Because of this the aircraft's were scattered across the Back Country hitting the Tipon, Wednesbury and Walsall. -
The First Battle of Yres
This battle was over the control of the city of Belgian city of Ypres. This battle is one of three that defines who controls the city. The battle was between Germany, France, Belgian armies and the Arras in France Nieuport. It was found on the Beligan coast. The cost of this battle was the complete destruction of The Old Contemptible. The Allies won killing 7,960 soldiers, wounded 29,562, and 17,873 people went missing. -
United States Time in the War
The United States spent about seven and a half months actually fighting. In the time of them fighting 116,000 soldiers were killed and about 204,000 were wounded. At first it wasn’t bad finding soldiers but then as it went on volunteers were scarce. So the draft was made to get more soldiers to join and help fight for their country. We didn’t enter the war until April, 6 1917, when the war started in 1914. -
British Detonate
The British Detonate 19 very large Mines. They contained 455 tonnes of explosives under the Messines Ridge in Belgium. This resulted in an explosion heard as far as London and Dubin. More than 10,00 German soldiers were killed. Also the Town of Messines got destroyed itself. -
Letters Sent From Soldiers
About 12 million letters a week were sent to the soldiers. They were from family and spouses from home worried and praying for them. These letters played an important part in the war. It helped soldiers feel better knowing that their family is ok. Also, helped the families making sure that the family member who was sent was still ok. Many letters were found unopened from soldiers that had died before they could open them. Their were about 30,000 unopened letters every day. -
Third Battle of Aisne
On may 27th, 1918 a 4,000 gun preliminary was started. It caused heavy casualties in the Allies front line. After the guns were fired a gas attack was followed. Because of this the German Army had gained 15km. It continued until the 30th of May. But the Germans had captured 50,000 soldiers, and 800 guns. And were only 90km from Paris. The Allied counter attacks didn’t get very far. The French army suffered 98,000 casualties and the British lost 29,000 soldiers. -
Jersey City (Veteran) - Harry L. Frieman
Harry Frienman arrived in Jersey city on July 7th. That morning at 6 am he and many other boarded a ferry boat and left for Hoboken at 7:30. Around 11:30 they had a selection in Bunk number 29. After he made it through election he sent a letter home saying “Safe Arrival”. At 6 pm they abandon ship. One torpedo boat destroyed the convoy with them at first night out. The convoy left at 7 am the next day. The sea was calm and a beautiful sunset. -
Destroyers (Veteran) - Harry L. Frieman
Around 3:45 am they were up. It had been very rainy and wet. One of the destroyer boats picks up a row boat with twenty American soldiers on it. They found land at 10:45 am. Two more destroyers met them in the morning. Anchor dropped at bay at around 12:45 pm. Sailed on a small boat at 5 then landed at 6. Marched about three hours to the rest of the camp. By then it was dark and had two meals a day on a boat. The food was good though. -
Time For Another Battle (Veteran) - Harry L. Frieman
Their was little firing on the 18th. But took down water detail by sunset. One person was killed and one wounded. Water got under our shell fire though. Later on in the night two Boche raiding planted raided our front lines at 9pm. Also dropped large air bombs. Luckily no one was hurt this time. -
Battalion Attacks (Veteran) - Harry L. Frieman
It has rained every night for almost a week. It is very hard to sleep and it’s cold and wet. The front line was moving closer and closer. So they finally reached it by the trenches at 11. The 1st Battalion was attacked at the first Platoon. Then the second and third Battalions were attacked later after that. -
Man Down (Veteran) - Harry L. Frienman
There was heavy barrage at around 4 am one morning. Later at 2 pm another barrage started for about two hours without stopping. Only one man was killed. But many other wounded. Their were three men sitting together when a shell hit the gun, broke it, and killed one man. But not touching the others. The Huns must have heard them that evening in the dug-outs. They found bombs under the floors. And like any other night fire and flairs all over. -
Paris Peace Conference
32 leaders of the states representatives attended this Peace Conference. Five major powers responsible for defeating the Central Powers is the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan. This Conference dealt with the defeated powers and what to do. Eventually, the five treaties emerged together in the conference. They set peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. -
German Fleet
The Germans shells fleet through Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitey. On the England east coast, more than 700 people were killed and or injured. Many people were outraged towards the German Navy for the killing of so many civilians. And they were upset with the Royal Navy for their failure to prevent this. Because over 500 shells rained over and half and hour on the cast and town.
