Friday, January 30, 2026

SMS Seeadler – Germany's Deadly Three-Masted Commerce Raider

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SMS Seeadler by Christopher Rave SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a German raider under the command of Kapitän Leutnant Felix von Luckner. She...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Remembering a Veteran: "The Luckiest Man Alive", Capt. John Hedley, RAF

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Captain John Herbert Hedley (1887 – 1977) was a World War I British flying observer/gunner credited with eleven aerial victories. Before his...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

My Old Man at the Preparedness Day Bombing

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Preparedness Day in San Francisco, 22 July 1916 By Mike Hanlon, Editor/Publisher About five years ago, I presented an article on "My Ol...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Far From Suitable? Haig, Gough and Passchendaele: A Reappraisal

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  By Nicholas Ridley Helion & Company 2024 Reviewed by Jim Gallen Stretcher Bearers Crossing the Inundated Passchendaele Battlefield Far...
Monday, January 26, 2026

John Reed's Interview of Trotsky After the October Revolution

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Entrance to the Smolny Institute Where John Reed Interviewed Trotsky By John Reed [JR]  On October 30th, by appointment, I went up to a smal...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Eyewitness: A Brutal, But Candid View of Troops as Cannon Fodder: An American Journalist Visits Austro-Hungarian Hospitals

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By War Correspondent Arthur Ruhl AT the head of each iron bed hung the nurse's chart and a few words of "history." These histo...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Through a Looking Glass: America in 1917

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The past beats inside me like a second heart. ― John Banville In this brief, but delightful video,  the America that entered the war in 19...
Friday, January 23, 2026

The Fate of the Generals Who Remained Loyal to Nicholas II

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  They Did Not Betray Their Oath Generals Nikolai Ivanov, Fyodor Keller and Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski By Paul Gilbert Originally Presented a...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

The Battle of Rawa (also known as Rawa Ruska), 3–11 September 1914

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James Patton On 23 August1914, the Austrian k.u.k. ( kaiserlich und königlich ) army boldly launched a preemptive strike in Galicia agains...