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The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men and women of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War. Two versions of the medal were produced. About 6.5 million were struck in silver and 110,000 in bronze, the latter awarded to, among others, the Chinese, Maltese and ...
Why England Slept. Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title alludes to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book Arms and the Covenant, published in the United States as While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [1]
- John F. Kennedy
- 1940
1914 Star. Also known as the Mons Star, the medal is a bronze star with a red, white and blue ribbon, reflecting the French Tricolore. It was issued to British forces who had served in France or Belgium from 5 August 1914 (the declaration of war) to midnight 22 November 1914 (the end of the First Battle of Ypres).
The Victory Medal was awarded for service in a theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. The Victory Medal was never awarded on its own and was always accompanied by a British War Medal. The recipient’s details were impressed around the rim of the medal and include the highest rank held when the Armistice came into effect on ...
October 28, 2023 10:46:23 AM EDT. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. This folder contains a typescript of John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept, the published version of his Harvard ...
Apr 23, 2013 · The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is Clark's history of Europe in the years leading up to World War I — a war that claimed 20 million lives, injured even more than that and ...
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Pre-War Medals and Decorations. Most of the countries that took part in the war had a number of decorations to recognise exceptional acts of military gallantry, such as the Victoria Cross (British Empire), Order of St George (Russia) or Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse (Prussia). 1 The war brought a significant surge in the awarding of these decorations, but given their nature they remained relatively ...
