Sunday, August 2, 2026

Lonesome Memorial #26: The Lone Tree of Loos

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The Lone Tree of Loos Today The Lone Tree of Loos was a solitary cherry tree in no-man's-land that served as a key topographical marker...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

American Dreadnoughts at War

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Firing a Broadside Over a Century Ago, the USS Texas Is  Today the World's Only Surviving WWI Dreadnought Battleship The legendary Grea...
Friday, July 31, 2026

World War One War Games – An Introduction

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By Dana Lombardy War games are useful tools, both for by military professionals and history enthusiasts who wish to study the past. Today, t...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

H.G. Wells Explains What a War of Attrition Is About

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Editor's Introduction : In January 1916, H.G. Wells began a series for the Saturday Evening Post titled "What Is Coming"?  In...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Before the Yanks — The French Held the Argonne Dear

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V.C. Scott O'Connor, 1917 If you look at a map of Eastern France you will see how the forest of the Argonne, with its crumpled hills, li...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe by James J. Sheehan

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  By James J. Sheehan Mariner Books, 2009 Reviewed by Christopher Fish Philadelphians looking at a new map of Europe following World War I O...
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Monday, July 27, 2026

War Craft Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Letter Opener Carved from Animal Bone by Prisoner at Notorious Wittenberg, Germany, POW Camp The Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Madness of Courage: The Exceptional Achievements of Group Captain Gilbert Insall, VC, Pilot, POW & Escapee (Video)

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Italian Irredentism and Italy's Decision to Join the Allies

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An Irredentist Idealized Italy This is the most concise and clear explanation I found on this subject. MH    Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Halla...