Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Royal Navy Grand Fleet 1914-1918: Britain’s last supreme naval fleet

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Spithead Review, 1914 By Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing, 2025 Reviewed by David F. Beer You might think the dreadnoughts and other powerful...
Monday, March 31, 2025

A Gallery of Warriors: Paintings and Photos

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  Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Commanded an Army Group at War's End Raoul Lufbery Legendary Ace of the Lafayette Escadrille and U.S. A...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

The Restoration of Lafayette’s Memorial Wreath

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By James Patton The Wreaths of Lafayette's Tomb The wreath shown above was not the one laid by Gen. Pershing on 4 July 1917 at Lafayette...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Why Was Admiral John Jellicoe Dismissed As First Sea Lord?

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Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (1869–1935) Canadian Naval Historian Robert L. Davison provides some context on the embarrassing Christmas Eve 191...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Poilu Léopold Jules Maréchal's Book of Hours of the Great War, Part II: Maréchal’s War

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Le Journal des Tranchées  Working on Trench Defenses By John Anzalone French historian Laurent Gervereau notes the paradox inherent in the f...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

How Many Men, Animals, Guns and Vehicles Did an AEF Infantry Regiment Have?

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78th Division Insignia   Statistical Summary: Maximum Strength A Typical AEF Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry, 78th Division Colonel Walter ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Recommended: Bruce Charlton Asks: How Great Was the Red Baron?

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Richthofen in the Cockpit of an Albatross D.III with His Squadron Mates One of my favorite bloggers, Dr. Bruce Charlton, who writes on an am...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Remembering a Veteran: Pvt. John DeWitt, 168th Infantry, 42nd Rainbow Division

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Pvt. John DeWitt, Rainbow Division Background One day in 2020  Dr. John Chase was called to Lincoln, NE,  to help sort through his  grandfa...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Lonesome Memorials #12: The Ulverston Street Trench Memorial

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This 21st-century memorial on the Somme battlefield, located just west of the village of Ovillers, is one of the more recently dedicated mon...