Roads to the Great War
Monday, September 21, 2026

The French Military Mission to Poland

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Charles De Gaulle in Poland, 1920 Following an April 1919 agreement, Marshal Foch dispatched a military mission to Poland in an effort by Fr...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

What Are the Most Significant Finds of World War One Archeologists?

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Last week, the wife and I were watching the excellent 4-part docudrama  The Mummy of Tutankhamun that tells the story of archaeologist Howa...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

A Monumental Tribute to Tommy—The Hauntings—Is Visiting Albert

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  A new  " Tommy" statue recently arrived in Albert, France. It is a magnificent, 6.5-meter-tall (23-foot) scrap-metal sculpture o...
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Friday, September 18, 2026

My Favorite French War Poem

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Relief By Charles Vildrac (Trans. Christopher Middleton) Poilu Charles Huard In our place Fresh Troops have come Sent up the line As bait fo...
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Thursday, September 17, 2026

U.S. Naval Aviation vs. the U-boats

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Navy Blimps Escorting a Convoy Editor's Introduction: The U.S. Navy aviation entered World War I as a tiny force of just 54 obsolete air...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Hell at Anzac: The Turkish Attack of 19 May 1915

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Turkish Troops at Gallipoli Early in the Campaign After the initial Gallipoli landings of 25 April, both attackers and defenders failed to i...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Attrition: [The Unavoidable Strategy for] Fighting the First World War

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By William Philpott Little, Brown, 2014 Reviewer, Michael Neiberg Originally presented in the British Journal for Military History , Febr...
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