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Alvin York, Who Single-Handedly Captured 132 Enemy Soldiers In World War One

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…

Here Is Why It Took So Long For WWI To Be Turned Into A Game (Watch)

Let’s take a look at this video which explains why on earth was WWI so poorly exploited in the gaming industry for so long.  There…

The Lion of Africa: Paul von Lettow Vorbeck: Germany’s WW1 Guerilla Commander In East Africa

In March of 1919, while Germany was recovering from its defeat in the First World War, its people starving and its army in ruins, a…

The Strangest Images of the First World War

A random collection of some of the strangest images we could find from Word War I. It features men, vehicles, weapons, and unique moments! Trench…

The Commander Of The Lost Battalion From The Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Colonel Charles White Whittlesey earned his fame when he was a major in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force. He led a battalion…

How Erwin Rommel Earned Germany’s Highest Honor, as a Mere Lieutenant

Erwin Rommel was undoubtedly one of the finest generals of the Second World War, his strategic mind and patient approach led his men to victory…

Aviation Museum Gets Restored WW1-Era Plane as Centerpiece of New Collection

Bob Cromwell, the manager of Pearson Air Museum, helped reassemble a vintage aircraft that will serve as the centerpiece of their new collection. The aircraft…

The Most Gigantic Explosions of The First World War

One of the common techniques used in warfare during the First World War was mining. There were various mines planted under trenches, then detonated to…

The Evacuation of Gallipoli, The Brilliant End To A Disastrous Campaign

To Europeans, Britons, Canadians, and Americans, stories of World War I often focus on the great battles of the Western Front like the Somme, Ypres,…

10 Of The Weirdest Facts From The First World War – A Fake Paris Was Built To Fool The Germans!

Some of the weirdest facts from WWI, the French built a fake Paris to confuse German Night bombers, a pigeon that saved almost 200 American…

Intimate and Rare Diary of Brave WWI Nurse To Be Auctioned

The heart-rending and enthralling diary of a volunteer nurse named Katy Beaufoy, who showed great valor, tenderness, and resolve during her duties in World War…

VC: In WWI Horace Augustus Curtis Charged The Enemy Trenches, Capturing 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry

Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in…