firstworldwar.com a multimedia history of world war one Home How It Began Battles Who's Who Posters Audio and Video Photos Selected Highlights Countdown to War Read a single page summary of the origins of the First World War - the tangled secret alliances, the royal feuds, the personalities...
Warfare continues to exist, but World War 1 changed it forever. These movies will show you exactly how WW1 changed the world, for better and worse. They Shall Not Grow Old 2018 Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures This unique gem may just be the most immersive and accurate film on this ...
An incredible 21 million men were wounded during World War I, and many returned with crippling facial injuries. Although plastic surgery was advancing quicker than ever before, many men used prosthetic faces to hide the scars that could not be removed. After working with wounded soldiers with the...
This study, based in reception theory and text-image analysis, contextualizes both the posters from the First World War and the enlistment of women by examining how women and their societal roles were understood before the war. In order to read the poster images I analyze the roles women ...
Vimy Ridge: a journey of maps (part 1) Posted onOctober 5, 2023 6 By Ethan M. Coudenys Cartography is the practice of drawing or making maps; during the First World War, this was vital for planning and preparing attacks and defensive actions. Battles in France like those of the Marne,...
1 Three later novels attributed to ‘Rodney Garland’, published after Adam de Hegedus’s death in 1955, were the work of fellow Hungarian novelist Peter de Polnay: World Without Dreams (1961); Hell and High Water (1962); and The Sorcerer’s Broth (1966). 2 The Heart in Exile is avai...
World War II World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving the vast majority of the world’s countries—including all the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Discover ...
The United States Navy In The World War Official Pictures Selected From The Files Of The Navy Department, The War Department And The United States Marine Corps, With Supplemental Photographs From Unofficial Sources. This Book, "the United States Navy In The World War Official Pictures Selected Fro...
Horrible World War 2 Images There are a lot of truly gruesome photos from World War II, as I have written about elsewhere. Here, for instance, is a photo of the instant of death of a young German soldier in 1943. This was not an unusual event, but the timing of the photograph...
Pre-production on the sequel to the Paramount hit “World War Z” has been shutdown, sources tell Variety, after a budget for the film could not be reached.Brad Pitt was set to return and his “Seven” and “Fight Club” director David Fincher was on board to helm. Insiders tell Varie...