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77Global Warming Science And The Dawn Of Flight
The Wright brothers' "Flyer" takes to the air, 10:35 AM, December 17, 1903. In the middle years of the 1890s, the world was trembling on the brink of breakthroughs and breakdowns, and so was the...
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75Ghost Cavalry of the Great War
Captain Cecil Wightwick left us an account of the strange things that happened between April and August 1918 near Bethune (France), in the middle of an area of front line trenches between the city of Ypres...
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73What If? : Questions in Subjunctive History
What if? All of us (or at least, the most of us) have encountered this question (or theory) sometimes in our lives. Oh yes, we all understand that living in the past has no use, that you cannot drive...
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58First World War Battles – The Tragedy of Fromelles
The Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 was supposed to be a diversionary tactic to deflect German attention and resources from the Battle of the Somme. However, in a night and a day the Australian Imperial Force had the highest rate of casualties that they had ever experienced and the British forces were similarly decimated
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78Postcards illustrate South Africa's contribution to First World War in Africa
When war broke out in Europe in August 1914 the belligerents were all colonial powers with colonies in Africa and so the colonies became embroiled willy-nilly in a war thousands of miles away.
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83We Need the Wobblies Now More Than Ever!
A history of the Industrial Workers of the World, commonly known as "Wobblies," and discussion of current economic issues surrounding the UAW, Teamsters, and other labor unions; in light of the proposed bailout plans.
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78Tracing your relatives World War 1 Records
It is now 90 years since the end of world war one. During November 2008 Ancestry.co.uk are offering free access to the World War 1 records, so you can research your relatives history; War Records - Medals -...
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81World War I Christmas Miracle On the Western Front
On Christmas Day, December 25, 1914, there came a sudden truce during World War I...
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77World's Oldest Man Dies aged 113-Last World War One Veteran Henry Allingham
Henry Allingham the world’s oldest man and last British veteran of the First World War died yesterday, 18th July 2009. His death brought many thoughts to my mind. On a personal level. My Dad who was...
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72In Flanders Fields
The last entry of the First World War poetry series "Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel" is a Special about the most famous poem from the First World War: In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae.
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