- The Original German Plan, 1914
The Battle of the Marne shattered the original German plan. For a time France was saved. But the German was not defeated; he had still a great offensive superiority in men and equipment. His fear of the Russian in the east had been relieved by a tremendous victory at Tannenberg. His next phase was a headlong, less elaborately planned campaign to outflank the left of the allied armies and to seize the Channel ports and cut off supplies coming from Britain to France. Both armies extended to the west in a sort of race to the coast. Then the Germans, with a great superiority of guns and equipment, struck at the British round and about Ypres. They came very near to a break through, but the British held them. - The Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland - The Trail of Napoleon
Showing the chief places of importance in his life - The Turkish Treaty, 1920
The Turkish Treaty, 1920 - The United States in 1790
The United States in 1790 - The United States Showing Dates of the Chief Territorial Extensions
The Central Government of the United States was at first a very feeble body, a congress of representatives of the thirteen governments, held together by certain Articles of Confederation. This Congress was little more than a conference of sovereign representatives; it had no control, for instance, over the foreign trade of each state, it could not coin money nor levy taxes by its own authority. When John Adams, the first minister from the United States to England, went to discuss a commercial treaty with the British foreign secretary, he was met by a request for thirteen representatives, one from each of the states concerned. He had to confess his inadequacy to make binding arrangements. - The Western Front, 1915-18
The Western Front, 1915-18 For a year and a half, until July, 1916, the Western front remained in a state of indecisive tension. There were heavy attacks on either side that ended in bloody repulses. The French made costly{v2-517} but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. - Time-chart 400 B.C.-A.D. 300
Time-chart 400 B.C.-A.D. 300 - Time-chart 1000 B.C.-300 B.C.
Time-chart 1000 B.C.-300 B.C. - Time-chart A.D. 200-A.D. 900
Time-chart A.D. 200-A.D. 900 - Time-chart A.D. 800-A.D. 1500
Time-chart A.D. 800-A.D. 1500 - Time-chart A.D. 1220-A.D. 1920
Time-chart A.D. 1220-A.D. 1920