Roads to the Great War
Sunday, March 20, 2022

Scouts Find the Way at St. Mihiel, Part I

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Helmet of the 26th Yankee Division By Ben B. Fischer, Originally Presented 12 June 2006 on HistoryNet Part I While scouting for the 26th ...
Saturday, March 19, 2022

The Greatest Designer of Corporate Logos Was a World War I Veteran

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  Designer Raymond Loewy was a an engineering officer in the French Army who served at Verdun.  He came to America and found his new career ...
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Friday, March 18, 2022

Interesting New Research on PTSD, #2

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  Closer Threats Inspire a More Primitive  Kind of Fear British WWI Dressing Station with Some Soldiers Showing Symptoms of PTSD Source: Duk...
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Thursday, March 17, 2022

Dominic Lieven Says, "World War I turned on the fate of Ukraine"

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Kiev During the War Professor Dominic Lieven, Cambridge University As much as anything, World War I turned on the fate of Ukraine. To an Eng...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

After Gallipoli: The Balkans Heat Up

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Soldiers of Four Allied Nations, Salonika Front, Early War The war in the Balkans was anything but simplistic, either then or now. The “fron...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

With Winston Churchill at the Front: Winston in the Trenches

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By Andrew Dewar Gibb Frontline Books (2016); Pen & Sword, (2021) Anne Steele, Reviewer Churchill with Allied Officer...
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Monday, March 14, 2022

The Stokes Gunners by Ivor Gurney

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Study for A Trench Mortar Firing at Evening by John Nash The Stokes Gunners When Fritz and we were nearly on friendly terms— Of mornings, fu...
Sunday, March 13, 2022

Recommended: Mark Steyn on George M. Cohan's "Over There"

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  George M. Cohan If you're a fan of Mark Steyn's commentary on current events like I am, you probably know that he also has a music...
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Saturday, March 12, 2022

First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWI: Lieutenant Willis W. Bradley, USN, USS Pittsburgh

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WWI The first Medal of Honor recipient during World War I was a naval officer from North Dakota. On 23 July 1917, Lt. Willis W. Bradley undo...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Franchet d'Espèrey: Hero of the Marne and Victor of the Balkans

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Early Career General Louis Felix Marie Francois Franchet d'Espèrey (1856–1942) had the most misleading nickname ("Desperate Frankie...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Çanakkale Martyrs' Hospital Museum at Alçıtepe (Krithia)

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  Alçıtepe, known during the Gallipoli campaign by its former name, Krithia, is a small village on a commanding high plateau in the Eceabat ...
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