The personal photographs from a WW1 Royal Navy submarine commander have revealed the mutual respect he shared with his German adversary. Curators at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, Hampshire discovered this story after recently taking possession of a remarkable personal photograph album fro...
What did Woodrow Wilson do on April 2, 1917?Woodrow Wilson:Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election in 1916 against Charles E Hughes while World War I was raging in Europe. Wilson promised to keep the U.S. neutral and beat Hughes in a close election and served a second term from 1917 to ...
but it had not been inactive in the intervening period. From 10 to 20 October 1917 it had conductedOperation Albion, a major amphibious operation that resulted in the Germans capturing the Baltic
PostedbyKeith MuchowskiinBaseball,Governors Island,Leonard Wood (General),Preparedness (WW1),Woodrow Wilson ≈2 Comments The New York Yankees play their home opener this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays. In 1917 the Yankees opened their season at the Polo Grounds versus Babe Ruth and the Bo...
Lindy had readmy blog post on discovering a relative who was an ANZAC. He came from Williamstown and she emailed me about their project and we shared information. I had no idea there was an Honour Board with photographs of the 265 men who died in WW1 and a photograph of the elusive ...
Bairnsfather’s cartoons are a well-loved and integral part of Great War popular culture; and are likewise an integral part of our WW1 collections here, housing, as we do, the complete run of The Bystander which is part of the Illustrated London News archive. ‘The Better Ole’ may be ...