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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Letter Home from the Loos Battlefield, September 1915

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From Richard Gilson , 12 May 1915, France. Born: 20 September 1887, Regiment: 4th Seaforth Highlanders, Regiment number: 2076; 200415, Rank:...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A Pair of Aces and a Trey, 1st Lieutenants William P. Erwin, Arthur E. Easterbrook, and Byrne V. Baucom, America’s Top Scoring World War I Observation Pilot and Observers

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By Alan L. Roesler Casemate Publishers, 2023 Terrence J. Finnegan, Reviewer Lietenants. Baucom, Erwin, and Easterbrook,...
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Monday, April 17, 2023

The Reparations Story in a Nutshell

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By James Patton The 1919 Versailles Treaty required the payment of reparations to most of the Allied Powers for causing the war.  No payment...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

A Turkish Historian Answers the Question: What Were the Ottoman's Original War Aims?

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Kaiser Wilhelm II on State Visit to Constantinople, 1913 On Sultan's Left, Enver Pasha Looks On By Mesut Uyar The Decision for War The O...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

War on a Moonscape: Authentic Footage of the Battle of Verdun

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Friday, April 14, 2023

The Economics of the Great War — A Roads Collection

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Skoda Armaments Factory in Pilsen Articles Thoughts on the Economics of World War I How the United States Paid for Its War Effort Lives and ...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Not All the AEF Was Inexperienced

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By R.L. Hillman, III  The U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Regiment would enter the war as one of America's most  experienced and honored fo...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Front Line on a Glacier: The Marmolada

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North Glacier on the Marmolada By Richard Galli The highest mountain in the Dolomite range of the Alps at 3342 meters, the Marmolada (marmal...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Bloody April 1917: The Birth of Modern Air Power

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By James S. Corum Osprey, 2022 Michael Hanlon, Reviewer Discussions of the air war over the We...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Lonesome Memorials: #2 The Signpost and Boroević's Throne

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On the Carso Plateau of the Italian Front on an old military road within the Austro-Hungarian sector stand two monuments side-by-side.  On t...
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Sunday, April 9, 2023

An Easter Truce, 1916

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German troops celebrating Easter in their dugout in the Champagne, 8 April 1917 Dr. Emma Hanna As we approach Easter I’m sure I’m not the on...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Remembering a Veteran: Pvt. Marcelino Serna, 89th Division, AEF

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Marcelino Serna, Home from the War Private Marcelino Serna (26 April 1896–29 February 1992) was a Mexican who enlisted as an American soldie...
Friday, April 7, 2023

America's Biggest Battle: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive—A Roads Collection

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Articles Facts About the Meuse-Argonne Offensive At Bois de Borrus the Night Before the Meuse-Argonne Opened Meuse-Argonne Photos from the A...
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