Blogs about: Western Front
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VC’s of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917 by Stephen Snelling
I am a big fan of this series of books on the Victoria Cross. There are literally hundreds of books out there about the VC, and with many hundreds of winners there are plenty of subjects to write abou… more →
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Somme: Mine Crater at La Boisselle
wrote 1 day ago: The documentary Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars is about to start on BBC4 and promises to be a fascinating … more →
Silent Cities: German Cemetery at Rancourt 1925
wrote 5 days ago: While the work on British cemeteries was going on the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge had be … more →
War Horse. Dir. Steven Spielberg, 2011. DreamWorks
wrote 1 week ago: War Horse as Moral Mascot Emma Lewis Steven Spielberg’s War Horse (2011) tells the story of teenager … more →
Trying to catch up. Some of my favorite images I have taken this quarter.
wrote 1 week ago: Balancing working part time, with the job of Western Front photographer on top of classes has made f … more →
Silent Cities: Forceville 1921
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wrote 1 week ago: As the clearance of the battlefields was coming to an end and the cemeteries established, work on ma … more →
A 25-year-old in a Red Convertible
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wrote 2 weeks ago: If I ask you what you know of the Red Baron, chances are you’ll mention frozen pizza or Snoopy … more →
War Horse (War Horse #1)
wrote 2 weeks ago: War Horse (War Horse #1) Cover A powerful tale of war, redemption, and a hero’s journey. In 19 … more →
Make love, not war!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I didn’t know we could choose… (old SA Army joke) In 2004 I had a work-related visit to … more →
Silent Cities: Acheux British Cemetery 1920
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The so-called ‘Silent Cities’, the soldier’s cemeteries of the Great War, numbered … more →
The Beginning of the End of World War I, 1918
wrote 2 weeks ago: The complexion of the war in Europe changed dramatically in 1918. With the collapse of the Russian E … more →
The Battlefield Debut of the Tank, 1916
wrote 2 weeks ago: It was the summer of 1915 and the British were desperate. Fighting on the Western Front had degenera … more →
In the American Ambulance Field Service, 1916
wrote 2 weeks ago: As German troops stormed into France in the summer of 1914, the American Colony in Paris inaugurated … more →
Battle At Gallipoli, 1915
wrote 2 weeks ago: By the spring of 1915, combat on the Western Front had sunk into stalemate. Enemy troops stared at e … more →
Bailleul War Cemetery
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Today we hired a car, and drove 20km from Lille to visit the Commonwealth War Graves at Bailleul com … more →
Aftermath: A New Community Emerges at Ypres
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wrote 3 weeks ago: In the years following the end of the Great War the civilian population that had once lived in the t … more →
ANZAC Day: Remembering
wrote 3 weeks ago: On this day when the first ANZACs came ashore at Gallipoli in 1915, remembering the sacrifice of Aus … more →
Look Back On: WORLD WAR ONE
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I used to know the ins and outs of the first world war, because Mrs Sullivan, my school history teac … more →
Mountain Profile: Mt. Russell
wrote 4 weeks ago: Mt. Russell Mt. Russell is one of my favorite Sierra Peaks. I first laid eyes on this beaut when I … more →
Video: Hitler's Victory - A Final Appeal For Peace and Sanity, July 19th, 1940
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wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: This 2 hour video features the audio portion of Adolf Hitler’s”Victory Spe … more →
