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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

100 Years Ago: Fourth Ludendorff Offensive,Operation GNEISENAU, Fails

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Operation GNEISENAU, 9–13 June 1918 German Casualties Being Evacuated Operation GNEISENAU followed on 9 June 1918, five days aft...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

To the Last Man: Spring 1918
Reviewed by Bryan Alexander

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To the Last Man: Spring 1918 by Lyn Macdonald Carroll and Graf, 1998 German Assault Troops Assembling in St. Quentin ...
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Monday, June 11, 2018

The Role of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established by Royal Charter of 21 May 1917, the provisio...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018

Where Were the British Tanks During the 100 Days Offensive?

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While failing to achieve critical mass at any particular point on the battlefield, the Tank Corps soldiers and their tanks represented...
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Saturday, June 9, 2018

Prisoners of War in Russia

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Austrian Prisoners at a Camp in Northern Russia by Yucel Yanikdag The prisoners who survived the grueling conditions of the ass...
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Friday, June 8, 2018

Prayer of a Soldier in France

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PRAYER OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE by  Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) Sgt. Joyce Kilmer My shoulders ache beneath my pack (Lie easier, Cr...
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Thursday, June 7, 2018

Recommended: The Great War and Rudyard Kipling

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By Hugh Brogan Presented by the Kipling Society Hugh Brogan, Professor of History at the University of Essex, is a long-standin...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

100 Years Ago: U.S. Assault on Belleau Wood Opens

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Belleau Wood Today The Battle The Battle of Belleau Wood began on 6 June 1918 and would prove to be one of the most ferocious bat...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

With Snow on Their Boots
Reviewed by Michael P. Kihntopf

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With Snow on Their Boots: The Tragic Odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France During World War I by Jamie H. Cock...
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Monday, June 4, 2018

Remembering a Veteran: John Philip Sousa, Band Leader, Composer

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Sousa During the War in Naval Uniform John Philip Sousa (1852–1934) was born in Washington, DC, on 6 November 1854. His father was b...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018

How Did Bulgaria and Turkey End Up on the Same Side in WWI?

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Turkish and Bulgarian Border Guards The greatest moment in Bulgarian history came when Bulgaria proclaimed its independence from th...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Germany, a Naval Power?

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German Sailors and Officers on Station in the Orient, 1912 When writing his memoirs after the military and political collapse of th...
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Friday, June 1, 2018

Prewar Apocalyptic Art

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Just as poets throughout Europe perceived the oncoming catastrophe and tried to capture it in their writings, visual artists did so as w...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Oklahoma and the First World War

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World War I troop train leaving Hugo, OK, for Camp Travis, TX, March 1918  (21531, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, O...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Cadillac Goes to War

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1918 CADILLAC TYPE 57 - U.S. 1257X Before the Jeep became the standardized and ubiquitous military vehicle, the United States milit...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Remembering World War I in America
Reviewed by David F. Beer

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Remembering World War I in America by Kimberly J. Lamay Licursi University of Nebraska Press, 2018 It's no se...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

100 Years Ago: U.S. 1st Division Attacks Cantigny

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This is the anniversary of America's first offensive operation of the First World War.  It involved the recapture of a tiny village in...
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