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WWI Outbreak Undermined by Newspaper Formats

Ian Harvey
WWI outbreak

The WWI outbreak would sound to most people as if it would have been the top story for any newspaper in 1914. It was certainly…

Brighton Pavilion During the First World War

Ian Harvey
Brighton Pavilion

Built in the late eighteenth century, Brighton Pavilion is a fairly lavish structure. While it may not be quite as ornamental, one would not be…

Salute to these Ten Heroic Women of WWI!

In line with the Great War’s 100th-year anniversary, let us take our hats off to these ten heroic women of WWI! These recondite figures –…

Effects of the Nomonhan Incident on WWII Japan

Ian Harvey
Nomonhan Incident

The Nomonhan Incident was the climax of rising tensions between Japan and the Soviet Union shortly before the beginning of the Second World War. The…

Journalistic Integrity Threatened by WWI Restrictions

Ian Harvey
WWI restrictions

It is not entirely surprising that a large number of WWI restrictions kept people operating in numerous career fields from working at full capacity. Given…

WWI Lords: How the Lord Brothers Fought in the Great War and Went Home Alive

The Lord brothers beat incalculable odds when all eight of them fought in the Great War and returned home alive in what could be WWI’s literal…

Goodbye, Edmund Purser, British WWII Hero Who Led First D-Day Landing Craft Ashore (1919-2014)

WWII veteran Edmund Purser, a British WWII hero who led the first landing craft ashore on Sword Beach during the D-Day Landings and was ‘mentioned…

WWII Veterans of the 449th Bomb Group Revisit the WWII Plane They Flew

25 WWII veterans of the 449th Bomb Crew were united once again after almost 30 years. Before the doors of the National Museum of the…

Soldier Who Found Hitler’s Hat dies

Ian Harvey
Hitler’s hat

A man who discovered Hitler’s hat in 1945 has recently passed away. The man in question, Richard Marowitz, was eighty-eight years of age at the…

John Courtney Revealed as the First Australian Soldier to Die during WWI

When researchers recently discovered that the first Australian soldier to die in the Great War is John Courtney, this information snippet holds to change WWI…

The Great War Outbreak in Rare Footage

The Telegraph shares a rare vintage reel which captures the Great War outbreak. Starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which occurred on June 1914…

Digging freedom’s well – Aviation veteran’s career spans nearly four decades, three wars

Like so many young men who have tried their hand at a higher education, Al Nichols made the decision to leave his studies at Lincoln…