Category: December

North America 1907

Great White Fleet

In 1902-03, Britain, Germany and...

Asia Pacific 1911

Chinese Revolution

China had suffered endless...

Southern Asia 1911

Strangling of Persia

Endeavoring to modernize, the new...

Europe 1914

Stalemate on the Western Front

By mid-September, Germany had been...

Southern Asia 1914

Battle of Sarikamish

After beating off an initial Russian...

Northern Eurasia 1917

Bolsheviks Gain Control

By December 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks...

Europe 1917

Bolsheviks Gain Control in Russia

By December 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks...

Asia Pacific 1917

Russian Revolution

Yuan Shikai's successor, Duan Qirui,...

Southern Asia 1917

Transcaucasian Commissariat

Despite widespread success, the...

Northern Eurasia 1918

Kolchak's All-Russian Government

In September, the anti-Soviet forces...

Europe 1918

New Countries in Eastern Europe

With the end of the Great War and...

Southern Asia 1919

Turkish War of Independence

After occupying Constantinople, the...