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Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later.
News; World; In remembering World War I, world warned of resurging ‘old demons’ Nov. 11, 2018 Updated Sun., Nov. 11, 2018 at 3:28 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects by the ...
A series of posters — on display at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., until Sept. 15 — designed by the Army to show America’s discharged soldiers how they ...
2. “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” — Ernest Hemingway, 1946. Hemingway was 18 years old when he volunteered to be an ambulance driver for WWI.
A World War I German Albatross is displayed at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York, in 2014. A replica of a Fokker D.VIII plane, used by Germany in World War I, was involved ...
During World War I, ... One newspaper was selling 75,000 copies each day just in the German language. You could go to cities like Hoboken, N.J., and the city would be almost entirely German.
Embarked for France. 1917. Western Newspaper Union. (War Dept.) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 165-WW-289C-7 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 462 World War I transformed America's Army from a 19th ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1914, with the war in Europe just two weeks old, Henry James knew that something had been lost forever. "Black and hideous to me is the tragedy that gathers, and ...
During World War I, the National Geographic Society began producing original maps that gave readers context for the events around the globe.
The First World War was instigated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but it’s no small miracle that a general European war didn’t happen earlier. Here are 7 international ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Adam Ehrlich Sachs about his new novel "Gretel and the Great War." The book follows a young girl in Vienna at the end of World War I.