
Book Review: The Fortress by Alexander Watson
Alexander Watson relates the 1914–15 siege of Przemysl, a foretaste of ethnic-cleansing campaigns to come
Alexander Watson relates the 1914–15 siege of Przemysl, a foretaste of ethnic-cleansing campaigns to come
How the four-eyed, failed Missouri farmer found his legs as an American officer on the Western Front in 1918
Coulson’s collected poems, edited by his father, were published posthumously in 1917 and sold 10,000 copies in the first year. He wrote the poem that follows on August 8, 1916, while in the trenches at the Somme.
Once-forgotten African American war hero Army Sgt. Henry Johnson is the latest soldier to be featured in a graphic novel series honoring Medal of Honor recipients.
The Berlin government ordered a historian to write a report calling York's exploit an American lie.
On April 1, 1915, Roland Garros took off in a Morane-Saulnier L from an airfield in northern France, planning to play an April Fool’s Day trick on the Germans.
Jamie Cockfield profiles WWI Russian commander Alexei Brusilov, among his nation's greatest generals
Debuting on the Western Front in 1917, the Whippet was nimbler than other tanks, though hardly a greyhound
Remarkable career of naval aviation pioneer Frederick “Trap” Trapnell encompassed biplanes, airships, WWII fighters, research planes and early carrier jets.
James Carl Nelson recounts the North Russian Intervention, intended to keep WWI supplies sent to Russia from falling into the wrong hands
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
Flown aggressively with tactical skill, the D.III became the terror of the Western Front
In the final year of World War I, the United States armed its forces on the Western Front with pump shotguns. Germany wasn’t pleased.