[The Franco-Prussian war commenced on 19 July 1870].
When the First World War commenced, in 1914, he volunteered for the German Army, and acquitted himself well as a soldier.
But as the war commenced, this hope receded, and the contacts and connections Mackintosh had in Europe were, by necessity, severed.
When the Cold War commenced in the mid-1940s, the NAACP distanced itself from Communists, lest its funding or reputation suffer.
When the Korean War commenced on 25 June 1950, the 36th looked to recruit experienced veterans to help it gain federal recognition.
German involvement in the Spanish Civil War commenced with the outbreak of war in July 1936, with Adolf Hitler immediately sending in powerful air and armored units to assist General Francisco Franco and his Nationalist forces.
The Taliban were potentially only weeks from victory until the events of 9/11 allowed the CIA the justification it needed to expand its support of the Northern Alliance and America's longest war commenced.
As the 1948 Arab-Israeli War commenced, the neighbourhood's location between Israeli and Jordanian forces made it a combat zone, leading to the flight of both Jewish and Arab residents.
When the Second World War commenced, Bodley immediately rejoined the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was given the rank of major, though he was regarded as too old for active service in the infantry.
