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Local officials honor WWI hero Sgt. Henry Johnson on Medal of Honor Day
Local officials honored Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Henry Johnson on Tuesday. He was a Black World War I hero from Albany, ...
Lanarkshire WW1 soldier 'proudly remembered' after grave identified a century after his death
Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr was one of three 'unknown' British soldiers of WW1 to finally be named at a poignant ceremony in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7 年
This brave Jewish soldier saved an American battalion during WWI
(JTA) — Things weren’t looking good for the more than 500 Allied soldiers trapped by German forces in France’s Argonne Forest in November 1918. Not only were they under fire from the ...
United States Army9 天
D Company Soldiers Honor NCO Heritage at Fort Drum Museum
Soldiers assigned to D Company, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division ...
BBC28 天
WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster?
British and German troops faced each other's trenches only separated by a few hundred yards of “no-man’s land”. The British force consisted of soldiers from Britain and Ireland, as well as ...
lse3 年
Understanding World War II through the eyes of German soldiers
Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...
BBC1 年
WW1: What caused Verdun to be the longest battle of the war?
It was also the longest battle, lasting 300 days and leaving an estimated 800,000 soldiers ... and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1 ...