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WWI Faces: From Hockey Players to WWI Heroes (Part 1)

These young men looked dazzling in their hockey uniforms and even looked older than their actual years. They were cadets and were among the first…

WWI Trenches Revived for Upcoming Great War’s Centenary

Heziel Pitogo

August 4, 2014 will mark the 100th year of World War I’s beginning. As part of the Great War’s centenary event, trenches which were used…

WWI’s Battle of the Somme: JRR Tolkien’s Unlikely Inspiration for His ‘Middle Earth’

  The Telegraph reports: JRR Tolkien or John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the Father of Modern Fantasy Literature, is well-known for his fantasy work “Middle Earth”…

Medals: Living Story Books of Anonymous War Heroes

Heziel Pitogo

When others collect real automobiles – vintage or new – or remote-controlled cars and other toys or even comic books, Alex Coulson collects First World…

All quiet on the Western front: Germans want to forget WWI

Berlin’s Historical Museum got the shockingly small collection of the World War I exhibits. After going through a lot of displays on the grand progress…

This WWI Centennial, Give Way to Anti-War Ideals

The centenary celebration for the First World War is fast approaching — in 2014. And contradictory to what its detractors believe that it will just…

WWI Gallipoli Springs to Life in Decrepit Photos

The old photographs made the grim reality of World War I look so real — grubby trenches packed with equally dirty soldiers…juvenile Diggers carrying equipment…

‘Schindler’s List’ Author Penned New WWI Novel

The Daughters of Mars is the new novel penned down by Schindler’s List and Confederates author, Thomas Keneally. And just like his previous works, his new book is a powerfully…