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Friday, April 24, 2015

World War I. World leaders, weapons, old photos. ... 42 PHOTOS

World War I. World leaders, weapons, old photos.

42 PHOTOS

Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women.
The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

World War I was first global war. It began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
Two opposing alliances participated in the war: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy had also been a member of the Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the Central Powers.

After beginning of the war more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria the Central Powers.

The 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo triggered the war.

After four years, the war ended in November 1918.
On 4 November 1918, the Austro-Hungarian empire agreed to an armistice, and Germany, agreed to an armistice on 11 November 1918, ending the war in victory for the Allies.

More than 9 million militans and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war.

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Tsar Nicholas II was Russia's leader during World War One. He was part of the Triple Entente.

The Red Baron (Richthofen) - the most successful flying ace of the WWWI by shooting down 80 Allied planes .

Trenches…

Tanks appeared in World War I as a response to the stalemate that trench warfare had created on the Western Front.

The Red Baron's plane

Trenches…

German submarine

David Lloyd George - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 1916 to 1922)

Raymond Poincaré – President of France, 1913–1920

King George V (right) with his first cousin Tsar Nicholas II.

WWI machine gun.

WWI airplane.

WWI tank.

WWI machine gun.

German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II (right) with his cousin Nicholas II, emperor of Russia

WWI tanks.

WWI – Australian troops.

WWWI cannons

Airplane shut down.

WWI – Russian troops.

WWI – German airplane.

WWI – Italian troops in France.

WWI – British troops marching in London.

WWI – trenches.

Women participated in WWI too.

Kaiser Wilhelm II - Germany's leader in World War One

Woodrow Wilson - President of the United States

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Auckland ITU World Triathlon 2015. Elite women. ... 28 PHOTOS

Auckland ITU World Triathlon 2015.Elie women.

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29 March 2015, Auckland hosted the second event of the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series (WTS).

The event featured a standard Olympic-distance course, where athletes race a 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run.

Gwen Jorgensen was among the top ranked triathletes. She won the first WTS race of the season on March 7 in Abu Dhabi, bringing her career WTS win total to nine.

And she won the Auckland Triathlon 2015 on Sunday. The victory brings the Jorgensen to 10 WTS wins and cemented her top position in the world ranking. Another American Katie Zaferes got the silver medal with a time of 2:10:42.
The best New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt performed great. She was in the leading group on the bike course although was unable to match the speed with Jorgensen.

After bike course Hewitt got a 15-second penalty. But despite the setback she was able during run course catch up with the competitors and to finish on third place. Her third result also secured her place on the New Zealand team for Rio 2016.
Jorgensen emerged from the water with a 40-second deficit but her effort on the early laps of the bike catapulted her into the lead group as she was able to remain their for the entire 40km before unleashing her lethal run. Crossing the finish-line at 2:09:04 with a lead of over 90 seconds, she earned her second gold medal and granted her the rights to an early perfect 2015 WTS season.
After the first transition, a strong lead group was led by Lucy Hall (GBR) and Sarah True (USA) for the first couple laps of the bike.
While entering into the third lap a huge push from the chase group made the leading group increase to 21 athletes.

During the last leg of the bike ride the leaders group decreased to an 11-person pack that included Jorgensen, True, Lisa Norden (SWE), Andrea Hewitt (NZL) and Vendula Frintova(CZE).

Norden executed a strong performance on the bike as she brought herself back from a forty-second deficit from the water to be the leader on the bike for five out of the eight-laps.

However she was forced to pull herself out of the race once she hit the run with Achilles trouble.
The three positions were determined early with Jorgensen, Zafares and Hewitt breaking away from the pack in the early stages. While Jorgensen took off on her trademark run, fellow teammate Zafares was able to hold onto a consistent pace to land her the second-place finish.

“I am super excited, last year was my first time in Auckland and it went as bad as I think it could go. This year it went as good as I think it could go. I run my own race the whole time, I don’t want to get caught up in someone else’s pace so I just do my own thing,” said Zafares.

2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand – March 29, 2015
1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run

1 Gwen Jorgensen USA 2:09:04
2 Katie Zaferes USA 2:10:42
3 Andrea Hewitt NZL 2:10:58
4 Vendula Frintova CZE 2:11:23
5 Lisa Perterer AUT 2:11:40
6 Emma Moffatt AUS 2:11:43
7 Yuka Sato JPN 2:12:02
8 Sarah True USA 2:12:22
9 Sarah-anne Brault CAN 2:12:35
10 Simone Ackermann NZL 2:12:57