Slate.com reports: No soldiers survive the first Great War. But the author of The Last of the Doughboys talked to some of the last vets before they passed. This is an excerpt from Richard Rubin’s The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War, the story of a decade-long odyssey to recover the stories of the forgotten world war. Rubin interviewed [...]
A new website, described as a “Facebook for the Fallen”, will create an online profile for each of the eight million men and women who served in uniform during the First World War. The project is being launched by the Imperial War Museum in time for next year’s centenary of the outbreak of the conflict. It will bring together material [...]
facts.randomhistory.com Reports: Germans were the first to use flamethrowers in WWI. Their flamethrowers could fire jets of flame as far as 130 feet (40 m).c More than 65 million men from 30 countries fought in WWI. Nearly 10 million died. The Allies (The Entente Powers) lost about 6 million soldiers. The Central Powers lost about 4 million.f There were over 35 [...]
townsvillebulletin.com.au reports: THE World War I deeds of Australian miners turned army sappers will be commemorated in Belgium thanks to Ross Thomas, their Townsville champion. Mr Thomas, a mine manager and executive producer of the film Beneath Hill 60, has paved the way for a memorial to the Australian Mining Corps in the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, near Ypres. He [...]
This new visual interactive timeline and map is the latest in digital initiatives released by ABMC. It is designed to allow the user to view the key events of World War I across time or geography. Free to all users via the ABMC Multimedia Web Page it’s a strong tool for helping students or history buffs understand the key events of World [...]
Keighleynews reports: With next year marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, an Oakworth resident has once again returned to the diary of his grandfather, who fought in some of the war’s most horrific battles. Bernard Morant was just a teenager when he first set off to fight in the Great War, and began a diary [...]
The Guardian Reports: A row has broken out over the Government’s plans to mark the centenary of the First World War as ministers have been accused of doing “too little, too late” to commemorate the 1914-1918 conflict. Historians and campaigners have also criticised the tone of the plans unveiled so far; they believe politicians and officials are focusing too much [...]
As part of the final throes of the British Army’s Arras offensive, a renewed attempt was made to secure the fortified village of Bullecourt in the period 3-17 May. The Australian 2nd Division (5th and 6th Brigades) and the British 62nd Division attacked at 3.45 am on 3 May 1917. The Australians penetrated the German line but met determined opposition [...]
Photos, letters and other memorabilia It was the war that tore Europe apart – a struggle between the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, against the allied powers of Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Italy and the USA. No European nation was left untouched – even neutral states felt the impact of the war. But it was the ordinary men [...]
Within a week of war breaking out in August 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared American neutrality. For the next nine months, America was virtually unaffected by the conflict. On May 7, 1915, the British liner Lusitania en route from New York to Liverpool was sunk by a torpedo fired by a German submarine in complete contravention of international law and [...]
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The Last of the World War I Vets SpeakMay 25, 2013
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P-51Pilot Who Flew Last Combat Mission of WWIIMay 25, 2013
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75 Interesting Facts About WW1May 24, 2013
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Dornier 17 – The Flying PencilMay 24, 2013
One careful owner, canon included: German Armored Car discovered in drug dealer’s back garden during police raid is auctioned off for £5,000May 24, 2013
The Pursuit of Bismarck & the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood (72 years ago today)May 24, 2013
WWII vet gets ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ from Japan’s ambassadorMay 24, 2013
Former Cold War bunker passes through redemption periodMay 24, 2013
When Pets Get Drafted: The Bizarre History of Animal SoldiersMay 24, 2013
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