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79Why You Should Be Watching Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey has drawn a following, doubling PBS' average prime-time ratings. What's the allure and why should you start watching?
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78Australian War Songs
I clearly remember the first time I heard The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda - Eric Bogel's poignant ode to the men who were maimed and killed in the Great War and in particular Gallipoli.
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811920
Colourful, exuberant, fun-loving....1920 ushered in a decade of great optimism. It was a time when the rules were broken, new territories explored...when women broke free from many of the sartorial and social restrictions that had plagued their mothers and grandmothers.
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75History of Veterans Day, Armistice Day, November 11
World War I Meuse-Argonne Offensive, possibly the bloodiest battle in U.S. history. World War I, the "War to End All Wars" or "The Great War", included three major armistices (cessation of fighting prior to peace negotiations). The...
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90Women and Fashions of the Early 20th Century - World War I Era - Clothing of 1914 - 1920
Fashions of !914 - 1920 were influenced by World Ward I (The Great War). Women entered the workplace and simpler styles became the trend. A military look became a hot fashion trend and the classic trench coat was introduced. The second season of Downton Abbey is set during this time.
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74The Red Baron: His Life and Legacy
Manfred von Richthofen, known better through history as The Red Baron, is unquestionably the most influential, documented and celebrated wartime pilot than any other in the history of military aviation. Richthofen, in a little less than two years...
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85US History in The 20th Century: 1901 - 1920
This photo is of the Wright Flyer, 1903. The early 20th Century in America is uniquely interesting to me, because of the abundance of its new inventions and the role of my ancestors in advancing the nation to this point in history...
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77Wilfred Owen: Poet in the Horrors of War
The “Great” War –World War One– was possibly the most horrific human conflict in man's history, argued only by the war in Vietnam. Trenches, Gas, slaughter & shell-shock. A war stretching from Russia to France, from Kenya to Britain –not...
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74World War I July Crisis Summary
World War I often gets overshadowed by the more recent World War II, but part of understanding how the second World War even got started is understanding the origins of the first World War. The second World War likely wouldn't have occurred had it...
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74The Birth of the German Freikorps, New Tactics in the Politics of Violence
Following the conclusion of the WWI Germany collapsed politically with the abdication of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. While the new government struggled with communist uprisings a paramilitary force of students, patriots, and soldiers formed under charismatic leaders to keep Germany free from communist oppression.
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