HISTORICAL DATA-1915:









 

         

  •  JANUARY

  •  FEBRUARY

  •  MARCH

  •  APRIL

  •  MAY:    At some time during this month, when Italy joins the Allies in the current war against Germany and its associated nations, the Italian government, at the secret Treaty of London negotiations,  insists that the Allies should keep the Pope's representatives from taking any part in the arrangements for peace, or in the settlement of problems connected with the war. Other nations also harbor suspicions of the Pope's intentions at the conclusion of the war. (SOURCE:  Hitler's Pope The Secret History of Pius XII by John Cornwell Penguin Books 2000 ((paperback)), pg. 60).

  •  JUNE

  •  JULY:    On or about July 27 of this year the British divisions that are stationed around Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula cross to Lemnos Island in Turkey to stage for the reinforcing invasion to divide the peninsula, gain the heights and outflank the Turkish lines toward Helles.  (SOURCE:  The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes ((paperback)), pg. 96). 

  •  AUGUST:    On the morning of August 10 of this year the Turkish troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula of Bulgaria launch their asault against the British forces there. The sun is behind the attackers, blinding the British. John Masefield, the British poet, is with the English troops and he will later report, "They came on in a monstrous mass, packed shoulder to shoulder,  in some places eight deep, in others three or four deep."  (SOURCE:  The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes ((paperback)), pg. 97).  

  •  SEPTEMBER: By some time in September of this year Adolf Hitler has become indespensible to his regimental headquarters. The telephone lines to battalion and to company command posts are often being knocked out by artillery bursts and only runners can deliver messages. His superiors quickly find out who are the most reliable messengers, and Hitler is one of he best.  (SOURCE:  Adolf Hitler-John Toland ((paperback)), pg. 63).

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  •  DECEMBER        

  • (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At some time during this year in the United States of America C. A. Beard publishes his study, "Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy".  (SOURCE:  The American Nation...to 1877  Second E dition ((paperback)0, John A. Garraty, Supplementary Reading List, pg. 228).   

     

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