Roads to the Great War
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Pusher Aces of World War I

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By John Guttman Osprey, 2009 Reviewed by Dale Thompson The Breguet M-5 Air Speed 88 mph, Ceiling 14,110 ft Jon Guttman is well known for the...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Race Tracks Were Valuable Assets in Wartime

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To its participant nations, the requirements  of the First World War brought hitherto unknown sacrifice and change to all aspects of daily l...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Missouri, USA, Goes to War — In Images

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As part of Missouri's commemoration of the WWI Centennial, a tremendous collection of war-related images were gathered under the state-s...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Remembering a Veteran: Georges Braque — Poilu and Cubist

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  Prewar —Still Life with Metronome ,  1909  Georges Braque (1882–1963) was a modern artist who painted in the Cubist style. Before the war,...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Who Was Wojciech Korfanty?

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Wojciech Korfanty (born 20 April 20 1873, Siemianowice, Upper Silesia, Ger. [now in Poland]—died 17 August 1939, Warsaw) was a political lea...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Weapons of War: The Sterling Spark Gap Transmitter

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British 60-Pounder at Ypres, Early War The Story Begins Here James Patton When the Race to the Sea was over, and the opposing forces were bo...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Cavell Escape Network

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It All Started When the BEF Arrived  The dramatic and tragic story of the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell is so moving that it overwhelms th...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War by Alan Kramer

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Reims 1918 The dynamic of destruction was not a law of nature, it was man-made, capable of  infinite variation ... capable of being stopped ...
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Fifteen Delightful British Great War Slang Expressions I've Just Discovered

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I've been reading all sorts of stuff about World War I since about 1960, but these were all new to me.  MH AUNT SALLY Ration truck. From...
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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Mongolia's Mad Baron and World War One

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In the 19th century, Mongolia was absorbed into the Chinese Empire of the Manchurian Qing dynasty, which ruled it as a vassal state. However...
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, ...
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