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Goeben and Breslau begin assault on Russian shipping and the city of Odessa

Orient's Erwachen — The East Awakens. The sun rises on a red fez, and the army of Turkey streams out, weapons at the ready. A beautiful design by Heinz Keune.

Orient's Erwachen — The East Awakens

signed: Heinz Keune

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October 29, 1914, Turkey authorizes the Goeben and Breslau to raid Russian shipping (and they bombard Odessa (Howard p. 44)

Start Date: 1914-10-29

Some books about Goeben and Breslau begin assault on Russian shipping and the city of Odessa (6)

Title	Author
France and the Dardenelles in the Great War
Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918	Grigoris Balakian
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story	Henry Morgenthau
The Balkans, A Laboratory of History	William M. Sloane
Turkey, A Short History	Norman Stone
Five Years in Turkey	Liman von Sanders

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