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Creating a memorial to the horrors of World War I

Over the past 40 years, memorials to America's 20th century wars have sprung up across Washington, D.C., with one conspicuous omission: There was no national memorial to veterans of World War I in our ...
The Armchair Historian on MSN

Somme: The deadliest battle of World War I

This video explores the Battle of the Somme, one of the deadliest clashes of World War I. Fought in 1916, it became a symbol ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This World War I Plane Has Two Claims to Fame: It Was One of the Deadliest Fighter Aircraft of Its Time, and It Was Flown by Snoopy

Key takeaway: What is a Sopwith Camel? The Sopwith Camel was a famous fighter aircraft during World War I. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane. On October 10, 1965, Snoopy, clad in aviator ...
StoriesAtWar on MSN

Hell in the trenches: The brutal reality of World War I close combat

This part explores the harrowing experiences of soldiers in the trenches of World War I, from the mud-soaked hell of Passchendaele to the desperate hand-to-hand fighting at Verdun and the Somme. It ...
Military Times

Propaganda out of Ukraine conflict is not much different from World War I

The Great War gave rise for the first time to propaganda circulated around the world. Unlike previous wars, however, it was the first time that armies from nations around the globe were locked in ...
American Rifleman

The 'Trench Gun' In World War I

This article, "Give Us More Shotguns!," appeared originally in the May 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict’s Horrors to the Public

An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be ...
Teen Vogue

World War I and Prosthetics: The History of Artificial Limbs in the U.S.

It started as a normal weekend at the lake — no to-do list, no worries, no problems. It ended with a freak accident where a boat propeller damaged three of my four limbs, including my left leg, which ...
archpaper

The National World War I Memorial by Joe Weishaar, Sabin Howard, and GWWO Architects opens in Washington, D.C.

A centerpiece of the new National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. is the sculptural wall at the edge of the reflecting pool designed by Sabin Howard. (Alan Karchmer) The milieu is located in ...
collider

10 Best World War I Epics, Ranked

Jeremy has more than 2200 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...
Time

Why Did World War I Just End?

World War I ended over the weekend. Germany made its final reparations-related payment for the Great War on Oct. 3, nearly 92 years after the country’s defeat by the Allies. That’s not to say that ...