Roads to the Great War
Saturday, November 10, 2018

10 November 1918: Capt. Harry Truman's Letter to Bess

›
Capt. Harry Truman, Battery D., 129th F.A., 35th Division [Somewhere in France] Dear Bess: November 10, 1918 . . . I am still h...
3 comments:
Friday, November 9, 2018

How Finland Gained Its Independence

›
From "The Baltic States from 1914 to 1923: The First World War and the Wars of Independence,"  Lt. Col. Andrew Parrott, Baltic ...
1 comment:
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Recommended: A Hundred Years After the Armistice, from the New Yorker

›
From: New Yorker , 5 November 2018 With Photos and Illustrations from Steve Miller By Adam Hochschild For millions of so...
1 comment:
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

100 Years Ago: The False Armistice

›
False Armistice By William Bryk Presented in the New York Sun , 10 November 2004 Published 7 November 1918 Few recall the prematur...
3 comments:
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Voices from the Past: Armistice 1918
Reviewed by James M. Gallen

›
Voices from the Past: Armistice 1918 by Paul Kendall Frontline Books, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books, 2017 Men...
1 comment:
Monday, November 5, 2018

The AEF Purchased Its Guns and Ammo from the Allies

›
A Battery of 155mm Howitzers of the AEF at Soissons The priority for the Allies was fresh manpower, and the available shipping was...
2 comments:
Sunday, November 4, 2018

In the Doughboys' Own Words: Fighting the Big Battles

›
From In Their Own Words at the Doughboy Center Second Battle of the Marne Engineers of the 3rd Division Building a Bridge for Cro...
Saturday, November 3, 2018

Remembering a Veteran: “The Angel of Siberia,” Nurse Elsa Brändström, Swedish Red Cross

›
Elsa Brändström By James Patton Elsa Brändström (1888–1948) is famous for her work to improve the conditions for Central Powers ...
4 comments:
Friday, November 2, 2018

American Money During World War I

›
(Click on Images to Enlarge) U.S. $50 Gold Certificate Alone among the major combatant nations, the U.S. was able to maintain th...
Thursday, November 1, 2018

100 Years Ago: Turkey Capitulates

›
British Advances Against Ottoman Forces Shown with Shaded Areas After the overwhelming defeats which the Turkish armies had suffer...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Baseball and the Great War

›
In the WW1 Centennial Commission's News Podcast, Episode 93 (12 October), host Theo Mayer spoke with Jim Leeke, author of the bo...
1 comment:
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in World War I
Reviewed by David F. Beer

›
Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in World War I by Geoffrey Wawro Basic Books, 2018...
10 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.