Friday, September 17, 2021

What the Opening Barrage at the Somme Looked Like

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The start of the Somme bombardment as seen from a roadside gun battery, 24 June 1916. The bombardment lasted a week and was intended to obli...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Admiral Souchon's Frustrating War

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Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon (1864–1946) commanded the  German navy's Mediterranean Squadron.  When war bro...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Return to Glory: The Reconstruction of the Ypres Cloth Hall

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1872 The greatest cultural destruction from the war in Flanders was in the leveling of Ypres. And the most visible treasure of the town was ...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Armistice 1918 — A Roads Classic Review

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By Bullitt Lowry Kent State University Press, 1996 John D. Beatty, Reviewer Writing in 1996 from the distance of near...
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Monday, September 13, 2021

France and the Armistice of 1918 (Part II)

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By Brig. Gen. Robert A. Doughty Harmon Memorial Lecture, U.S. Air Force Academy, 17 March 2009 Marshal Foch Would Be the Key Figure for the ...
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Sunday, September 12, 2021

France and the Armistice of 1918 (Part I)

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By Brig. Gen. Robert A. Doughty Harmon Memorial Lecture, U.S. Air Force Academy, 17 March 2009 Part I As future militarily professionals, ...
Saturday, September 11, 2021

Alfred Bastien's Panorama de l'Yser — A Roads Classic

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Alfred Bastien's Panorama de l'Yser Contributed by Tony Langley Alfred Bastien was a well known and successful Belgian artist pr...
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Friday, September 10, 2021

Naval Gunfire Support at Gallipoli

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  HMS Queen Elizabeth Points Her Main Batteries at the Gallipoli Peninsula James A. Smith, Norwich University The Allied amphibious assault...
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