It is about a soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I in Belgium. Structurally, each chapter of the book brings the reader closer to the present until the story turns to present tense. The story especially underli...
In August 1914 Germany invaded Belgium and then moved into France. German forces were unable to achieve a decisive victory, however, ever, and the war soon became a conflict of fixed battle lines. French, British, and German soldiers lived and fought in trenches, periodically making assaults ...
As part of the social mechanisms to encourage a sense of purpose and instil calm, taboos about how to speak about the war and to deal with the masses of war dead were developed. This study involving interviews with tourists on the battlefields of Flanders (Belgium) sought to examine how ...
Although we have stopped our World War 1 blogs for the time-being, Jim and I frequently liaise with other researchers, to which end Jim will be visiting Canada shortly. I have been giving a number of talks since these blogs began, having been invited to speak at the Edinburgh International...
MUSEUMS, BATTLEFIELDS, AND MONUMENTS BASES, AIRFIELDS, FACILITIES, AND INDUSTRIAL SITES PLACES TO BUY MILITARIA WHILE TRAVELLING Places to visit - whether historical sites, museums, or somewhere to go shop for militaria. 335 posts Remains of World War II on Kiska ...
List of Ottoman Empire battles in the World War I, listed alphabetically with photos, images, and maps when possible. Every major battle, skirmish, or ...
Looking at your photographs, you are obviously very familiar with the battlefields of France and Belgium. How did you begin photographing them? In early 2005 I began to realise that carrying kit up vertical ladders and shooting in heavy industry might lose its appeal when I got to be 60+ so...
Looking at your photographs, you are obviously very familiar with the battlefields of France and Belgium. How did you begin photographing them? In early 2005 I began to realise that carrying kit up vertical ladders and shooting in heavy industry might lose its appeal when I got to be 60+ so...
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Our World War: Con Nicki Vickery, Rob Townsend, Gerard Kearns, Theo Barklem-Biggs. Three true stories of British soldiers fighting in World War 1. Each one takes place at a different time and place in the war, focuses on a different unit and shows a diff