Battles of the Jerusalem campaign 1917

The affair of Huj, 8 November 1917, was one of the more dramatic incidents of the British pursuit of the Turkish armies retreating after the third battle of Gaza (31 October-7 November)
The action of El Mughar, 13 November 1917, was part of the wider battle of Junction Station, which saw the British capture the railway junction that linked the Turkish Seventh Army around Jerusalem with the Eighth Army on the coast.
The battle of Junction Station, 13-14 November 1917, saw the British defeat a Turkish attempt to defend the line of the railway to Jerusalem.
The battle of Nebi Samwil, 17-24 November 1917, was the first British attempt to capture Jerusalem during their 1917 invasion of Palestine.
The fall of Jerusalem, 7-9 December 1917, saw the British achieve their main objective in Palestine after a campaign that had begun six weeks earlier at Gaza
The battle of Jaffa, 21-22 December 1917, was a minor engagement during the British invasion of Palestine of 1917 which saw the British push the Turks further away from the port of Jaffa
The defence of Jerusalem, 26-30 December 1917, was the last significant action during the British invasion of Palestine in 1917.

Battles of Rafa, 1st 2nd and 3rd Gaza and Beersheba

The battle of Rafa, 9 January 1917, was a minor British victory that ended the Sinai campaign of 1916.
The first battle of Gaza, 26-27 March 1917, saw the British come close to capturing Gaza before a lack of information forced the attack to be cancelled.
The second battle of Gaza, 17-19 April 1917, was the second British attempt to capture Gaza in under a week.
The third battle of Gaza, 31 October-7 November 1917 saw the British under General Allenby finally force the Turks out of their strong positions around Gaza.
The battle of Beersheba, 31 October 1917, was the first part of the wider third battle of Gaza. The British victory was secured by an Australian cavalry charge

Suez Canal, Romani, Qatia and Magdhaba

The battle of the Suez Canal, 3-4 February 1915, saw the defeat of a Turkish attack on the British position in Egypt.
The action of Qatia, 23 April 1916, was a minor Turkish victory over the British in the Sinai Desert
The battle of Romani (or Rumani), 3-9 August 1916, saw the defeat of a Turkish army that was attempting to come within artillery range of the Suez Canal.
The action at Magdhaba, 23 December 1916, was a minor British victory during their advance across the Sinai in 1916.

siege of Maubeuge, 25 August-7 September 1914

The siege of Maubeuge, 25 August-7 September 1914, saw the Germans capture the French fortress of Maubeuge on the Sambre after their main armies swept past.

The battles of the Isonzo (1 to 10)

The first battle of the Isonzo, 23 June-7 July 1915, was the first of eleven Italian offensives on the Isonzo front that failed to achieve a breakthrough
The second battle of Isonzo, 18 July-3 August 1915, was a renewed Italian offensive that made some minor progress
The third battle of the Isonzo, 18 October-3 November 1915, was perhaps the least successful of the series of twelve Italian offensives on the Isonzo
The fourth battle of the Isonzo, 10 November-2 December 1915, was the final Italian offensive of 1915, and made little more progress than the previous three.
The fifth battle of the Isonzo, 9-17 March 1916, was a short lived offensive launched at the request of Britain and France
The sixth battle of the Isonzo, 4-17 August 1916, was the most succesful of the eleven Italian offensives on the Isonzo.
The seventh battle of the Isonzo, 14-17 September 1916, was the first of three short-lived offensives launched on the Isonzo front in the autumn of 1916.
The eighth battle of the Isonzo, 9-12 October 1916, was the second of three short-lived offensives launched on the Isonzo front in the autumn of 1916.
The ninth battle of the Isonzo, 1-4 November 1916, was the third of three short-lived offensives launched on the Isonzo front in the autumn of 1916.
The Tenth battle of the Isonzo, 12 May-8 June 1917, was one of the more succesful of the Isonzo battles, and saw the Italians advance towards Trieste and east from Gorizia before the offensive ran down.

Vistula River and the first battle of Warsaw

The battle of the Vistula River, 28 September-30 October 1914, saw a German invasion of south western Poland defeated by a much larger Russian army.
The first battle of Warsaw, 19-30 October 1914, saw a German army retreat from Warsaw in the face of overwhelming Russian numbers

The Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive

The battle of Gorlice-Tarnow, 2-10 May 1915, was a rare breakthrough battle during the First World War. The German victory at Gorlice-Tarnow threatened the entire Russian line and eventually forced the abandonment of Russian Poland
The battle of Lemberg, 20-22 June 1915, was a short-lived Russian attempt to defend Lemberg in the period after the German breakthrough at Gorlice-Tarnow
The third battle of Warsaw, 5 August 1915, saw the Germans occupy Warsaw in the aftermath of their victory at Gorlice-Tarnow.
The siege of Novo-Georgievsk, 10-20 August 1915, saw a Russian garrison 90,000 strong captured by the Germans after the fall of Warsaw.

McDonnell F-101A Voodoo

The McDonnell F-101A Voodoo was a long range fighter with limited nuclear strike ability that entered service in 1957

Me 163, Me 210/ 310/ 410 and Me 262

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was a jet powered fighter aircraft that appeared far to late to have any impact on the course of the Second World War
The Me262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was the first jet fighter to enter combat and in doing so, earned a place in history, being the most advanced aircraft of the period to fly and achieve operational status.
We add an alternative article on the Messerschmitt Me 210, 310 and 410 aircraft, designed as replacements for the Bf 110.

Gudrun Ensslin (1940-1977)

Gudrun Ensslin (1940-1977) was the true female leader of the Red Army Faction, a terrorist gang better known as the Baader-Meinhof gang.