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A panoramic look at how US troops prepared for World War I

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Today in military history: Brits launch offensive in Palestine

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Our forgotten heroes: Why don’t we talk about World War I?

By Jessica Manfre

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Today in military history: US launches Saint-Mihiel Offensive in WWI

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This chain letter will protect your doughboy…somehow

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WWI aviation came to life at this Kansas City event

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Belfort Ruse in WWI

Why World War I zeppelins were harder to kill than you think

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I

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How pocket change saved one soldier’s life in WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

This British woman fought with Serbia in World War I

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The last Germans to surrender in World War I

That time African bees interrupted a battle multiple times

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Archduke Ferdinand owned a bulletproof vest. Why didn’t he wear it?

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World War I, France and the first Battle of the Marne

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Today in military history: Ernest Hemingway wounded on the Italian Front

Edouard Victor Michel Isaacs

This sailor stole intel from a German submarine and escaped a prison camp

The forgotten study that doomed thousands of Allied soldiers

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Today in military history: British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps Established

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Today in military history: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is killed, sparking WWI

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The British women convicted of infecting WWI troops with STDs

Today in military history: Congress passes Espionage Act

How an Army captain invented blood banks during WWI

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There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

By Blake Stilwell

Why the trench knife was the most stupidly awesome weapon ever issued

By Eric Milzarski

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A history of the Battle of Belleau Wood

By Jessica Evans

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Here’s why Colonel Young rode 450 miles to get a new Army rank

By Blake Stilwell

Thousands more died so World War I would end at 1100

Behind the scenes

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ film review

5 things you didn’t know about the Battle of Belleau Wood

By Tim Kirkpatrick

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This is how a Marine Expeditionary Brigade would fight the Battle of Belleau Wood today

By Harold C. Hutchison

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How World War II changed modern medicine

By Bethaney Phillips

The Maxim Gun’s devastating firepower changed warfare forever

The absolutely unhinged British ‘White Rabbit’ terror tank of WWI

These pilots became aces in a single day during WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

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This awesome ‘trench broom’ terrified Germans in both World Wars

Did you know that WWI began among cousins?

By Bethaney Phillips

Why was Germany blamed for World War I?

This is why Germany gets blamed for starting World War I

By Blake Stilwell

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Why the first British tanks and bombers had pigeons on the crew

Battle of the Somme: The bloodiest day in British military history

Battle of the Somme: The bloodiest day in British military history

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The British Army in World War I fielded entire units of short kings

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This carrier pigeon saved a battalion in World War I

By James Elphick

This ridiculous WWI body armor somehow never managed to get fielded

This ridiculous WWI body armor somehow never managed to get fielded

By Eric Milzarski

The United Kingdom had special battalions for short soldiers in World War I

This British tank crew survived 3 days trapped in No Man’s Land

By James Elphick

Great actors who served during the First World War

Great actors who served during the First World War

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Stanley Cup winning team traces its name back to World War I division

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An 8-foot warrior declared a war of vengeance against the Habsburg Empire

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Today in military history: First US citizen killed in WWI

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The ‘Little Spitfire’ who saved her best for the biggest war

By Jim Fletcher

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‘The First Soldier of France’ was a 5’2″ one-man army

The largest naval battle in history happened during a different war than you think

The largest naval battle in history happened during a different war than you think

Battle of the Somme

Today in military history: Battle of the Somme

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One British tank at the Battle of Amiens wreaked havoc for nine hours behind enemy lines

Today in military history: Allies’ ill-fated attack at Dardanelles

How 10 British soldiers escaped a POW camp using spoons

How 10 British soldiers escaped a POW camp using spoons

By Bethaney Phillips

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Michigan’s important manufacturing role in WWI

By Jessica Evans

The only ship to surrender to the Japanese was fooled with ‘Trojan Turkeys’

The only ship to surrender to the Japanese was fooled with ‘Trojan Turkeys’

This is how General Pershing’s ‘favorite doughboy’ earned the Medal of Honor

This is how General Pershing’s ‘favorite doughboy’ earned the Medal of Honor

By James Elphick

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German warships were defeated on an African lake by British speedboats in World War I

Who were the Potsdam Giants?

By Jessica Evans

That time pilots dropped terrifying darts out of their planes at the enemy

That time pilots dropped terrifying darts out of their planes at the enemy

By Eric Milzarski

Béla Kiss hungarian serial killer

The Hungarian serial killer of World War I was never found