Roads to the Great War
Friday, April 24, 2026

Before the Yanks Arrived: The St. Mihiel Salient Was a Major Battlefield in 1915

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French Trench Bois Brulé, St. Mihiel Sector, 1915 By Terrence Finnegan  The town of St. Mihiel on the Meuse River fell to the Germans on 24 ...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Don't Blame World War One for the Sexual Revolution (Guest Opinion Piece)

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Editor's Note:   As usual, I don't necessarily endorse the ideas expressed herein, but I do find them interesting. MH A 1916 Flapper...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

A Primer on Iran's (Persia's) Rather Unpleasant World War I Experience

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The Teheran Gate, Persia Originally Presented on AwayFromTheWesternFront.org Persia (now Iran) is little known as a theatre of the First Wor...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

I'm Haunted by Inspector Rutledge and the Ghost of Corporal MacLeod

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Like Many Tales, This One Begins at the Somme By Mike Hanlon, Editor/Publisher World War One veterans Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge a...
Monday, April 20, 2026

David Stevenson on the Unexpected Armistice of 1918 (Video)

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Bless the French! They Kept Up Their Production of Naughty Cartoons in Wartime

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Laying Siege to a Heart By Tony Langley La Vie Parisienne was one of the best-known risqué magazines. Published in Paris, its stood symbol ...
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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Eyewitness: "Burying Pete Walling" by Arthur Guy Empey

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  After remaining in rest billets for eight days, we received the unwelcome tidings that the next morning we would "go in" to ...
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Friday, April 17, 2026

Imagine This: Amy Lowell Imagined Peace, and It Came True

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Amy Lowell, 1874–1925 American imagist poet Amy Lowell described the surreal experience of living an ordinary day in an extraordinary time. ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Learning by Fighting: The AEF Experience

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Editor's Introduction:   Thanks to our contributor this month, historian Jeffrey LaMonica, we will see that Pershing's forces were n...
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