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Missing from chapters on World War One in most U.S. textbooks is the name of Edward Mandell Stone, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate from Chicago who made history with his death as a machine gunner ...
The BBC’s World War One Centenary season is unlike any other season the BBC has undertaken, not least because of its scale. With programming and events spanning the four years from 2014-2018 ...
Germany had high hopes of winning World War One - especially after astonishing advances early in 1918. Martin Kitchen explains how, despite these victories, Germany fell apart, how the blame game ...
As the guns fell silent in 1918, World War 1 victors all agreed on one thing: Germany must pay. Indian soldiers in France going to sacrifice a sheep and a goat.(Alamy Stock Photo) ...
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, CNN Sport looks at the instrumental role horses had in the Allies’ war effort.
After the start of World War One the “Commission for Relief of Belgium” (CRB) was established with Herbert Hoover, a wealthy industrialist living in London at the time, as Chairman. Herbert Hoover, ...
On this Veterans Day, we take a look back at the life of Fred Norton, a three-sport star at Ohio State who went on to give his life for his country in World War I.
In early 2020, Philippe Newlin, a ... With the bottle in hand, they wondered whether they could build a World War II-era dinner around it. They spoke with a few other collectors and the dinner, ...
The BBC’s World War One Centenary season is unlike any other season the BBC has undertaken, not least because of its scale. With programming and events spanning the four years from 2014-2018 ...