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88Life in the Trenches, the Great War
Trench warfare and construction dates back as far as Roman time, two opposing forces become locked in a stalemate on the front line separated by a stretch of land between their fortifications. It was a gruelling, long drawn out hard fight in which many casualties were taken on both sides. A detailed look at the daily life of a serving soldier stationed at the front lines during World War 1.
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87World War 1 Flying Aces: ANZAC s who tamed the skies above the trenches in ww1.
World War 1 Flying Aces: ANZACs who tamed the skies above the trenches in WW 1; by Pearldiver. The boys from DownUnder who volunteered to fight for King and Country, in far away places. To an entire generation of young men, army recruiters sold...
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84The Origins Of World War 1
There were many issues in Europe during the early part of last century that made Europe a very volatile place. These issues coupled with some major and not so major events contributed greatly to the...
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84The Lost Battalion of World War I
It's like something out of a really depressing movie-- 600 soldiers surrounded by a much larger enemy force, pinned down in a ravine.and forced to dig deeper and deeper foxholes in order to protect themselves...
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84Canada in the First World War - Vimy Ridge
Before the Canadians Vimy Ridge marks the western end of the Douai Plain in northern France. It lies west of the village of Vimy and was briefly occupied by the Germans in September of 1914 until they were driven off by the French. Recognizing...
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82Comparison of selected WWI & WWII Poetry
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80World War 1 History: Russian Wolves, Business As Usual and War Horses
Here are three short pieces about relatively unknown events related to World War 1. The first is about wolves on the Eastern Front; the second is about the armaments business; the third is about horses in the war.
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81What Became of Carpathia?
Carpathia rescued the survivors of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. But what happened to this vessel afterwards?
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81World War 1 History: Winston Churchill in the Trenches
Winston Churchill, future Prime Minister of Great Britain, spent six months in the Western Front during World War I following his resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty after the disaster at Galipoli. He spent most of that time with his battalion, the 6th Royal Scots in the front lines.
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82The Candle in the Window
Sitting at the corner of Fort Hill and North Main Street in the small City of Canandaigua, New York is a stately old home with a candle glowing perpetually in its right front window. An electric candle has replaced the original wax candle that a mother lit for her son when he left to fight in World War I. The candle was to remain burning in the window until the soldier returned. It still glows today almost a century since that son departed for war.
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