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N.M. parents upset over porn mix-up in classroomCLIFF, N.M. – Cliff High School students studying World War I history saw a few seconds of pornography during viewing of a video about the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. A History Channel program apparently had been recorded over a porn tape.
The Amazing Christmas CeasefireIt was Christmas Eve, 1914, and the war was on. German and British troops lay stationed in trenches along the border of Belgium and northern France, aiming their rifles at enemy soldiers, their bodies pressed flat in the frozen dirt.
Ancestry site puts Hitler's war service onlineA British genealogy website has put Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's World War One military service records online, alongside those of more than a million other soldiers who fought for Germany.
Germany still paying off WWI reparations More than 90 years after Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles to end the First World War, the country continues to pay off reparations, daily Bild reported on Wednesday.
Germany and France Celebrate Armistice Day TogetherThis year will be the first time a German chancellor has ever participated in the commemoration of Armistice Day, when Germany was defeated in France.
On 1 September 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland and on 3 September 1939 the UK declared war on Germany. The Soviet Union (USSR) occupied the eastern third of Poland. In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Extraordinary academic apologia: "Behind the racism of White Australia lay a grand vision"Dr Lindy Edwards: "Australia held up a great vision of a democratic, egalitarian society, and we committed atrocities to protect that vision. That is the contradiction that lies at the heart of the Australian experience" (!@#$)
Interview with John Garth author of Tolkien and the Great WarSince it is now about 2 years since the publication of The Children of Hurin I'm happy to say that I'm finally able to release the following interview to the Tolkien community and very gratefull for the time John Garth has put into it.
The Origins of World War OneWas World War One a triumph of democracy over imperial expansion or an exercise in military futility? Dr Gary Sheffield examines the origins of the conflict.
Elliott Carter: Adventures of an American legendThere are many reasons to feel intimidated at the prospect of meeting Elliott Carter.
Turkish academics and writers issue Apology Open Letter over WW1 Armenian GenocideTurkish academics and writers risk backlash and courageously issue an Open Letter making an Apology for the Turkey-inflicted WW1 Armenian Genocide that killed as many as 1.5 million Armenians.
Graves of French-Muslim WWI Soldiers Defaced With a Pigs Head and Anti Islamic SlogansVandals have desecrated 148 Muslim graves in France's biggest WWI cemetery, officials have said. A pig's head was hung from one headstone and slogans insulting Islam and France's Muslim justice minister were daubed on other graves.
WWI 'blogger' captures attention Blog posted today, written 90 years ago-fascinating account of the war as seen through the letters of a soldier...
France's Last Two World War One Vets Continue To Fight For Their Comrades of Nearly A Century AgoOne is so frail he spends most of his day bedridden, attended by home helps and his 81-year-old son. The other is in a wheelchair, but can still coax his ancient body to stand to attention for the Armistice Day silence.
A token of love that was lost at sea for 90 years It was a symbol of love from the woman he hoped to spend his life with. But when Stanley Cubiss drowned as his ship sank during the First World War, the engraved engagement ring from his sweetheart Florence went with him.
The astonishing story of the 'forgotten VC' whose heroism may have changed the course of the Great War One by one his men fell dead. German bullets and bombs rained down on him. Yet John Sayer fought on alone to crucially slow down ther German advance
True story: September, 1979. Powerful Hurricane Frederic smashes into Mobile, Alabama, and does billions of dollars in damages. I go to help my Great-Uncle, who was around 80 years old at the time. His house is totally destroyed. It's hot, humid, we have no air-conditioning.
Oldest Canadian First World War soldier regrets death of his predecessorTORONTO (CP) - The last Canadian veteran of the First World War expressed regret Wednesday at the passing of his only known contender for the honour. But John Babcock, 106, found wry humour in his newly elevated status following the death Wednesday of Dwight Wilson, also 106.
WWI hero Alvin York captured machine gun, now ATF wants it destroyedThe library's staff looked into selling the antique firearm, but they ran into problems because the machine gun was never registered with the federal government. It's now in an evidence locker at the local police station.
Europe Tops US in Stock Market in Value for the First Time Since WWIEurope has eclipsed the US in stock market value for the first time since the first world war in another sign of the slipping of the global dominance of American capital markets.
The trenches across Belgium were as long black gashes in the moon-drenched landscape, filled with shadow and darkness.
First World War vet declines state funeralOne of Canada's last three First World War veterans is declining the offer of a state funeral on the grounds that he never actually fought in the war and has been living in the United States most of his life.
We Can No Longer Ignore "Blood and Oil" Lessons There is a documentary that will be screened in Washington, D.C. November 28th that ought to be mandatory viewing for every Washington legislator, Defense Department worker and member of the Bush White House.
Flying Aircraft Carriers: a HistoryA podcast episode covering the history of flying aircraft carriers -- from rigid-body airships to oddball cold war parasite fighter aircraft. An interesting trip through a whole set of quirky technologies.
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