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Events In History

27 September 1974

William Sutch charged with spying

Economist Dr W.B. Sutch was acquitted of spying in 1975 after his 'surreptitious and clandestine' meetings with a Russian diplomat were observed by the Security Intelligence Service. Continuing speculation on the matter has been fuelled in recent years by the release of SIS and KGB files. Read more...
17 February 1873

'The Russians are coming!'

The editor of the Daily Southern Cross, David Luckie, published a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland by the cruiser Kaskowiski (cask of whisky). Read more...

Few Kiwis today know much about one of our main First World War enemies, the Ottoman Empire - a sophisticated but often forgotten empire whose soldiers fought against New Zealand troops for four years in the Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine campaigns.
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Page 6 – The Armenians' suffering
Turkey has always denied accusations that in 1915 the Ottoman authorities committed genocide against their Armenian subjects.
Page 10 – Birth of the Turkish Republic
The Birth of the Republic of Turkey from 1920-23

The military alliance that fought against the Central Powers was known as the Allies. Initially this alliance was based around the four great powers of Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire, along with the smaller states of Serbia, Montenegro and Belgium that also went to war in 1914.
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Page 10 - The Russian EmpireKey information and statistics about the Empire of Russia during the First World