Tag: First World War
Storm Warnings – Five Writers Who Predicted WW1 With Uncanny Accuracy
“Five grim visionaries and their remarkable predictions about the coming war.” FEW COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent crisis that triggered the First World War. Yet for years leading…
Les Américains – Seven U.S. Citizens Who Volunteered to Fight for France in WW1
“Of the remarkable men that formed the American vanguard in the Great War, seven in particular stand out.” By David Hanna IN AUGUST, 1914, a small, but committed, group of Americans offered their services to…
Deadly Skies – New Museum Exhibit Offers Colourful Look at History’s First Air War
“The illustrations track the evolution of air warfare through the eyes of nine real-life individuals who were there.” CANADA’S NATIONAL MILITARY museum is putting a novel spin on history’s first air war — a graphic novel…
Somme Centenary — Books, Apps & Docs for the 100th Anniversary of WW1’s Most Famous Battle
“Publishers, app developers and filmmakers have been turning out a growing body of content to help mark the historic milestone.” IN MANY WAYS, the 1916 Somme offensive symbolizes the carnage and futility of the wider First World War:…
America’s First Code-Breakers – How the U.S. Military Helped Win the WW1 Intelligence War
“Despite a few setbacks, America’s code and code-breaking efforts enjoyed some remarkable successes.” By John F. Dooley WHEN AMERICA ENTERED the First World War on April 6, 1917, the United States Army had virtually no…
Dispatches From Hell – Diary Excerpts From Six Survivors of World War One
COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE, a new book from Oxford University Press could fairly be described as ‘history’s first draft’. Edited by historians Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee, the 350-pager is a collection of original diary entries…
