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i feel the need to tell everyone i have a dog
Sulivannia and Petrosiania
19th October 1914 (107 years ago): First Battle of Ypres
On 19 October 1914, near the Belgian city of Ypres, Allied and German forces begin the first of what would be three battles to control the city and its advantageous positions on the north coast of Belgium during the First World War.
After the German advance through Belgium and eastern France was curtailed by a decisive Allied victory in the Battle of the Marne in late September 1914, the so-called “Race to the Sea” began, as each army attempted to outflank the other on their way northwards, hastily constructing trench fortifications as they went. The race ended in mid-October at Ypres, the ancient Flemish city with its fortifications guarding the ports of the English Channel and access to the North Sea beyond.
After the Germans captured the Belgian city of Antwerp early in October, Antwerp’s remaining Belgian forces along with troops of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by Sir John French, withdrew to Ypres, arriving at the city between 8 and 19 October to reinforce the Belgian and French defenses there. Meanwhile, the Germans prepared to launch the first phase of an offensive aimed at breaking the Allied lines and capturing Ypres and other channel ports, thus controlling the outlets to the North Sea.
On 19 October, a protracted period of fierce combat began, as the Germans opened their Flanders offensive and the Allies steadfastly resisted, while seeking their own chances to go on the attack wherever possible. The autumn battles in Flanders had become static, attrition operations, unlike the battles of manoeuvre in the summer. Fighting continued, with heavy losses on both sides, until 22 November, when the arrival of winter weather forced the battle to a halt. The area between the positions established by both sides during this period—from Ypres on the British side to Menin and Roulers on the German side—became known as the Ypres Salient, a region that over the course of the next several years would see some of the war’s bitterest and most brutal struggles.
Warfare between mass armies, equipped with the weapons of the Industrial Revolution and its later developments, proved to be indecisive, because field fortifications neutralised many classes of offensive weapon. The defensive firepower of artillery and machine guns dominated the battlefield and the ability of the armies to supply themselves and replace casualties prolonged battles for weeks. Thirty-four German divisions fought in the Flanders battles, against twelve French, nine British and six Belgian divisions, along with marines and dismounted cavalry. Over the winter, General Erich von Falkenhayn, head of the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL, the German General Staff), reconsidered German strategy because Vernichtungsstrategie and the imposition of a dictated peace on France and Russia had exceeded German resources. Falkenhayn devised a new strategy to detach either Russia or France from the Allied coalition through diplomacy as well as military action. A strategy of attrition (Ermattungsstrategie) would make the cost of the war too great for the Allies, until one dropped out and made a separate peace. The remaining belligerents would have to negotiate or face the Germans concentrated on the remaining front, which would be sufficient for Germany to inflict a decisive defeat.
After the First Battle of Ypres, trenches stretched from Switzerland to the Belgian coast.
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Langemark, October 1914.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres
My Nation, Kitsunistan, Doctors Orvos, Sulivannia, and 7 othersGufand, Gullyslanarmaing, Acceel, The republic of falmart, Petrosiania, The great land of aquarius, and Islan messh
You've forgotten Panama, Chile, Liberia, Czechia, Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.
Sparsdan and Sulivannia
I was trying to leave out the US on purpose
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Sulivannia and Acceel
*chuckles*
Im in danger
Sulivannia, Petrosiania, and Islan messh
oh no
HE FIGURED IT OUT
Cedar orionis and Sulivannia
Му фаvогiте ноььу iи ИS is то геад illеgаl Шогlд Аssемьlу ргороsаls
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Sulivannia, Acceel, Azmeland, Petrosiania, and 2 othersStalengrave, and New Braveland
20th October 2011 (10 years ago:) Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war
Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured and killed on 20 October 2011 during the Battle of Sirte. Gaddafi was found hiding in a culvert west of Sirte after his convoys were attacked by NATO aircraft. He was then captured by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces and was killed shortly afterwards.
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.
Born near Sirte, Italian Libya, to a poor Bedouin family, Gaddafi became an Arab nationalist while at school in Sabha, later enrolling in the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi. Within the military, he founded a revolutionary group which deposed the Western-backed Senussi monarchy of Idris in a 1969 coup. Having taken power, Gaddafi converted Libya into a republic governed by his Revolutionary Command Council. Ruling by decree, he deported Libya's Italian population and ejected its Western military bases. Strengthening ties to Arab nationalist governments—particularly Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt—he unsuccessfully advocated pan-Arab political union. An Islamic modernist, he introduced sharia as the basis for the legal system and promoted "Islamic socialism". He nationalized the oil industry and used the increasing state revenues to bolster the military, fund foreign revolutionaries, as well as implement social programs emphasizing house-building, healthcare and education projects. In 1973, he initiated a "Popular Revolution" with the formation of Basic People's Congresses, presented as a system of direct democracy, but retained personal control over major decisions. He outlined his Third International Theory that year in The Green Book.
Gaddafi transformed Libya into a new socialist state called a Jamahiriya ("state of the masses") in 1977. He officially adopted a symbolic role in governance but remained head of both the military and the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing dissent. During the 1970s and 1980s, Libya's unsuccessful border conflicts with Egypt and Chad, support for foreign militants, and alleged responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in Scotland left it increasingly isolated on the world stage. A particularly hostile relationship developed with the United States, United Kingdom and Israel, resulting in the 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya and United Nations–imposed economic sanctions. From 1999, Gaddafi shunned pan-Arabism and encouraged rapprochement with Western nations and pan-Africanism; he was Chairperson of the African Union from 2009 to 2010. Amid the 2011 Arab Spring, protests against widespread corruption and unemployment broke out in Eastern Libya. The situation descended into civil war, in which NATO intervened militarily on the side of the anti-Gaddafist National Transitional Council (NTC). The government was overthrown and Gaddafi retreated to Sirte, only to be captured and killed by NTC militants.
International reactions to Gaddafi's death were divided. US President Barack Obama stated that it meant that "the shadow of tyranny over Libya has been lifted," while UK Prime Minister David Cameron stated that he was "proud" of his country's role in overthrowing "this brutal dictator". Contrastingly, former Cuban President Fidel Castro commented that in defying the rebels, Gaddafi would "enter history as one of the great figures of the Arab nations", while Venezuela's Hugo Chávez described him as "a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr". Former South African President Nelson Mandela expressed sadness at the news, praising Gaddafi for his anti-apartheid stance, remarking that he backed Mandela's African National Congress during "the darkest moments of our struggle".
A highly divisive figure, Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality. He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant improvements that his government brought to the Libyan people's quality of life. Conversely, many Libyans strongly opposed Gaddafi's social and economic reforms; he was posthumously accused of sexual abuse. He was condemned by many as a dictator whose authoritarian administration systematically violated human rights and financed global terrorism.
Gaddafi, pictured shortly after his seizure of power, on a visit to Yugoslavia in 1970.
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People protesting against Gaddafi in Dublin, Ireland, March 2011.
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Pro-Gaddafi protests in Tripoli, May 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi
Kitsunistan, Sulivannia, Gullyslanarmaing, Acceel, and 2 othersThe republic of falmart, and New Braveland
ok
damn
guess i'll have to edit it so i don't get sent to the gULaG
Sulivannia and Denolia
i would just like to point out that spelling “comrade” with those letters makes it pronounced somyaade lmao
Hi all you beautiful (disgusting) foreigners! NCR here! As you can tell by the big green text above me. I am running for Minister of Immigration for this term. Even though I do not know who will be running against me... They are idiots, just keep that in mind. I am superior in every way (Especially looks) Please agree with me my self esteem is running low at the moment. Anyway jokes aside here as a few reasons you should consider voting for me.
Experience... I held the Deputy MoI job twice and MoI itself once so I have three terms of experience working in the Immigration field and outside of those terms I continued to recruit even though loosing two elections to My Nation (Two extra nights crying myself to sleep) I feel confident that he is not running I stand a good chance because of my experience... So be so kind and prove me right.
If elected I will send recruitment telegrams to AT LEAST 120 nations every day (200 on good days) And on weekends I'll aim for 300 maybe less depending on my sporting schedule. I surpassed this target most days when I was MoI on my last term and I hope to do the same this term if FNR has faith in me and elects me.
I will host a recruitment championship in mid November to early December depending on how the pool is. This is expected of every Minister of Immigration so I will be sure to complete this task and maybe even host a second near the end of my term if there are enough takers
Im Irish... I mean. Ireland is green. It's beautiful. It has me. It has Guinness (And carbombs ;) whats not to like. Everyone from Ireland (Especially me) is awesome and should lead the world. So vote me in.
Thats it really. It's hard to make a lengthy Immigration campaign and most of this one is me being nice to myself. I wish anyone who campaigns against me good luck and I'm sure their campaign will be great. If I am to loose I hope its to someone new to government so we can get new blood into the FNR ministry. I urge all newcomers who are interested in being in government to go for Immigration. It's an easy place to start once you get the hang of recruiting and that. Thats all. Goodnight! Or evening or Afternoon or whatever. If its past 1am... Go to bed!
Heya FNR! My Immigration Campaign can be found above.
somyadye
Alright, my Minister of Culture campaign.
I've been Minister of Culture before, and while people liked my run, I've had issues with it, like being overly pushy in terms of promotion, which scared off willing participants, amongst other things.
This isn't going to be a massive dispatch, but it will be an honest one, because honesty is the best policy. My policies are:
Doing promotion posts only twice a week (Wednesdays and Sundays) as supposed to my previous stint doing once a day
Listening to what the President says in terms of orders and advice
Deliver cultural contest designed to promote player interaction as much as possible.
Possible activities will include:
Weekly polls
A second Pokémon mono-Type contest
A flag-making contest
A Gartic Phone session (If you are interested.)
Something related to the Roleplay.
And that's the whole thing. Vote for me as Minister of Culture, and all of these will be done.
Until then, Ta-Ra.
21st October 1806 (215 years ago): Battle of Trafalgar
In one of the most decisive naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the coast of Spain.
At sea, Lord Nelson and the Royal Navy consistently thwarted Napoleon Bonaparte, who led France to preeminence on the European mainland. Nelson’s last and greatest victory against the French was the Battle of Trafalgar, which began after Nelson caught sight of a Franco-Spanish force of 33 ships. Preparing to engage the enemy force on 21 October, Nelson divided his 27 ships into two divisions and signaled a famous message from the flagship Victory: “England expects that every man will do his duty.”
In five hours of fighting, the British devastated the enemy fleet, destroying 19 enemy ships. No British ships were lost, but 1,500 British seamen were killed or wounded in the heavy fighting. The battle raged at its fiercest around the Victory, and a French sniper shot Nelson in the shoulder and chest. The admiral was taken below and died about 30 minutes before the end of the battle. Nelson’s last words, after being informed that victory was imminent, were “Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty.”
Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar ensured that Napoleon would never invade Britain. Nelson, hailed as the savior of his nation, was given a magnificent funeral in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. A column was erected to his memory in the newly named Trafalgar Square, and numerous streets were renamed in his honor.
"The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805" by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield.
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Vice Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott
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