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WWI Out Of The Trenches And Into Perspective: The Great War YouTube Project

By Paul K. DiCostanzo Managing Editor – The Good News Review Between the years 1918 and 1939, humanity only knew the First World War as…

Memories recovered – Memories of WWI veteran unearthed at Jefferson City antique store

By Jeremy P. Ämick Military history can be uncovered in the most unexpected locations, as demonstrated by a recent visit to a Jefferson City antique…

Footballer of Loos – Story Of An Audacious Action By A British Rifleman in WW1

The age-old notion of shell shock or as it is euphemistically called the battle fatigue has always been most misunderstood phenomenon of modern warfare. Soldiers…

VOICES FROM THE FRONT – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne

I want to let Peter Hart tell you what his excellent new book is about: “This is an oral history of the British military involvement…

10 Things You May Not Know About World War I

World War I was fought from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Because many of the combatants had colonies and alliances beyond the continent, it…

The Red Baron – Separating Truth From Fiction – By Ryan Clauser

  During World War I a scarlet triplane terrorized the skies over France. This image is one that many people conjure when they think of…

Canadian WWI Veteran Was Wounded at Gallipoli Later At Ypres Then His Evac Ship Was Sunk By U-Boat And He Was Taken POW

John Joseph Ryan was a Canadian veteran of both World War One and World War Two. He was born in 1896 in Canada and became…

The Horses, Mules and Donkeys That Fought in World War One

Animals of war have been a core part of military campaigns for hundreds of years. Even during the Spanish Armada’s attempted attack on Britain, they…

I hear you have captured the whole German army “No Sir, only 132”

Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…

Two Tigers By Tom Marshall

Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his…

When Circus Elephants Went Farming During World War One

When World War One began the men and horses of Europe were transported to the frontline, leaving behind few people or animals to toil the…

10 Facts You Did Not Know About The First Allied Victory of World War One

The Battle of Mt. Cer was the first Allied victory of World War One, taking place between 12-24 August 1914, during which the numerically inferior…