Category: "Event"
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HMS Formidable is sunk
January 1st, 2015
The battleship HMS Formidable is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England by the German submarine U-24. 547 crew are killed. more »
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Christmas Truce
December 25th, 2014
The Christmas truce was 24 to 48 hour period where soldiers on the western front agreed to a limited ceasefire without the authorization of higher authorities. The truce resulted in significant sections of the line mingling as soldiers used the time to… more »
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The first of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships joins the UK navy.
December 22nd, 2014
The first of the new class of British Super Dreadnoughts, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is commisioned into the fleet today. She was a huge ship for her time, displacing 36ktons loaded with a length of 196 meters at the waterline, and armed with the newly… more »
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The French attacks in Champagne start using the 4th Army
December 20th, 2014
On 15 December Joffre, frustrated in his attempts to find a weak spot in the German line, choose Fernand de Langle de Cary's 4th Army as a tool to attack the German 3rd Army in Champagne. more »
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Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
December 18th, 2014
A raid by light elements and battlecruisers of the High Seas Fleet on British coastal communities that caused significant civilian casualities. The did not create an opportunity for the High Seas Fleet to attack portions of the British Grand Fleet, and… more »