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Event Archives:World War I

World War I Exhibit Explores War’s Impact on Children

by Sarah Sicard2/20/20242/20/2024

The “Greatest Generation” is renowned for military heroism during World War II. But before […]

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War Has Never Spared Civilians. But When Does Lawful Force Become A War Crime?

by John A. Haymond2/12/20242/12/2024
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Book Review: Showing A New Side to Rommel At War

by Jerry D. Morelock1/26/20241/26/2024
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How Erwin Rommel Has Been Lost in Translation

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/8/20241/11/2024
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Mercy Dogs: Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying on the Battlefields of World War I

by Claire Barrett1/5/20241/5/2024
Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

The World’s Most Visitor-Friendly Battlefields

by David T. Zabecki12/22/202312/28/2023

An Inside Look At 100 Years of Honoring America’s War Dead

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/19/202312/19/2023
Photo of German storm troops laden with equipment have to advance over open but broken ground. The enemy know of their approach because of a preliminary barrage.

How Do World War I’s Top Generals Stack up?

by David T. Zabecki12/15/202311/3/2023
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World War I Enemies Played Football During A Christmas Truce–Except Maybe They Didn’t

by Andrew Hamilton12/14/202312/14/2023

How A French Orphan Became the ‘Mascot’ of Australian Airmen at the End of World War I

by Claire Barrett12/14/202312/14/2023

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