First World War Military Sites: Infrastructure and Support
... locations related to conscientious objectors to ensure that they are not entirely forgotten and to represent the fact that although the war was widely supported by the public this support was not unanimous. The aim of the project is to locate sites related to this theme, establish as much of their h ...
... locations related to conscientious objectors to ensure that they are not entirely forgotten and to represent the fact that although the war was widely supported by the public this support was not unanimous. The aim of the project is to locate sites related to this theme, establish as much of their h ...
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
... which is on the north‐south axis, forms the main entrance to the building from Victoria Street, which with its plane trees, frames the Exhibition Building dome. A high number of the trees extant on the site are from the 1880s and 1890s layout. To the north of the Melbourne Museum the Carlton ...
... which is on the north‐south axis, forms the main entrance to the building from Victoria Street, which with its plane trees, frames the Exhibition Building dome. A high number of the trees extant on the site are from the 1880s and 1890s layout. To the north of the Melbourne Museum the Carlton ...
art and architecture the
... made contemporary critics compare the Parliament building with the Colosseum in Rome, where the three classical orders of pillars stand on top of each other and divide the façade into three levels. If we look at the multi-angled semicircle as an isolated building element, it also suggests a link wit ...
... made contemporary critics compare the Parliament building with the Colosseum in Rome, where the three classical orders of pillars stand on top of each other and divide the façade into three levels. If we look at the multi-angled semicircle as an isolated building element, it also suggests a link wit ...
art and architecture the
... made contemporary critics compare the Parliament building with the Colosseum in Rome, where the three classical orders of pillars stand on top of each other and divide the façade into three levels. If we look at the multi-angled semicircle as an isolated building element, it also suggests a link wit ...
... made contemporary critics compare the Parliament building with the Colosseum in Rome, where the three classical orders of pillars stand on top of each other and divide the façade into three levels. If we look at the multi-angled semicircle as an isolated building element, it also suggests a link wit ...
Click here - Walkington News
... delivered by dispatch rider on a motor cycle. In ‘Our Walkington’, a publication produced by the villagers in the 1970’s Bert Griffin recalls that he joined up at the beginning of the war and during the next four years he travelled through France, Mesopotania (Iraq), Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Eg ...
... delivered by dispatch rider on a motor cycle. In ‘Our Walkington’, a publication produced by the villagers in the 1970’s Bert Griffin recalls that he joined up at the beginning of the war and during the next four years he travelled through France, Mesopotania (Iraq), Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Eg ...
Royal Exhibition Building and Exhibition Reserve Master Plan
... Royal Exhibition Building and the Rathdowne and Nicholson Street frontages to the Museum Plaza. These areas are also referred to in this Master Plan to maintain consistency for this document however, all recommendations are in accordance with the City of Melbourne’s recommendations and it is underst ...
... Royal Exhibition Building and the Rathdowne and Nicholson Street frontages to the Museum Plaza. These areas are also referred to in this Master Plan to maintain consistency for this document however, all recommendations are in accordance with the City of Melbourne’s recommendations and it is underst ...
THE SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL
... Later on, whilst flying as a navigator in a JU88 aircraft, he was shot down and captured. The pilot who did so, Freddie Green was another Old Gaytonian, who after landing, met his foe. As they were talking, an Army patrol turned up to take Muller in to custody, and there was disbelief all round when ...
... Later on, whilst flying as a navigator in a JU88 aircraft, he was shot down and captured. The pilot who did so, Freddie Green was another Old Gaytonian, who after landing, met his foe. As they were talking, an Army patrol turned up to take Muller in to custody, and there was disbelief all round when ...
American Propaganda and the First World War: Megaphone or
... end of the war, the Division of News had supplied information to 20,000 newspaper columns a week (Pinkleton 1994, p. 232), preparing everything from casualty lists to statistics for over 12,000 newspapers (Pinkleton 1994, p. 231). Here, we can see the origins of 24 hour war coverage, which would onl ...
... end of the war, the Division of News had supplied information to 20,000 newspaper columns a week (Pinkleton 1994, p. 232), preparing everything from casualty lists to statistics for over 12,000 newspapers (Pinkleton 1994, p. 231). Here, we can see the origins of 24 hour war coverage, which would onl ...
The failure of peace by negotiation in 1917
... counterweight. But Sixte had overstated Austria-Hungary's separatist tendencies in his representations to the allies. True, Karl had told him that if Germany rejected 'just and equitable' terms (which presumably meant abandoning Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine) he would ultimately have to make a separat ...
... counterweight. But Sixte had overstated Austria-Hungary's separatist tendencies in his representations to the allies. True, Karl had told him that if Germany rejected 'just and equitable' terms (which presumably meant abandoning Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine) he would ultimately have to make a separat ...
Ideas to commemorate the centenary of world war 1 for print 2 pages
... The idea of burying the fallen of World War 1 in the country where they had died was an idea of Sir Fabian Ware. He thought that would result in equal treatment of soldiers and officers alike, as there would be no distinction between rich and poor – those who could afford to bring their loved ones h ...
... The idea of burying the fallen of World War 1 in the country where they had died was an idea of Sir Fabian Ware. He thought that would result in equal treatment of soldiers and officers alike, as there would be no distinction between rich and poor – those who could afford to bring their loved ones h ...
Newsreels and World War I
... covert War Propaganda Bureau, led by Charles Masterman, started to take an interest in film production in 1915. This was followed by a film trade consortium working with the War Office, the British Topical Committee for War Films, and then the creation of an actual governmental film body, the War Of ...
... covert War Propaganda Bureau, led by Charles Masterman, started to take an interest in film production in 1915. This was followed by a film trade consortium working with the War Office, the British Topical Committee for War Films, and then the creation of an actual governmental film body, the War Of ...
WWI Archival Collections List
... entries begin on October 3, 1914 while he is in a regimental training camp at Pleasantville, in St. John’s. It ends with an entry on June 30, 1916, the night before the start of the Battle of the Somme (Beaumont-Hamel) in which Steele took part and later died. Mary Southcott (COLL-190) - Consists of ...
... entries begin on October 3, 1914 while he is in a regimental training camp at Pleasantville, in St. John’s. It ends with an entry on June 30, 1916, the night before the start of the Battle of the Somme (Beaumont-Hamel) in which Steele took part and later died. Mary Southcott (COLL-190) - Consists of ...
French series brochure - French Embassy in Ireland
... by Louis Vierne, whose son and brother were killed shortly after enlisting. The magnificent Quintet he wrote in Switzerland while undergoing treatment for chronic cataracts is one of the most powerful expression of grief from that period. His comments on the genesis of the work are a moving epitaph: ...
... by Louis Vierne, whose son and brother were killed shortly after enlisting. The magnificent Quintet he wrote in Switzerland while undergoing treatment for chronic cataracts is one of the most powerful expression of grief from that period. His comments on the genesis of the work are a moving epitaph: ...
Trench Warfare
... the best places, furthest above sea level. Trenches dug at sea level usually resulted in water-logged trenches. ...
... the best places, furthest above sea level. Trenches dug at sea level usually resulted in water-logged trenches. ...
Bulletin Vol 63-2 - Essex County Museum
... During the course of World War I, two Essex servicemen received the Distinguished Service Cross. This award, established by President Woodrow Wilson on January 2nd, 1918, is the second highest, after the Medal of Honor, that can be given to a member of the United States Army for extreme gallantry an ...
... During the course of World War I, two Essex servicemen received the Distinguished Service Cross. This award, established by President Woodrow Wilson on January 2nd, 1918, is the second highest, after the Medal of Honor, that can be given to a member of the United States Army for extreme gallantry an ...
Student Edition Unit 2 Chapter 5
... When World War I began, Canada was experiencing an economic depression. Factories had closed, and unemployment was high. Two years of drought had ruined much of the Prairie wheat crop. More than 50 000 people had lost their jobs on the railways, which were deeply in debt. Politicians like Wilfrid La ...
... When World War I began, Canada was experiencing an economic depression. Factories had closed, and unemployment was high. Two years of drought had ruined much of the Prairie wheat crop. More than 50 000 people had lost their jobs on the railways, which were deeply in debt. Politicians like Wilfrid La ...
Private William Arthur Lee (commemoration by Ella Woodgate)
... who lost his life while fighting on the Western Front. He enlisted at 23 years of age, and joined the C Company of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion. William joined the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916, and served until 4 April 1918, when he was killed in the Battle of the Avre. The 3 ...
... who lost his life while fighting on the Western Front. He enlisted at 23 years of age, and joined the C Company of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion. William joined the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916, and served until 4 April 1918, when he was killed in the Battle of the Avre. The 3 ...
proportion - Toledo Museum of Art
... Proportion is used by artists to create a visually satisfying arrangement. “The eye was the perfect instrument for learning these laws, and the artist the perfect person to illustrate them.” Leonardo DaVinci ...
... Proportion is used by artists to create a visually satisfying arrangement. “The eye was the perfect instrument for learning these laws, and the artist the perfect person to illustrate them.” Leonardo DaVinci ...
Sample Chapter
... French Army recovered from the malaise that followed the Nivelle offensive, even conducting a four-corps offensive operation at Verdun before the end of August. But concerns about French morale led British and dominion forces to shoulder more of the burden on the Western Front. As the Canadian captu ...
... French Army recovered from the malaise that followed the Nivelle offensive, even conducting a four-corps offensive operation at Verdun before the end of August. But concerns about French morale led British and dominion forces to shoulder more of the burden on the Western Front. As the Canadian captu ...
All Quiet on the Western Front
... All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque World War I General Information: The First World War (1914-1918) was fought by two European alliances. The "Central Powers" consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. The "Allies" were Britain, France, and Russia. The United States enter ...
... All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque World War I General Information: The First World War (1914-1918) was fought by two European alliances. The "Central Powers" consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. The "Allies" were Britain, France, and Russia. The United States enter ...
andrea Mantegna - de Young Museum
... and architecture of the fifteenth century. Alberti’s concept of disegno, which embraced rational compositional order, including an insistence on sharply drawn forms, is the basis of central Italian art. Venetian painting, upholding colore—the supremacy of color and animated brushwork, often at the e ...
... and architecture of the fifteenth century. Alberti’s concept of disegno, which embraced rational compositional order, including an insistence on sharply drawn forms, is the basis of central Italian art. Venetian painting, upholding colore—the supremacy of color and animated brushwork, often at the e ...
Document
... themselves with other countries for protection. Once one declared war, the other’s were ragged in as well. ...
... themselves with other countries for protection. Once one declared war, the other’s were ragged in as well. ...
The Battle of the Somme: The Missing Pages of
... The armies of the major powers initially relied on nineteenth century fighting tactics. Some senior officers even believed that one gallant charge by a cavalry regiment or one ‘big push’ from an infantry battalion could win the war. However the carnage wrought upon men and machines by the new weapon ...
... The armies of the major powers initially relied on nineteenth century fighting tactics. Some senior officers even believed that one gallant charge by a cavalry regiment or one ‘big push’ from an infantry battalion could win the war. However the carnage wrought upon men and machines by the new weapon ...
Europe Plunges Into War
... waterproof sheet and put it under his head, but he cannot sleep because they run over his face to get at it. Detering meant to outwit them: he fastened a thin wire to the roof and suspended his bread from it. During the night when he switched on his pocket-torch he saw the wire swing to and fro. On ...
... waterproof sheet and put it under his head, but he cannot sleep because they run over his face to get at it. Detering meant to outwit them: he fastened a thin wire to the roof and suspended his bread from it. During the night when he switched on his pocket-torch he saw the wire swing to and fro. On ...
Slide 1 - Lepley
... • Invade western front 1st • After defeating France concentrate on the Eastern front • Avoid fighting a 2 front war ...
... • Invade western front 1st • After defeating France concentrate on the Eastern front • Avoid fighting a 2 front war ...