1.  As a teenager, Lawrence ran away from home and served more several months with the Royal Garrison Artillery as a boy soldier. Thi...

Negotiations at Compiègne Last Until the Early Morning An Armistice Is Agreed Upon Announcement at 10 Downing Street ...

Freyberg: Champion Swimmer Unlike many of the historic figures of 1914–1918, Bernard Cyril Freyberg had a fascinating pre-WWI career...

Mine Explosion in the Champagne The practice of setting off mines underneath enemy lines in hope of breaking through their position...

Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War by David M. Lubin Oxford University Press, 2016 Horace Pippin, ...

The first day on the Somme was a disaster for the British Army. Yet, the full battle turned, like Verdun, into another battle...

Around 11 November each year the best way you can honor the memory of all Americans who have served our country, including the World War...

Pershing's Future Warriors Reporting for Duty If you haven't done so yet, I would suggest reading our previous posting, P...

By Constance Potter, NARA In terms of size and impact — the number of records destroyed and the number of persons affected — none of th...

Official Navy Painting: "A Fast Convoy USS Allen Escorting USS Leviathan The first large American troopship to make the Atla...

By Tony Langley [Editor's note: Tony is a regular contributor to all our publications at Worldwar1.com . He is an authority on th...

Eyes All Over the Sky: Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War by James Streckfuss Casemate, 2016 The basic element o...

More than any other trip I have planned for Valor Tours, we are working to include all the sites of personal interest for the partic...

An aristocrat, who was both brilliant and a brave officer, Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens (1897–1968) served in both World Wars. In 1915,...