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![]() 8-inch howitzers of the 39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery conducting a shoot in the Fricourt-Mametz Valley, August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. |
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World War I
The UK rejected a peace offer from the Germans.
Events
Event | Date | Description |
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Armenia/Genocide | ||
WW1 | The "Great War" and the "War to End War". Perhaps 10 million killed. | |
1916 Easter rising |
New Groups
Group | Image | Type | Description |
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Schiphol Airport | ![]() | Commerical Public | Dutch main airport just south-west of Amsterdam, Illegal drug trade is a significant part of its cargo. |
MI5/G Branch | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
Federation of British Industries | ![]() | ||
MI5/H Branch | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
Brookings Institution | ![]() | Think tank | |
MI7 | ![]() | A UK organisation set up during WWI to manage censorship and propaganda. | |
Eire | ![]() | Nation state | |
New Zealand Labour Party | ![]() | ||
Russo-British Chamber of Commerce | ![]() | UK company which has had at least two Institute for Statecraft members as directors. | |
Cabinet Office | ![]() |
Deaths
Title | Born | Died | Place of death |
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Patrick Pearce | 10 November 1879 | 3 May 1916 | Dublin Eire Kilmainham Gaol |
James Connolly | 5 June 1868 | 12 May 1916 | Dublin Eire Kilmainham Gaol |