World War I
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Milo LemertMilo Lemert Milo Lemert (March 25, 1890-September 29, 1918) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the World War I. Lemert was born in Marshalltown, Iowa in March 25, 1890 and died... In this article: United States Army, Marshalltown, Iowa, Tennessee, Medal of Honor, World War I, France, and Crossville |
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Des Moines Register | May 30, 2009
Carlson: Funeral mystery is solved in 4 days
...spoke with museum curator Michael Vogt on Tuesday. He suggested the deceased was Sgt. Charles W. Peckham, a Marshalltown native and World War I veteran who died in a 1919 airplane crash. Beurskens didn't know much about Peckham - just that...
In this article: American Legion, Marshalltown, Medal of Honor, and Iowa
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Remains of World War II US airman found in Hungary handed ...
Iowa News from The Associated Press and Times-Republican - including news from Des Moines, Ames, Marshalltown, Knoxville, Iowa City, Sioux City, Tama and Iowa State ...
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www.historycooperative.org
Stephen J. Frese | Divided by a Common Language: The Babel ...
Marshalltown High School, Marshalltown, Iowa ... During World War I, The State Historical Society of Iowa issued monthly booklets ...
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Two IVH residents board Honor Flight - TimesRepublican.com ...
... source for news, sports and information on Marshalltown and Central Iowa. ... C. last Tuesday with hundreds of other Iowa veterans - mostly from World War II. ...
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Obama to unveil housing plan for vets - USATODAY.com
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Friday said ... I reminded them that my grandfather served in World War II. ...
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alojamientopymes.com
Sioux City Journal: Movie shows his 'Final Season' too
and introducing herself as a 17 year old from Marshalltown, Iowa.. Following World War I it became widely used for hotels, resorts, and grand movie ...
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harkin.senate.gov
HARKIN TO PRESENT WAR MEDALS TO FAMILY OF MARSHALLTOWN ...
... Johnson, Marshalltown brothers who were killed during their World War II service ... job as senator is that I am able to assist Iowa veterans who have not received ...
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Divided by a Common Language: The Babel Proclamation and its ...
Marshalltown High School, Marshalltown, Iowa ... portrayal of anti-German sentiment in Iowa during World War I. Letters that served as ...
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en.wikipedia.org
Marshalltown, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern Life is War, band started in Marshalltown. Jean Seberg, born in Marshalltown, actress ... Allie Morrison, was an American wrestler World and Olympic champion. ...
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World War I (WWI, WW1), also known as the, First World War , Great War and War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world's great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. Over 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. In a state of total war, the major combatants placed their scientific and industrial capabilities at the service of the war effort. Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history.
The proximate catalyst for the war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary's resulting demands against the Kingdom of Serbia led to the activation of a series of alliances which within weeks saw all of the major European powers at war. Because of the global empires of many European nations, the war soon spread worldwide.
By the war's end, four major imperial powers - Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire - had been militarily and politically defeated, with the latter two ceasing to exist as autonomous countries. The revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire, while the map of central Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states. The League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. The European nationalism spawned by the war, the repercussions of Germany's defeat, and the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of World War II in 1939.
- Name:
- World War I
- Date:
- June 28, 1914
- Outcome:
- Allied victory; end of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires; foundation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East; transfer of German colonies to other powers; establishment of the League of Nations.
- Location:
- Europe, Africa and the Middle East (briefly in China and the Pacific Islands)
- Combatant:
- Allied (Entente) Powers
- Casualties:
- 8,388,000
- Commander:
- Leaders and commanders
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