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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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I

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Jonathan Reed Winkler  Harvard Univ. Press, 2008 Commander  Dale C. Rielage, U.S. Navy, Reviewer Originally presented in the Naval War Colle...
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Monday, May 4, 2026

Sir Edward Grey's Debatable Culpability for the Great War

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  The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. Sir Edward Grey Sir Edward Grey By John Lewis-St...
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Sunday, May 3, 2026

The Allies' First Victory: The Battle of Mt. Cer, 15–24 August 1914

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Serbian Troops at Mt. Cer At the outset of World War I, Serbia found itself facing the might of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which sought to...