Three Day Road is the first novel from Canadian writer Joseph Boyden. Joseph’s maternal grandfather, as well as an uncle on his father’s side, served as soldiers during the First World War, and Boyden draws upon a wealth of family narratives. This novel follows the journey o...
World War I saw the first use of chemical weapons in battle. German soldiers lay dead in a shell hole between Montauban and Carnoy. British and German soldiers wounded on their way to the dressing station near Bernafay Wood at the Battle of Bazentin Ridge. A German soldier walking ...
Stories of the Soldiers French Teens Study Graffiti Left over from World War I and Learn about Lives of Tri-Cities VeteransByline: Brad Hahn Daily Herald Staff Writer The trail begins southwest of Paris during World...Hahn, Brad
The images are drawn from the Imperial War Museum's 'Lives of the First World War' which aims to tell eight million stories of those who served from Britain and the Commonwealth. Tributes to the fallen etched on the sand; Danny Boyle has been commissioned to mark the centenary of Armistice...
Just imagine: While you and the family sang carols before the fire there in London, I did the same with enemy soldiers here on the battlefields of France! As I wrote before, there has been little serious fighting of late. The first battles of the war left so many dead that both sides...
Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike...
Explore WWI family stories and artefacts from Scotland ‘In Flanders Fields’ poem Find out about the Home Front in the BBC's free ‘World War One at Home’ interactive ebook On 11 November 2018 a national tribute to the soldiers of WWI took place on British beaches. As part of Pages of...
history with Jake Wynn – Public Historian. From Civil War-era celebrations to the 1902 Coal Strike and World War I, explore how communities across Pennsylvania celebrated Thanksgiving during times of struggle and hope. Enjoy these top Thanksgiving stories from the archives. Read the stories. ...
All of the great-grandparents on my mother’s side of the family were infants or children when World War I began. They were born to various German Mennonite farmers who lived in the midwestern United States, so none of their fathers or other male relatives were soldiers. ...
A truce from all sides commences, and the various soldiers come together to exchange gifts and stories from home. This film gives the perspective of the French, Scottish, and German men sent off to war, and details not only the disconnect of the higher ups from the sacrifices of the ...