From Correspondent Jane Mattison Ekstam Download the full program here:   ( http://www.qmul.ac.uk/worldwarone/docs/136831.pdf ) ...

With August being the anniversary of 1918's  dramatic battle of Amiens, I thought it would be interesting to remember the beautiful ci...

A memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division who on 1 July 1916 advanced farther than any other  division in this sector but th...

Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was a photographic innovator renowned for his painterly photography before the Great War. He is credited with ...

By Richard Hephner When Prince Lichnowsky (1860–1928) left a comfortable retirement to become ambassador to the Court of St. Jame...

Hundred Days: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd Basic Books, 2014 The centennial of the start of the Great War h...

I've always wondered about why the BEF at Mons had only four infantry divisions rather than six promised. I recently stumbled across ...

The Diplomacy of Invasion The language and tone of the diplomatic exchanges leading up to the invasion of neutral Belgium by Germany is...

Answer: Capt. Charles de Gaulle, French Army Shortly after war was declared in August 1914, Lieutenant de Gaulle was in action wi...

In mid-September 1916 in an operation known as the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, the 41st Division along with the New Zealand Divis...

Photos by Steve Miller Built originally to honor veterans of the Second World War, the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond now honors the ...

PRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE         by Joyce Kilmer, 165th Inf., 42nd Division, AEF  My shoulders ache beneath my pack           (...

King, Kaiser, Tsar:  Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War by Catrine Clay John Murray Publishers, 2006 Once Georgie c...

AUSTRIA HAS CHOSEN WAR! Headline,  Washington Times , 28 July 1914 A mead  Bordered about with warbling water brooks.  A maid  Lau...

As all World War I students know, the traditional French uniforms of blue coats and rouge pantaloons made dandy targets for German machine...

The air aces of World War I — like the Red Baron — left a rich mythology that persists to the present day. But the man who was, perhaps, B...

High Wood was the last of the major woods in the Somme offensive of 1916 to be captured by the British. Despite a whole series of attac...

By Walter Kudlick In the small Ontario, Canada, town of Niagara-on-the-Lake (population 12,500 or so but with lots of tourists in t...

We got such a great response over the horse images we posted last week that I thought our readers may enjoy some other animal images that ...

Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed by John F. Ross Andre Deutsch, 2014 Before read...