Saturday, March 14, 2026

Weapons of War: The Browning Automatic Rifle

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BAR — Original Version By Bruce N. Canfield Soon after the United States became embroiled in the war, the legendary American arms designer, ...
Friday, March 13, 2026

On Becoming a World War I Historian by E.M. "Mac" Coffman

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Edward M. Coffman, Historian of the Great War Editor's Introduction:  My friend and early mentor Mac Coffman (1929–2020) served as an a...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Map Series #29—Von Spee's Blunder at the Falkland Islands

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SMS Leipzig Under Fire at the Falklands On the morning of 8 December 1914, in preparation for a dash home to Germany, Vice Admiral Maximilia...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

America's Postwar Transcontinental Truck Convoy

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In the summer of 1919, a young Lieutenant Colonel—only four years out of West Point—named Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the first Arm...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Who Won at Jutland?—John Keegan's View

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The Battle of Jutland, 31 May to 1 June, 1916 By Robert Henry Smith An Excerpt from The Price of Admiralty At 9:45 [the evening of 2 June 19...
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Monday, March 9, 2026

A New Zealand Soldier Writes Home About a Catastrophic Operation

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Private Leonard Hart, 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment This transcript is from a letter by Private Leonard Hart to his parents on 19 October 19...
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Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Occurrences at Regina Trench—Fall 1916

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View Today from the German Regina Trench Position, Canadian Forces Would Be Attacking Up This Slope 1 October–18 November 1916 The Regina Tr...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

If You Long to Hear The Last Post, This Rendition Is Perfect

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Friday, March 6, 2026

Stifled! America's Greatest Naval Theorist Was Forbidden to Comment Publicly about the First World War

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Mahan By Kevin D. McCranie, Naval War College As  July 1914 slipped into August, Europe convulsed into war. The actions of statesmen, the mo...