Conclave Time: How Does the Election of the New Pope Work?
Every conclave has had its peculiarities and oddities: here we have gathered the most surprising ones from History. The word conclave (from the Latin “cum clave,” literally meaning…
WAR IN AFRICA
War in Africa
THE WAR AGAINST TURKEY – Ottoman Empire 1914
Ottoman Empire 1914 – MON 21 DEC 1914 –FRI 04 AUG 1916 Ottoman Empire 1914 – Offensive in the Caucasus…
THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES
BATTLE OF YPRES – TUE 20 OCT 1914 –SUN 22 NOV 1914 The First Battle of Ypres The First Battle…
THE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG
THE BATTLE OF TANNENBERG
THE BATTLE OF MARNE AND THE AISNE
Battle of Marne – SAT 29 AUG 1914 –THU 15 OCT 1914 Pushing back the German Offensive By the end…
The Ancient Origins of the Bra
Underwire and fire-resistant bras are just the latest innovations of a garment that for millennia has been part of women’s…
MONS AND THE BATTLE OF LE CATEAU
Battle of Le Cateau –FRI 21 AUG 1914 – WED 26 AUG 1914 First actions of the BEF The Kaiser,…
BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS – Schlieffen Plan
Schlieffen Plan-WED 29 JUL 1914 –SAT 22 AUG 1914 Lorraine and the Schlieffen Plan The first shots of the war were fired by the Austrians against the Serbs…
World War 1 – SLIDE TOWARDS CONFLICT
World War 1 – SLIDE TOWARDS CONFLICT The First World War: Shaping Our World The single event that more than…