138K views · 1.3K reactions | World War I: Key Events of 1915 & 1916 Explained Lusitania sinks; Allied offensives stall; Fokker Scourge emerges; Italy joins Allies; vast casualties on multiple fronts; Gallipoli evacuations; Serbia decimated; new fronts open; war drags into 1916 with looming #EpicHistory To watch the full video just search ‘Epic History’.⁠ #WW1 #WorldWarOne #GreatWar #EpicHistory | Epic History TV | Facebook

Six months after shocking the world by abdicating the British throne, the Duke of Windsor—formerly King Edward VIII-- married Wallis Simpson on #ThisDayInHistory in 1937. The Duke claimed he could not carry out his duties as king “without the help and support” of the woman he loved, a 41-year-old American who had been married, divorced, and married again by the time she met Edward. With the British government, the Church of England, and his family all opposing their marriage, even after she divo