by admin | May 29, 2020 | Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
In 1918 the United States entered the Russian Civil War on the side of the so-called “Whites,” anti-Bolshevik counterrevolutionaries. This essay explores the decision to intervene at Murmansk and then Archangel, the U.S. Navy’s role in the operations, and the ultimate... by admin | May 12, 2020 | World War I in 1918
Three military campaigns in the First World War are strikingly similar to what would become known in the Second World War as Blitzkrieg. The campaign of the Germans and Austro-Hungarians at Gorlice-Tarnów, the one at Caporetto, and especially the one in Romania in... by admin | Apr 13, 2020 | Treaty of Versailles
At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Romania fought fiercely to have its rights recognized regarding the incorporation of the territories inhabited by Romanians from Austria-Hungary. On August 17, 1916, the Romanian Prime Minister, Ionel Brătianu, signed with the... by admin | Feb 12, 2020 | World War I in 1918
Throughout history, intoxicants were an important part of the war experience. The First World War was by no means an exception in that respect: its main “war drugs” were alcohol (mostly beer, brandy, rum, schnapps, wine, and vodka), morphine, and cocaine. These were... by admin | Dec 19, 2019 | Russian Empire
Alexander Kerensky, the man who failed to create democratic Russia, died far way from home in US on 11 June 1970. He was a Russian lawyer and revolutionist who was a key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917, he...