During World War I, cats were used in the trenches to boost morale
The Great War was such a difficult time, some soldiers [...]
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 [...]
A Chicago Doughboy’s Postcard from France
Paul Kurowski Nothing makes history more interesting than [...]
Mercy Dogs: Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying On the Battlefields of World War I
Over 16 million total animals were in service during the [...]
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators
Several years ago I spent quite a bit of time [...]
The Christmas Party at Camp Upton 1918
Telephone Operators Quartered in U. S. Army Barracks Transform Their [...]
In World War I, France started to build a fake Paris to confuse German bombers
Just after noon on August 30, 1914, about a month [...]
The Great War Atrocity That Changed War Crimes Prosecutions Forever
I first encountered the story of His Majesty’s Hospital Ship [...]
Eugene Bullard, pioneering African-American aviator who flew for France in World War I
The first African-American combat pilot flew not for his country, [...]
The Forgotten African-American Regiments of World War I
Over 380,000 African-American troops served in World War One according [...]
