The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments: ...
The spirit of the Sugar Plum Fairy still found its way onto WWI tables, as plum pudding remained one of the era’s most beloved Christmas desserts. Households relied heavily on dried fruits like prunes ...
When Americans sat down to Christmas dinner in 1918, the meal wasn't just a celebration — it was an act of patriotism. During World War I, the U.S. Food Administration urged households to save wheat, ...
"Humanity is mad. It must be mad to do what it is doing. What a massacre! What scenes of horror and carnage! I cannot find words to translate my impressions. Hell cannot be so terrible. Men are mad!" ...
Advances in military technology—including more lethal artillery and rapid-fire machine guns— contributed to the heavy toll. Maps, too, played a role. Recent cartographic innovations allowed artillery ...
Your great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day military helmet, a recently ...
What started as haphazard clashes in the early days of the Ukraine war has developed into sophisticated drone dogfight tactics. BI looked at footage.
A time capsule from 1924 was unveiled at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. The 100-year-old box was laid at the cornerstone of the Liberty Memorial Tower two years before ...
After a circuitous trip which involved numerous people, locations and the local Uinta County Museum personnel, a WWI burial ...
For marrying innocence and joy with tragedy, few historic events come close to the events of Christmas Day in 1914. Five months after the start of the Great War, British and German troops were ...
It was once called the War to End All Wars, but World War I dragged on year after year. Governments were shattered, lives were destroyed, and many more wars came ...