8 Great WWI Movies in Honor of the Great War’s Centenary
Here are 8 great war movies in honor of the Centenary of the First World War. 1. J’accuse (1919) The first in our list of…
The 100th Anniversary Of The Watery Grave of Lord Horatio Kitchener
June 5th, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Lord Kitchener One of the most iconic images from WWI is the recruitment poster…
The Lost Tommies in Colour
In 2011 a team of researchers, led by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart, made an incredible discovery. They uncovered a collection of hundreds of photographs from…
The long march to Equality – African Americans in the US Military
The term “Buffalo Soldier” refers to African-American soldiers that served in the US Army. At first, the African-Americans fought in the late stages of the…
Canadian War Museum Pulled up for Salute Error
Army expert and military veteran Terry Hunter was wandering around the World War Women exhibit at the Canadian War Museum when he noticed a poster…
New eye-witness account sheds light on who killed the Red Baron
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, was a feared and celebrated German fighter pilot during WWI. He was considered an…
Battlefield 1: New Game Set in The Great War – Watch Their Awesome Trailer!
Big budget FPS (first person shooter) games used to be all about the epic WWII, Medal of Honor, Battlefield 1942, Call of Duty; they all…
Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach
On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…
Top 10 Disturbing War History Urban Legends
There’s a grain of truth in every urban legend and with that said, here are ten disturbing urban legends that rose up throughout the history…
6 Brutal Forms of Military Discipline from History
However hard they are trained, all armies face some problems with discipline. Anything from shirking tedious duties to running on a bloodthirsty rampage can undermine…
SERBIA AND THE BALKAN FRONT, 1914 – The Outbreak of the Great War – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is an accessible, detailed, readable and thoroughly researched book. It is a clear analysis of the Serbs in 1914 and of their early war…
Turkey marks the 101st anniversary of the WWI Battle of Gallipoli
The 101st anniversary of the Gallipoli naval battle of WWI has been marked by commemoration events in Turkey. The Turkish military and the country’s senior…