English “living museum” to feature replica of World War I trenches
A replica of World War I trenches will be built in the English countryside to serve as “living museum” of the Great War. The replicated…
Sometimes Living Was Worse Than Dying for Soldiers Who Survived the Front Lines
A compassionate World War 1 nurse, Winifred Kenyon, did all she could for the many wounded soldiers she treated every day. For some, all…
Birth Place of the Infamous WWI Double Agent, Mata Hari, is Burned to the Ground in Fire
Straits Times reports: Saturday evening, October 19, 2013, Leeuwarden’s mayor, Andries Ekhart reported that five homes and 3 shops were destroyed during a blaze. As…
A man with a mission to search for missing Australian casualties during the Battle of Mouquet
Dennis Frank is on a mission. He wishes to raise $38,000 to fund the search and recovery of the missing bodies of Australian diggers in…
WWI battlefield images to create a gateway to historic landscapes of the Great War
Photographs of battlefields during the World War I are in exhibit in a gallery show in Westminster Hall in Britain for the first time. After…
Proper Burial and Ceremony in the Works for Three WWI Soldiers Who Were Found 100 Years After the End of The War
Nearly 100 years after the first world war, archeologists found the remains of three World War One soldiers buried under a railway line. The soldiers…
The World War I Ghosts of Verdun Continue to Haunt the French Psyche
Verdun is one of the battlefields that hosted brutal encounters between the Allies and Axis Powers during the World War I. Yet, it is the…
Jeremy Paxman Calls The Showing of ‘Blackadder’ to Teach Students About WWI, “Plain Stupid”
Journalist and broadcaster, Jeremy Paxman, calls the teaching of World War 1 by showing episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth “plain stupid”. When he spoke at…