Sunday, May 17, 2026
About That World War One British Warship Wreck Discovered off Scottish Coast
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HMS Hawke The wreck of HMS Hawke , an Edgar-class protected cruiser sunk by a German U-boat in 1914, has been discovered 360 feet down about...
Saturday, May 16, 2026
World War One Museum Collages
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There's a pattern I've noticed in visiting World War One museums over the years. Their curators seem to like to put together displa...
Friday, May 15, 2026
Did Germany Forget Clausewitz During Their Prewar Planning?
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Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz All theories of Clausewitz have to be thrown overboard! General Erich Ludendorff, 1916 By Joseph Enge ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
Remembering a Veteran: Chaplain Dexter and the Silver Wattle of Gallipoli
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Chaplain Dexter at Gallipoli By James Patton Senior Chaplain (hon. Lieut. Col.) Walter Ernest Dexter, DSO, MC, DCM, MiD (1873–1950) was born...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Between the World Wars: What was the United States' Involvement with the League of Nations?
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The United States was the primary architect of the League of Nations but never became a member. In March 1920, the Treaty of Versailles, i...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
How the Navy Won the War: The Real Instrument of Victory 1914-1918
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By Jim Ring Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2018 Review by Dr. Joseph Moretz, PhD, U.S. Naval Academy The British Expeditionary Force Landi...
Monday, May 11, 2026
Gatchina Palace: Once the Beating Heart of Russian Military Aviation
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Gatchina Palace from an Aircraft Located 30 miles southwest of St. Petersburg, in the city of the same name, Gatchina Palace dates back to t...
Sunday, May 10, 2026
A "Gift" from the Great War—The Universal Passport System
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Wartime Passport Control on the Nemunas River between Tilsit and Kaunas A 1922 International Labor Organization's report succinctly sum...
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Lonesome Memorials #24 The Remember Flanders Memorials, Ottawa and Guelph, Canada
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The Remember Flanders memorials in Ottawa and Guelph, Canada, were designed by Canadian sculptor Ruth Abernethy. The bronze features John...
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Friday, May 8, 2026
Remembering a Veteran: Jimmy Doolittle's World War I
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General James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle (1896–1993) was a pioneering pilot, aeronautical engineer, combat leader and military strategist whos...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
Three Poetic Images of Hell from Frederic Manning
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L'Enfer Georges Leroux, 1921 Grotesque (Poem) These are the damned circles Dante trod, Terrible in hopelessness, But even skulls have th...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
"Hell and Maria!" Charles Gates Dawes Tells Off Congress and Becomes a Celebrity
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Charles Dawes with the AEF Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951) was one of the most colorful and substantial characters of America's 20th-cen...
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