# WW I
This Day In History: A British Soldier Spared the Life Of Adolf Hitler (1918)
On September the 28th, 1918, there occurred a remarkable incident. This incident could have changed the history of Europe and…
This Day In History: The German Ace Voss Is Shot Down (1917)
On this day in 1917, at the height of World War One the German fighter ace Werner Voss is shot…
This Day In History: The British Use The Tank For the First Time In Battle (1916)
Today in history, the tank is used in a theatre of war for the first time, during the Battle of…
This Day In History: The US Army Launches An Offensive in WW I (1918)
On this day in 1918, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) launches American’s first independent offensive…
This Day In History: Lenin Is Shot (1918)
On this day in 1918, Lenin was shot after speaking to workers at a factory in Moscow. The Soviet leader…
This Day In History: The Battle of Tannenberg Begins (1914)
On this day in history the German 8th Army, under the dual leadership of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff,…
This Day In History: Russia Invaded East Prussia (1914)
On this day in history in 1914, two Russian Armies begin their advance into East Prussia. This was part of…
This Day In History: Water Rathenau Was Put In Charge of Raw Materials for Germany’s War Effort (1914)
On this day in history in 1914, barely a week after the start of WW I. German Minister of War…
This Day In History: The Anzacs Battled the Germans at Pozieres (1916)
On this day in History on July the 26th , 1916, during the Somme Offensive of 1916, Australian troops taking…
This Day in History: Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf (1925)
On this day in history in 1925, the first Volume of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf, is published Germany. The…