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WWI
World War 1, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918 -
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J.F.C Fuller Staff Officer with the Home Forces and with 7 Corps in France.
During the First World War, John Frederick Charles Fuller was a staff officer with the Home Forces and with 7 Corps in France. 1914-1916 J.F.C Fuller Picture -
Germans attack East Prussia
The Germans attack the Russians in East Prussia, the Battle of Gumbinnen. The attack is a failure in addition to being a deviation from the Schlieffen Plan Germans attack on east prussia picture -
The Batlle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun begins. The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of World War I and was one of the bloodiest. battle of verdun picture -
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval battle in history, ultimately without a clear victor
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Battle of Somme
The Battle of the Somme begins. During the Battle of the Somme, tanks are first introduced into battle. Battle of Somme picture -
Tank Coprs J.F.C Fuller
From 1916 to 1918 J.F.C. Fuller was the staff officer in the Headquarters of the Machine-Gun Corps’ Heavy Branch which was later to become the Tank Corps. 1916-1918 Tank Corps picture -
Arthur Zimmerman Proposes the Mexican Goverment to join Alliance against the US
The German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends a telegram to his ambassador in Mexico, instructing him to propose to the Mexican government an alliance against the United States. -
J.F.C Fuller in the Battle of Cambrai
John Frederick Charles Fuller planned the tank attack at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 and the tank operations for the Autumn offensives of 1918. Battle of Cabrai Picture -
USA Declares War
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.
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German and Russia peace
The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The terms of the treaty give Germany huge tracts of land that had been the Ukraine and Poland, and peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. German Russia peace picture -
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force was founded by combining the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Royal Air Force
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J.F.C Fuller commander of experimental brigade
After 1918 J.F.C Fuller held various leading positions, notably as a commander of an experimental brigade at Aldershot. Experimental brigade picture -
Mechanisation of armies
In the 1920s, J.F.C Fuller collaborated with his junior B.H Liddell Hart in developing new ideas for the mechanisation of armies. Mechanisation of armies with picture
