Book Review: The Fortress by Alexander Watson
Alexander Watson relates the 1914–15 siege of Przemysl, a foretaste of ethnic-cleansing campaigns to come
Captain Truman: A Future President in World War I
How the four-eyed, failed Missouri farmer found his legs as an American officer on the Western Front in 1918
‘Beautiful Still’: Poetry of the First World War
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.
Harlem Hellfighter Honored in Graphic Novel
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.
Sergeant York: The German Backlash
The Berlin government ordered a historian to write a report calling York's exploit an American lie.
Giving the Machine Gun Wings
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.
Book Review: Russia’s Iron General
Jamie Cockfield profiles WWI Russian commander Alexei Brusilov, among his nation's greatest generals
Medium Mark A ‘Whippet’
Debuting on the Western Front in 1917, the Whippet was nimbler than other tanks, though hardly a greyhound
Perfect Trap: The Godfather of Naval Aviation
Remarkable career of naval aviation pioneer Frederick “Trap” Trapnell encompassed biplanes, airships, WWII fighters, research planes and early carrier jets.
Book Review: The Polar Bear Expedition
James Carl Nelson recounts the North Russian Intervention, intended to keep WWI supplies sent to Russia from falling into the wrong hands
Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
Albatros D.III
Flown aggressively with tactical skill, the D.III became the terror of the Western Front
The 1918 Shotgun Protest
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.
