WWI

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• 5/24/2020
  

  A Memorial Day Lament for Capt. Wilfred Owen, Sgt. Joyce Kilmer, and the Needless Dead of Foolish Wars

  by Walter G. Moss

  The horrific scale of slaughter in the first World War can be understood, ironically, through the tragedy of a single lost life. Walter Moss considers the deaths of two poets in France.

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• 11/10/19
  

  The World War I Battle That Didn't End with Armistice Day: Hunger

  by William Lambers

  Even after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ending World War One, American soldiers were carrying out heroic missions. Lieutenant Orville C. Bell and officers in the American Relief Administration saved civilians in Montenegro from starvation. 

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  12-13-2018
  

  Scientists Think They've Solved the Century-Old Mystery of Why a Navy Warship Suddenly Sank Off New York

  The USS San Diego was sailing to New York on July 19, 1918, when an external explosion near the engine room shook the armored cruiser. Within minutes, the 500-foot warship began to capsize.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-25-18
  

  Keeping WWI Alive for New Generations

  Through its immersive experiences, dramatic videos, and impressively encyclopedic collection of artifacts on display in its permanent exhibition, the National World War I Museum explodes the nuances of The Great War.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  11-13-18
  

  Trump Ridicules French for Losses in World Wars

  He says the U.S. had to rescue them.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-10-18
  

  Can Europe’s Liberal Order Survive as the Memory of War Fades?

  As leaders commemorate the end of WWI, some of the same forces that threatened democracy and peace 100 years ago are resurgent today.

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• 11/10/18
  

  It's Time We Remember the Harlem Hellfighters

  by Eric V. Tait, Jr.

  Like the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in WW 2, the Hellfighters deserve to be remembered for their heroism in the face of racist attacks in WW 1.

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• 11/8/18
  

  Damon Runyon’s World War I

  by Edward G. Lengel

  What the famed newspaperman learned about his own country when he went abroad to cover the war.

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• 11/8/18
  

  The Great War’s Unfinished Agenda

  by David Del Testa

  We went to war to resist threats to democracy. Once again democracy is threatened today.

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• 11/8/18
  

  100 Years Ago Woodrow Wilson Made Several Disastrous Decisions

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  These suggest that his near-great ranking among the American presidents should be a matter of debate.

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• 11/8/18
  

  The Tragic Mistake the Diplomats at Versailles Made After the End of World War I 100 Years Ago

  by Christine Haynes

  They forgot to heed the lessons of the 19th century round of peace talks that ended the Napoleonic wars.

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• SOURCE: Radio Free Europe
  11-4-18
  

  World Leaders Gather In France To Commemorate End Of WWI

  A weeklong series of commemorations has begun in France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, with some 80 world leaders expected to attend.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  10-30-18
  

  A century on from WW1, 100 years of work remains to clear munitions

  Bomb disposal experts are still digging up munitions sunk in the killing fields of eastern France — and it could be another 100 years before they are done.

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• SOURCE: CBC News
  10-15-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: WWI documentary colorizes battle scenes

  It was produced by Peter Jackson, the "Lord of the Rings” director.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  9-26-18
  

  Everything You Know About How World War I Ended Is Wrong

  by Geoffrey Wawro

  The American role in the First World War is one of the great stories of the American Century, and yet it has largely vanished from view.

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• 10/14/18
  

  What Captain Harry Truman Learned When He Was in Combat During World War 1

  by D. M. Giangreco

  Until now we didn’t know.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-12-18
  

  How ‘Hyphenated Americans’ Won World War I

  by Geoffrey Wawro

  Nearly a quarter of the men sent to fight in Europe in 1918 were foreign-born.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7-24-18
  

  FBI brought down foreign agents in the past

  by Douglas M. Charles

  In the first and second world wars, the FBI effectively uprooted foreign influence campaigns. Today, the agency faces an uphill battle.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5-25-18
  

  Stanley Baldwin asked Britain’s rich to help pay off the national debt after World War I – but it didn’t work

  by Kevin Stagg

  The issue is in the news as the government decides what to do about a donation made in 1927 to pay off the national debt.

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• 4-16-18
  

  The Awful War to End All Wars: Now on Display

  by Bruce Chadwick

  The Minnesota exhibit is touring various large museums across the country. Go see it!