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84Dulce Et Decorum Est...
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a World War I Poem by Wilfred Owen. His portrayal of the reality of war is graphic in a time when it was considered "glorious" to die for your country. It's a powerful piece and my favorite World War I poem.
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82World War 1 Women At War
Before the outbreak of World War One in 1914 a woman's role in the workplace was quite restricted, jobs for women consisted mainly of domestic labor, nursing, teaching, and agriculture if their family owned...
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85The Candle in the Window
From earliest times to the present home has always been more than a simple shelter from the elements. Home also represents family and loved ones as well as a place where its members are always welcome. What...
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80World War 1 The Cost of War
From the first gunshot fired in anger in 1914 until the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month in 1918, The Great War took its toll on human life. Of the 65 million men who fought in World War 1: ...
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83Oxford University World War I Poetry Digital Archive - A Site Worth Visiting
November 14, 2009 Horrible as it was, World War I inspired a generation of writers and poets. While they probably would have ultimately been drafted into the war as a result of Great Britain eventually...
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77HMS Dreadnought: The Ship That Sparked an Arms Race
Imagine a weapon which was so powerful that its mere existence rendered all other weapons of its kind obsolete. What would be the response? Catch up or lose your position forever. This was the scramble...
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80HMHS Britannic - Titanic's Unlucky Sister
The RMS Britannic was the younger sister of the Titanic, and was the third Olympic class liner built by the White Star Line. She shares something in common with her older sister, Titanic: She did not carry...
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66The aftermath of World War I
World War I was one of the most gruesome war that happened in europe and some other parts of the world. The war took many lives and uses any form of weaponry to win superiority in the war. Now what happen...
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65A Poet of the Great War: Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier. He is regarded by many as the leading poet of "the Great War". His work is shocking and realistic with its focus upon the horrors of...
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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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