World War I

A look at The War To End All Wars.

The ''Fokker Scourge''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/the-fokker-scourge 31st Jul 2021 - The phrase ''Fokker Scourge'' was used by British Newspapers between 1915 and 1916, to describe the German Air Superiority in the skies over France. T …

HMS ''Cressy''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/hms-cressy 31st Jul 2021 - The British HMS ''Cressy'' was the namesake of that Class of Armored Cruisers, in used by The British Royal Navy, in the late 19th Century AD -until …

Russian Anatras ''Anasal'' DS Recon Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/russian-anatras-anasal-ds-recon-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The Russian Anatras DS Reconnaissance Plane, was developed for use with The Imperial Russian Military in 1916. Over 180 were produced. The ''Anasal'' …

German AGO C.IV Recon Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-ago-civ-recon-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Designed for use by The Imperial German Air Corps. of World War I – The AGO C.IV was a Recon/Observation Airplane, first deployed in 1916. And w …

French Salmson 2 A2 Recon/Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/french-salmson-2-a2-reconfighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The French Air Corps. Salmson 2 A2 was the primary French recon and Observation aircraft used in late World War I. When The United States entered The …

Werner Voss

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/werner-voss 31st Jul 2021 - Voss was one of very few German Flying ''Aces'' who is credited with (48) confirmed Kills. Born in Krefeld, Germany in 1897 – moderately ''well …

Field Eugene Kindley

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/field-eugene-kindley 31st Jul 2021 - Field Eugene Kindley was born in 1896 in Arkansas. His Father was a Federal Employee and took a position overseas in The Philippine Islands. Leaving i …

German Phosgene Attack of 1915

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-phosgene-attack-of-1915 31st Jul 2021 - While the use of Chemical Weapons (Gas) was first used in 1915 by Imperial German Forces during The World War I Second Battle of Ypres (Belgium), thes …

German Hansa-Brandenburg D1 Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-hansabrandenburg-d1-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Imperial Germany's Hansa-Brandenburg D1 was a Fighter Plane deployed with The Imperial German Air Service in 1916. (122) Models (and variations) were …

Austrian-Hungarian Haubitze Model 14 Howitzer

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/austrianhungarian-haubitze-model-14-howitzer 31st Jul 2021 - The Austrian-Hungarian Haubitze Model 14 was a Heavy Siege Howitzer, classed as a ''Super Heavy'' Artillery Piece. Deployed in 1914, The Haubitze most …

''Beware The Hun in The Sun''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/beware-the-hun-in-the-sun 31st Jul 2021 - While the phrase ''Beware The Hun in The Sun'' is related to World War I combat aerial Combat (as coined by The British Royal Flying Corps.) - it is a …

''Dicta Boelcke''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/dicta-boelcke 31st Jul 2021 - Imperial German Air Corps. Officer Oswald Boelcke (as we have seen), was one pof Germany's most accomplished Fighters. An ''Ace'', (with 40 confirmed …