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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Soldiers and Gentlemen: A History of the University and Public Schools Brigade of the Royal Fusiliers 1914–1918

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To Order This Work Click HERE By Colin W. Taylor Helion & Company, 2024 Reviewed by David F. Beer It is heart breaking now to see the po...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Lonesome Memorial #9: Cobbers Statue at the Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles

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Cobbers Dedicated in 1998, the Australian Memorial Park Commemorates the Australians killed during the 1916 Battle of Fromelles. Located at ...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

How the Germans Received the Armies of Occupation

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  British troops entering Malmédy—the town, then still German territory, would become Belgian in 1919 By Edward Wright A Sabbath peace was o...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

The Lochnagar Mine Crater — Visible from 438 Miles in Space

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Click on Images to Enlarge The Crater on a July 1st Commemoration Day On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, a  charge of 60,000 lbs (...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Italy's Ultra-Dramatic War Posters

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There was such an enthusiastic response to my recent article on my favorite war posters that I thought I might share some other interesting ...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Eyewitness: What a Preacher Saw under Fire

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Chaplain Karl Reiland About My Great Uncle Karl Reiland by Garth Gustafson My Uncle Karl was born on 23 October 1872 in Brooklyn and died 12...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Evaluating the Early Performance of the AEF

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U.S. Officer Observing Artillery Fire at Cantigny (1st Division Operation) By Mark E. Grotelueschen When General Ludendorff launched Operati...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

News About the National World War One Museum's 2024 Symposium: War and Morality, 15–16 November 2024

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The Museum's Annual Symposium this year can be experienced ONLINE , but attendance in-person at the museum is also possible The 2024 Dig...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Veterans Day 2024: Our Correspondent's Report from the National World War One Memorial

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Courtland at the "Return" Section of A Soldier's Journey From Correspondent Courtland Jindra For roughly ten years I had close...
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Sunday, November 10, 2024

"O Valiant Hearts"—The Remembrance Day Hymn

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British Regimental Memorial, Newcastle James Patton The iconic hymn sung each year on Remembrance Day (11 November), particularly at Church ...
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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Weapons of War: World War One and the Evolution of the Assault Rifle

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U.S. M-16, Introduced 1964 By Michael Shurkin The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet ...
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