A good friend of mine just dropped off a WWI trench periscope for artillery-spotting. (It was sitting in his nephew's barn attic for a few years and...
[I](This is a more extensive version of an answer I gave to an inquiry about a "trench explosion" on the Western Front. The explosion to which he...
No problem, John. History is amazing. It is infinite. I've studied the war extensively since I graduated from college back in 1990, and there are...
I often think that Canada's contribution to the war effort and the sacrifices they made are often overlooked. Canada, at the time, had a population...
I believe that Hemingway's passage in "A Farewell To Arms" about the retreat from Caporetto is an amazing account, even if it is a fictional novel....
If you are interested in the Great War, you may be in search of a good book that gives a brief explanation of causes and effects of the war in more...
Several years ago, I read an article in an archaeology journal that there were plans to build a highway crossing through the Ypres/Messines...
The scale and intensity of Verdun makes the whole thing almost mythological. It is no wonder that legends about it still survive more than 90 years...
I have researched the Battle of Messines rather thoroughly over the past 20 years. Military mining operations go back hundreds of years, and in many...
Historian/author James Stokesbury goes as far as to say that Canada, as a nation, was born on Vimy Ridge, and that the Canadian Army established...
I saw a clip from our daily paper here in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA), that the last American WWI veteran, 109-year-old Frank Buckles, is leading one last...
Were they ANZAC troops? The reason I ask is that the first one listed died in an Australian operation.
Thanks for your warm welcomes! I look forward to good discussions on the war, which most Americans cannot place in time or location(s). With the...
I am a former news journalist and history teacher living in Ohio, USA. While I was unable to serve in the armed forces, I am fascinated by military...
I am a former news journalist and history teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio. I currently work as a freelance writer. While I was unable to serve in the...
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