The Seattle Museum of Flight has just under 20 WWI planes, and of those, three are originals; the rest are replicas or reproductions. The Fokker D.VIII was Anthony Fokker's final design of World ...
The Fokker Dr.I, known as The Red Baron's plane, was iconic but not impressive, with a history of crashes. It had supreme maneuverability due to its three wings but was outclassed by other planes ...
The entry of the Americans in 1918 utterly changed the complexion of the fighting on the Western Front. The horrible stalemate of the preceeding years, in which the two sides traded millions of ...
Have we made a schoolboy error? When we think of World War One we picture weary soldiers ‘coughing like hags’ cursing as they wade through ‘the sludge’ of the trenches. We hear the ...
Even before the guns fell silent on the Western Front, the long-term social consequences of World War One were being felt back home. Women had a stronger voice, education, health and housing ...
World War One is full of stories of sadness, heroism and sacrifice, many of which are still waiting to be told. Nearly 17 million men from across the globe took part in the war – someone in your ...
As the U.S. military recruited young men for service, civilians were called upon to do their part by buying War bonds, donating to charity, or, if they worked in industry, going that extra mile for ...
Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how ...
It has been over 100 years since the start of World War One (WWI). This series of eight primary lesson plans support a CBBC 'Operation Ouch! WWI Special' film, which looks at the impact of WWI. gain ...
A nurse's scrapbook sheds new light on the famous World War One Christmas Truce. Dedication service held for miner and soldier who died seven years after being wounded in France. A service ...
In this revised edition of World War One, Lawrence Sondhaus synthesizes the latest scholarship on the war and incorporates insights from the vast body of work published during the war's centenary. He ...