InSula,Shadrack is a World War I combat soldier in one of the country's all-black units, but he does not return as a hero to the U.S. He does not participate in the famous parade up New York City's Fifth Avenue, celebrating the return of the "Fighting 369th." He volunteered to ...
With this background, I was very pleased to receive, and read, a copy of White War, Black Soldiers: Two African Accounts of World War I . Translated by Nancy Erber and William Peniston, this volume contains two previously untranslated stories written by Senegalese veterans of the First World...
During World War I,countless soldiers were able to return home because of the protection provided by the heavy helmet. A young officer in the U. S. Army witnessed the effectiveness of the helmet and realized its potential in a postwar industrial world. In 1919, Edward W.Bullard returned from...
Vintage: Soldiers Swimming and Playing in the Water during World War I 27 March 20170 Time spent out of the line at least offered the opportunity for the frontline soldier to get clean. Communal baths would be set up and lice-infested clothing steam-cleaned. The chance to be clean was anot...
By the time World War I began, there were four all-Black regiments in the U.S. military: the 24th and 25th Infantry and the 9th and 10th Cavalry. All four regiments comprised of celebrated soldiers who fought in theSpanish-American WarandAmerican-Indian Wars, and served in the American ...
Fighting Racism: Black Soldiers and Workers in Britain during the Second World Warblack immigrantsblack workersracism in BritainMass Observationracial scienceblack GIsSecond World WarThe Second World War led to a substantial increase in the number of black people living and working in Britain. ...
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Our exclusive clip of Foxhole has tensions mounting between soldiers over a P.O.W. caught during World War I.
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply