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The SMS Konigsberg and Lettow-Vorbeck
The survivors of the SMS Koingsberg sinking in Africa in 1915 went on to fight for the rest of the war as jungle foot infantry
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Blockade and Sinking of SMS Konigsberg
The German cruiser SMS Konigsberg was the hard-to-kill fleet in being that occupied 20 Allied warships for 9 months in WWI before finally sinking her.
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The SMS Konigsberg 1914
Born an elegant ship in 1907 the German cruiser SMS Konigsberg found herself at large in the Indian Ocean and on African station at the beginning of WWI.
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The Accidental Army Documentary
The 1914-1920 Czech Legion is the focus of a new documentary entitled "The Accidental Army: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion" by the Czech Legion Project
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The Mystery of the Russalka
At one time on the cutting edge of naval development, the unlucky Russalka disappeared in 1893 without a trace.
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The Tsars Battleship Russalka
Built on the same design of the USS Monitor, the Russalka guarded St Petersburg for 30 years
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Zhemchug Vs the Emden 1914
The cruisers Emden of the German Navy and Zhemchug of the Russian Navy were matched on paper but not in actuality.
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Russian Cruiser Zhemchug
New and fast, the Zhemchug was a bright star in the Russian Imperial Navy during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905
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Spy Scholar Dr. Sylvanus Morley
The book wormy anthropologist Sylvanus Griswold Morley used his studies and his camera as a cover to become a very successful US spy during World War One and an inspirati
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The German Dragon Pilot 1914
When World War One erupted 28 year old Leutnant zur See Gunther Plüschow, flying an already obsolete airplane, was the Kaisers entire air force in China.
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Military History of Luxembourg
Obstensively neutral, the small grand duchy of Luxembourg was actually drawn into the Great War due to location.
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Admiral Stark at Vladivostok 1922
At the end of the Russian Civil War an elderly Admiral called back from retirement led a broken down fleet of stolen ships loaded with refugees to safety.
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Famous People Of The Great War
They were not famous at the time, but history would remember these writers, actors, politicans and popes more for what they would accomplish later than for the war.
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