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What The World Would Look Like If World War I Never Happened
World War I was the product of Europe's principal powers forging webs of alliances, pledging to defend one another in the event any were invaded. These competing networks, combined with long-standing ethnic and border rivalries, exploded [...]
The Impacts Of World War I That Are Still Felt Today
It's been more than a century since World War I started and ended, but the effects of the conflict can still be seen across the 21st-century geo-political landscape 2024 marks the 110th anniversary of the [...]
During World War I, cats were used in the trenches to boost morale
The Great War was such a difficult time, some soldiers sought out the assistance and comfort of four-legged friends — including cats, who were used in the trenches to boost morale. Dogs, homing pigeons, foxes, [...]
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 Great War. In the agony of trench warfare and no man’s land, the sound of a skitter and a wet nose — typically a rat, doubled [...]
How World War I soldiers gave America the wristwatch
World War I led to a revolution in timepiece technology. World War I is largely remembered for mud, trenches, and barbed wire, but it also marked a significant turning point in the history of timepieces. [...]
What the 1920s Can Teach Us About Creativity: Lessons from the Post-WWI Jazz Age Revolution
The 1920s, commonly known as the Roaring Twenties, serve as a rich source of insight into the power of creativity following a period of significant strife. After World War I, a wave of relief and [...]
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 studying the early 1900s through WWI. I read nonfiction and fiction about and from that era. So I was fascinated when I discovered Switchboard Soldiers: A [...]
The Christmas Party at Camp Upton 1918
Telephone Operators Quartered in U. S. Army Barracks Transform Their Home at Upton Into a Santa Claus Paradise CAMP UPTON!" called the conductor. The train came to a standstill, wheezing and coughing as its burden [...]
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, but for France. Born in the segregated south of the United States at the turn of the 20th century, Eugene Bullard moved to Paris and [...]
