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Monday, January 11, 2016

Was the Meuse-Argonne America's Deadliest Battle?

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The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was clearly the worst battle of the Great War in terms of killed in action for the American Expeditionary Forc...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Lest We Forget: Gallipoli Was a Turkish Victory

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Their duty was to come here and invade, ours was to defend. Adil Shahin, Turkish veteran of Gallipoli Turkish Artillery at Gallipol...
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Saturday, January 9, 2016

100 Years Ago: Allied Evacuation of Gallipoli Ends, 9 January 1916

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I hope our poor pals who lie all around us sleep soundly, and do not stir in discontent as we go filing away from them forever. New Zea...
Friday, January 8, 2016

The Kingfish and the Great War

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The career of former Louisiana governor Huey Long had some interesting links with the Great War. As a young lawyer, on the verge of launc...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

About the Dover Patrol

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Admiral Bacon In late July 1914, with war looming, 12 Tribal-class destroyers arrived at Dover to join the near obsolete destroyer...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Disaster at Tavennes Tunnel

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Tavennes Tunnel (Probably Just After the War) Tavennes railway tunnel, located near Fort Vaux, stretched 1.170 meters from the bat...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Great Battles: Gallipoli
reviewed by David F. Beer

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Great Battles: Gallipoli by Jenny Macleod  Foreword by Hew Strachan Oxford University Press, 2015 Those heroes that shed th...
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Monday, January 4, 2016

Recommended: Sentimental Poilu Postcards

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From Bradley Omanson's:  History & Lore of the Old World War: Artifacts & Odd Bits from 1914–1918 Each country had i...
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Sunday, January 3, 2016

In Their Own Words: The Pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille

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They were the precursors of the mighty awakening of the west—of that gigantic effort of America—unparalleled in history—the greatest...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis and the Coming of Prohibition in America

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Anti-Saloon League Wartime Poster By Keith Muchowski Food was one of the central crises of the First World War. So many millions fa...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

What to Expect in 2016 from Worldwar1.com

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Here's what you can look for in the coming year from all our publications at Worldwar1.com , including Roads to the Great War , the St...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

New Years Eve 1915

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100 years ago today the war was dragging on. German attacks were mounted in the Vosges and north of Loos. The Royal Navy was recoveri...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Kipling and the Imperial War Graves Commission

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Today is the anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's birth in 1865.  Kipling wrote much about the Great War and, of course, suffered u...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marine Brigade in World War I
reviewed by Courtland Jindra

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Devil Dogs Chronicle: Voices of the 4th Marine Brigade in World War I Edited by George B. Clark University Press of Kansas, 2013 ...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

Unique AEF Photos from the Imperial War Museum

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During an incredibly dismal TV football game (49ers vs. Browns, but I'll spare you any more details) I went exploring on the Internet....
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

British Military Aviation in 1915, July – December

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The Vickers Gunbus Became Operational in July 1915 12 July Following an inconclusive exchange of fire on 6 July, the monitors HMS...
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