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Events In History

27 September 1974

William Sutch charged with spying

On a rainy night in Wellington’s Aro St, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) gatecrashed a meeting between William Sutch and Dimitri Razgovorov. They believed Sutch, a prominent economist and former senior public servant, was passing information to Razgovorov, a Soviet diplomat. Read more...
17 February 1873

'The Russians are coming!'

On 17 February 1873, Aucklanders awoke to the alarming news that a Russian warship had entered Waitematā Harbour undetected and landed troops. 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 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