A few Allied soldiers (probably French) soldiers occupy entrenchments and dugout bunkers in the shell blasted wood called Des Fermes in the Somme. Photo licensed to War History Network.
Left: Wounded British soldiers on the battlefield near Ginchy
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A few Allied soldiers (probably French) soldiers occupy entrenchments and dugout bunkers in the shell blasted wood called Des Fermes in the Somme. Photo licensed to War History Network.
Left: John French, Joseph Joffre and Douglas Haig (left to ri
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Right: Sergeant Stubby in 1920. Photograph in the Public Domain.
On the campus of Yale University in July 1917, a young (1-2 years old) Boston terrier mutt wandered to the parade grounds where young Army members of the 102nd Infantry were training.
Read more…Amid the unyielding battlegrounds of World War One, one particular engagement stands out as a testament to valor and strength, etching an indelible mark in the annals of warfare. The Battle of Belleau Wood, fought between the U.S. Marine Corps and
Read more…Above: French soldiers crawling through their own barbed wire entanglements as they begin an attack on enemy trenches. April-June, 1916. The battle raged from 21 February to 18 December 1916; 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days at Verdun-sur-Meuse, France.
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27 February 1933: The Reichstag , Germany's Parliament building is set afire--but not totally destroyed. Historians have written that this was done deliberately by Hitler's men to gain control of Germany as a political party
28 February 1933: The R
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"In Flanders Fields," resonating through the annals of time, stands as a poignant piece of war poetry eloquently captured in the rondeau form by Canadian physician and Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. It emerged amidst the devastating bac
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