Roads to the Great War
Monday, May 19, 2025

Fort Hancock, New Jersey vs. U-117 — Did It Happen?

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The Batteries of Fort Hancock Today By James Patton At the tail end of my army service, since I was a short-timer, the army couldn’t send me...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Tsar Nicholas II As War Lord – Video

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

The Times of London Holds Forth on America's Avian Hero Cher Ami

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It is a tale of feathered fearlessness. In October 1918, American infantrymen were trapped behind enemy lines in the forest of Argonne in no...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Kaiser Wilhelm's Fantasy Made Fact: The High Seas Fleet, Part I

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High Seas Fleet on Prewar Maneuvers I had a peculiar passion for the navy. It sprang to no small extent from my English blood. When I was a ...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Some Dandy World War One British Pub Signs

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Britain has a unique heritage in its signage: a record of its history and the people who made it. Inn signs depict everything, from battles ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

When Germany Accepted the 14 Points

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By  Professor A.C. Umbreit, Marquette University By the fall of 1918, the five victory offensives Ludendorff directed in the  first half of ...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

George Sherston's Stay at a Convalescent Hospital

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Siegfried Sassoon's Sketch of His Hospital Ward from His Diary In 1917, Siegfried Sassoon's alter ego in Memoirs of an Infantry Offi...
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Monday, May 12, 2025

Tim Cook on Canadian Trench Raiding and a Raid Too Far

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Canadian Soldiers Training for a Gas Attack Tim Cook is the award-winning Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museu...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Besides France, Did Other Nations Use African Troops on the Western Front?

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European Colonies in Africa, c.1914 By Christian Koller in the 1914-1918 Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War France was...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

"Bless 'em All" Was Already Around for World War I

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One of the most famous and evocative songs of the Second World War, "Bless 'em All" — was around for the Great War. I first he...
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Friday, May 9, 2025

Lonesome Memorials: #12 The Great Frieze at the National World War One Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO.

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These Have Dared Bear the Torches of Sacrifice and Service: Their Bodies Return to Dust But Their Work Liveth for Evermore * Let Us Strive o...
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