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World War I History
World War I History
1918 - German pilot Manfred von Richthofen was shot down and killed. The "Red Baron" had shot down 80 enemy aircraft during World War I.
1930 - The movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" was released. It was based on the World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
| "Nowhere else in the world have noble men and women exhibited in more striking forms the beauty and the energy of sympathy and helpfulness and counsel in their efforts to rectify wrong, alleviate suffering, and set the weak in the way of strength and hope." - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, March 13, 1913 |
