A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 4 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his adventures in Turkey beginning with a look at the remains of a French artillery position just inland from Cape Helles. A…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 3 – by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his Dardanelles travelogue. We have already seen the carnage on ‘V’ Beach but misfortune was not exclusive to that short strip of…
The First Canadian Losses of WWII
The first Canadian losses of the Second World War did not take place where or when most people would have expected. Rather than taking place…
Journalistic Integrity Threatened by WWI Restrictions
It is not entirely surprising that a large number of WWI restrictions kept people operating in numerous career fields from working at full capacity. Given…
Fear, French WWI Novel Regains Popularity
The French novel Fear, written during the First World War, has recently grown somewhat in popularity due to the resurgence of many war-era writings. This…
Imperial War Museum Opens Doors
The Imperial War Museum in London has been undergoing millions of dollars in renovations, but is now gearing up to receive visitors once again after…
Continuing Influence of WWI Technology
The growth of WWI technology had astounding implications for the evolution of the Information Age over the course of the decades following the war. Trench…
A WWII Journal Disregards D-Day
The WWII journal left behind by General Sir Miles Dempsey has recently gone under the hammer, and it appears to oddly disregard the Normandy landings…
Pigeon vs Telephone: Which Worked Best In The Trenches of WWI?
The British Army believed that wireless radio and telephones would be good enough to keep the leaders on the battlefield in touch with each other…
Germany Seems To Ignore WWI Centenary
Although Britain has already invested over £50million in public money, for the commemoration of the start of World War I, academics couldn’t hold back from…
Great Granddaughter Visits WWI Somme Tunnel – Digger’s Grave – For The First Time
Sapper William Arthur Lloyd, a Welsh miner from New Broughton, North Wales, joined the 179th Tunneling Company in 1915. In October 1915, he was sent…
Walmart Donates Land to Virgina to Preserve Civil War Battlefield
According to the Hampton Roads: Walmart has donated 50 acres of battlefield to that state of Virginia. This ended a legal battle over a super-store…