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Thursday, November 16, 2017

The First War with Mass Vaccinations of the Troops

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In this photograph, soldiers of the Liverpool Scottish show off their arms after being vaccinated, c.1914. Many of the most importa...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Remembering a Veteran: Soldat Maurice Chevalier, 31st R.I., French Army

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Maurice Chevalier, 31st R.I. On August 1914, a young Parisian star called Maurice Chevalier was stationed in Belfort, north-eastern...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and the Punitive Expedition 1915-1920
Reviewed by Dennis Linton

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Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and  the Punitive Expedition 1915–1920 by Joseph A Stout, Jr. Texas Christian U...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Doughboy Basics: Why Did the U.S. Marines Get Everywhere?

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After America joined the war, the U.S. Marine Corps commandant was determined his service would play a major role in the Great War, an...
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

What Pvt. Clarence Richmond, USMC, Was Up To on the First Armistice Day

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Editor's Note:   I thought it was appropriate to recall Veterans, formerly Armistice, Day by honoring a veteran who was serving in Fr...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

100 Years Ago: The Battle of Passchendaele Comes to a Close

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A century ago today one of the signature battles of the Great War was concluded in the Ypres Salient. It was the Canadian Corps, commande...
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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Billy Mitchell – Aviation Pioneer

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We have finally begun implementing our new design and overall upgrading for our award-winning Doughboy Center .  All we have completed are...
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

An Invitation to Roads to the Great War Readers

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In you can't attend and would like to stream the event, here's some information on how to do so from the Centennial Commission...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

American Journalists in the Great War
Reviewed by Dr. Margaret Spratt

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American Journalists in the Great War:  Rewriting the Rules of Reporting by Chris Dubbs University of Nebraska Press, 201...
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Monday, November 6, 2017

100 Years Ago: The October Revolution in Russia Begins

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In 1917 the Great War and a dedicated band of professional revolutionaries destroyed the Romanov dynasty and the Russian state. Discontent...
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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Doughboy Basics: Was General Pershing the Only Notable General of the AEF?

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Something has happened with the AEF that has taken place with most of America's other wars, but in its most extreme form.   The pe...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

The AEF's Sole Cavalry Attack

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The 2nd Cavalry at St. Mihiel [Ed. Note: The men of the four American cavalry regiments that were sent to France usually found themselv...
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Friday, November 3, 2017

The Decline of the Turkish Army After Gallipoli

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The high point of the Ottoman war effort was of course the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. After the repulse of the Franco-British attempt t...
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Thursday, November 2, 2017

The British Mark I Helmet

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The Mark I helmet, from a design by British inventor John L. Brodie, was the standard steel helmet used by the British Empire forces. It pr...
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