Questions tagged [1910s]
Referring to the time period between 1910 A.D. and 1919 A.D. by the Gregorian calendar.
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War deaths in France, 1919/1920
In the Sant Sernin basilica in Toulouse there is a monument to local people who died fighting for France, just like a lot of similar monuments in other parts of France (image here, description here). ...
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Books on Ukrainian War of Independence 1917-1921
I would like to know more about the period in the history of Ukraine between 1917 and 1921. Therefore, I am looking for a book that methodologically describes the events in the territory where ...
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Where can I find information on a WWI soldier?
Does anyone know where to find details on WWI soldiers? I am researching a captain called Thomas Zachary Woods. Thus far I have found this website: http://doingourbit.ca/profile/thomas-woods. Where ...
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What was the best way to travel across Anatolia in 1914?
What was the best way to travel across Anatolia in 1914?
Specifically, I'm writing a story in which a character needs to travel from Constantinople to Van (a city which would later see protracted ...
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Where was the Turkish Navy based in July 1914?
I'm trying to figure out whether, if not for the July crisis, Russia could have tried an amphibious invasion of Turkey in 1914, and what the outcome would have been if so.
It seems to me the answer ...
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Was Russia ready for amphibious invasion of Istanbul in 1914?
I've been reading The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean McMeekin, in which he makes some very interesting claims about what the strategic situation prior to the July crisis looked like ...
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What percentage of the German population worked on gathering the harvest in 1917?
It is a well-known fact that Germany suffered from food shortage during World War I, and that there were several causes of this, including in no particular order:
The blockade restricting food ...
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Did Wilson's 'He kept us out of war' really win the 1916 Presidential Election?
In the 1916 United States presidential election, President Woodrow Wilson barely defeated Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate.
Wilson ran on the slogan 'He kept us out of war'. From what I ...
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Did German spies operate in Austrian territory up to 1914?
Germany in the years up to and during World War I, had an extensive intelligence network; in the US in particular, even prior to that country's formal entry into the war, they engaged in not only ...
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Are there contemporary records of why flappers used cosmetics to create thin, upturned eyebrows?
What were young women trying to express when they applied cosmetics in this style? The cartoon character Betty Boop has a similar look, which could convey any number of things: hesitation, girlishness,...
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How much did a transatlantic telegram cost in 1914?
How much did it cost to send a transatlantic telegram – if the specifics matter, say from New York to Berlin – in 1914? (Early 1914, before the war disrupted communications.) How much per word, and ...
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What did Moritz Ormai forge and what happened to him?
In October 1910, the Austro-Hungarian embassy requested that the United States extradite a certain Moritz Ormai, the charge being forgery. The request was granted, as noted in this letter to the US ...
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How much did it cost to buy a ticket on the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul in 1914?
I'm trying to find out how much it cost to travel on the Orient Express in its heyday. Was it a luxury for the rich, or something middle-class people could reasonably afford?
To be concrete: how much ...
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History from pop culture (novels): the UK in the 1910's [closed]
I'm trying to understand what is fictional and what is real history in a particular science fiction book.
For instance, what 1917 represents for the Labour Party in UK?
The book "The Lord of the ...
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Is there a group picture of RMS Titanic's 8 officers?
This photograph was long believed to show Captain Smith and some officers from RMS Titanic.
However, it actually shows Captain Smith and 8 of his officers from when he captained RMS Olympic. In ...
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Which ship sank and made the news for its chaotic evacuation around the year 1912?
A Romanian newspaper from April 1912 covers the Titanic's sinking, and mentions, in contrast to the orderly evacuation of the ship, the not so orderly evacuation of another (Note that the date is the ...
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How was Germany able to hold itself together, while Austria-Hungary could not?
After defeat in WWI, the monarchies of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire rapidly crumbled, and their outlying provinces took the opportunity to declare independence and sovereignty. ...
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What was the structure of the Russian army following reforms in 1917?
Found that although it's apparent that old titles were abolished it is unclear as to whether this was merely formal while retaining a hierarchy of command or whether the army did work collectively.
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What did the Scott expedition feed their ponies?
During Robert Scott's British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), they used ponies in many cases to haul supplies across the ice.
What exactly did the ponies eat?
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Why was there a surge of writings about the Illuminati in America in the late 1910's?
I came across this interesting graph on Google's Ngram Viewer service:
It looks like there was a massive spike in the occurrence of "Illuminati" in American literature starting around 1915 and ending ...
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What's the story behind this photo of hikers who brought white plague cure to President Wilson?
"LOS ANGELES HIKERS WHO BROUGHT WHITE PLAGUE CURE TO PRESIDENT WILSON. AT WHITE HOUSE"
I stumbled upon this interesting photo at the United States Library of Congress site, which seems to refer to ...
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Flag with dark border and light inner?
This picture features twice a flag with a dark border and a light inner: which flag is that?
From left to right we can see:
an Italian flag
a British flag
a striped flag, possibly USA
a tricolor ...
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