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One more post about the Great War… I have often wondered what would have been my fate if I had been born about 60 years earlier. The Sherwood Foresters Regiment, raised around where I grew up, w… more →
this fragile tent
Advent Countdown: Belleau Wood #2 - Liam Children's Choir Version
joilene wrote 2 days ago: Another version of the song “Belleau Wood,” accompanied by photographs of soldiers in th … more →
Spielberg Takes On World War I
goremasterfx wrote 5 days ago: From WENN.com Steven Spielberg is teaming up with Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to take a World War … more →
The Great War & Patrolling/Raiding
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mowat wrote 5 days ago: Our local Military History Bookclub is currently reading the two-volume history of the Canadian Corp … more →
H G Wells, World Government and Mediocrity
peedeel wrote 1 week ago: H.G. Wells, one of the founding fathers of science fiction, novelist, visionary, popular educator … more →
flickr World War One photos.
barryoneoff wrote 3 weeks ago: This man was awarded the Victoria Cross ater his death. I came across some Canadian archive photos f … more →
Some Thoughts on John McCrae and In Flanders Fields
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sorev wrote 1 month ago: One of the most famous poems in all of Canada is In Flanders Fields by the late Lt.-Col. John McCrae … more →
Happy Armistice Day!
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SilentFred wrote 1 month ago: Today we celebrate the conclusion of the War to End All Wars (well, not so much, but we were a lot m … more →
The Top 173 Things in History: #111. Armistice Day
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Tim wrote 1 month ago: I will admit that I am liable to overstate things in these History posts: calling the Hyksos the inv … more →
Remembrance
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bigrab wrote 1 month ago: I was busy on Sunday oganising a lunch for my mother’s 80th birthday party. It wasn’t un … more →
Part IV - Lost in the Sound of Separation
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dissonantsilence wrote 1 month ago: A diary entry I tried to write from the perspective of a soldier in the trenches along the Western f … more →
Matthew Stanley - “An Expedition to Heal the Wounds of War”
freehistory wrote 1 month ago: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington In “An Expedition to Heal the Wounds of War,” Matthew Stanley lays out … more →
Flemish Bond - Bricks and Blood
netkingcol wrote 2 months ago: You have to admire the quality of Belgian bricklaying; it’s so neat and smart in the modern bu … more →
OXCGN Reviews Darkest of Days - A Very Bare-Bones, Raw Experience
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Aaron Klein wrote 2 months ago: by ChiefJimbolaya: ©2009 Aaron Klein: [Ed: note to readers - our review was conducted on NTSC versio … more →
Regeneration - Pat Barker
manicddaily wrote 2 months ago: I had wanted to post something more cheerful after the pantoum posted this morning, but just finishe … more →
Sunday Poem 6
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wartimehousewife wrote 3 months ago: Ivor Gurney is probably best known as a musician and was a contemporary of Vaughan Williams, Bliss a … more →
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sejarahperang wrote 3 months ago: PERANG MODERN TERBESAR PERTAMA Angkasa Edisi Koleksi No. LIII 2009 “Perang Dunia I membawa kit … more →
Good Bye Harry Patch.
bearzimages wrote 4 months ago: Harry Patch was the oldest surviving Tommy who fought in World War I. Harry Patch was 111 years old … more →
And Then There Were None.
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Turkish Prawn wrote 4 months ago: Harry Patch has died. He was born in 1898, trained as a plumber at age fifteen, was conscripted into … more →
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keshavadevi wrote 5 months ago: Spent an afternoon by the river at Nether Winchendon, yesterday. That’s where I was once chase … more →
