Vice-Admiral Leone Viale, commander of attack on Rhodes, 4 May 1912
The First Week of May 1912
Italians Land on Rhodes - At the end of April and beginning of May 1912, there was consistent pressure from the Great Powers on the Turkish government to reopen the Straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to commercial shipping; they had been closed in response to the Italian attack of 19 April on the forts guarding the entrance of the Dardanelles. [...]
Last Week
Policy Debates in Berlin and St. Petersburg
On Monday, 22 April 1912, Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Holweg presented the long-awaited German military and naval laws to the Reichstag. As had been previously reported in the press, the proposed laws called for substantial increases in both the land and marine forces …
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Earlier
Heading towards the abyss
The events of the first part of the 20th century were cataclysmic at the time and continue to influence our own lives today. See what happened week-by-week.
- The third week of April 1912
- The second week of April 1912
- The first week of April 1912
- The last week of March 1912
- The third week of March 1912
- The second week of March 1912
- The first week of March 1912
- The last week of February 1912
- The third week of February 1912
- The second week of February 1912
- The first week of February 1912
- The last week of January 1912
- The fourth week of January 1912
- The third week of January 1912
- The second week of January 1912
- The first week of January 1912
- The fourth week of December 1911
- The third week of December 1911
- The second week of December 1911
- The first week of December 1911
