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A Soldier’s Heart: Love Amid the Great War
Sometimes intense situations in life can lead to completely new tracks. I was reading digitized old Swedish newspapers from the period between 1914 to 1921, to scan them for interesting information about Swedish born [...]
The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI
At 3:10 a.m. on July 4, 1918, American soldiers climbed out of their trenches in northern France. Most had never seen combat before. They had arrived in Europe weeks earlier. Now they were attacking [...]
What are medals and citations compared to be brave in your eyes of your comrades?
Today, during their Swedish military education as conscripts, the soldiers use to point out a soldier who has been an exceptional good comrade or a soldier who have done something special worth mentioning. They [...]
The Legacy of WWI Photography: Influences on Modern War Journalism and Visual Storytelling
The advent of photography in warfare marked a pivotal moment in how the public perceived conflict. In 1914, cameras followed armies into mud, smoke, and broken towns, and the public saw war with new [...]
Winterberg – How a Long-Forgotten World War I Tragedy Ended Up in My Book
I recall the moment, late one afternoon in the winter of 2021, that my wife brought “The Tunnel of Death” to my attention. I had been at my desk for several hours, working on [...]
The “Maryland 400” in the Great War
Sometimes in wartime, new units are formed. For example, the US Army saw fit to post the four permanent African American regiments (9th, 10th, 24th and 25th) elsewhere, form two entirely new divisions (the [...]
At the end of WWI, Sergeant Irving Berlin returned to Tin Pan Alley and suddenly found himself more famous than ever
Legendary Facts About Irving Berlin, The Christmas Genius Irving Berlin may have been the most prolific songwriter in American history, including one of the world's most famous Christmas songs, but his was also a [...]
The virus that killed WWI young soldiers faster than the Germans at a North Carolina camp
The 1918 Flu Outbreak at Camp Greene Camp Greene rose from nothing in just 90 days during summer 1917. By December, this massive WWI training site held 60,000 young soldiers, nearly doubling Charlotte’s population. [...]
The all-Black WWI unit that America rejected, but France couldn’t stop honoring
The 369th Infantry's Journey from Rejection to Glory The Harlem Hellfighters fought for a country that didn't fight for them. In 1917, these Black soldiers from the 369th Infantry were told "black is not [...]
