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WWI: United Kingdom declare war on Germany 4th August 1914 The United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914, following the invasion of neutral Belgium by Germany. Read more...
WWI: Britain declared war on Germany 4th August 1914 The United Kingdom declared war on Germany on the 4th August 1914, following an "unsatisfactory reply" to the British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral. Read more...
Battle of Le Cateau 26th August 1914 Le Cateau was the second major action fought by the BEF in the Great War. His men exhausted after fighting at Mons and by the subsequent speedy retreat, Lieutenant-General Horace Smith-Dorrien (commanding II Corps) decided… Read more...
WWII: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) Organisation created 5th August 1943 In the US the WFTD and WAFS were combined on August 5, 1943, to create the paramilitary WASP organization. The female pilots of the WASP would end up numbering 1,074, each freeing a male pilot… Read more...
WWI: Battle Of Mons 23rd August 1914 The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. The British army attempted to hold the line of the Mons-Condé Canal against the advancing… Read more...
Battle of the Nile 2nd August 1798 The battle of the Nile was the climax of a naval campaign that had ranged across the Mediterranean during the previous three months, as a large French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria, carrying an… Read more...
