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When America entered World War I in April 1917, state National Guard units had never planned to mobilize for this kind of war, and the men who made up the hometown companies of each regiment never imagined that they would be asked to fight in what was then the most savage war in human history - they were “innocents” being thrown into a horrendous European conflagration. Made up of companies from 10 Ohio towns, the 166th Infantry Regiment became part of the famous 42nd Division, known as the “Rainbow Division”.

The Beecheys were a close-knit family, eight brothers and five sisters under the loving eye of their widowed mother, Amy. As the First World War raged across Europe and beyond, the brothers were one-by-one swept up into its devastating path.

Sólo superada por su triste segunda versión, fue peor que cualquier otra guerra que haya conocido el mundo hasta entonces. Gracias a la aparición de tecnologías nunca antes conocidas, murieron más personas y se hizo más daño que nunca antes en un conflicto internacional. Iniciado en 1914 tras el asesinato del archiduque Francisco Fernando, el impacto de esta conflagración provocaría la alarma mundial.

As a young soldier in the battlefields of Gallipolia, Sydney Loch witnessed the horror of war first-hand. On his return to Australia he detailed what he saw in his book The Straits Impregnable. Hoping to avoid military censorship his publishers dubbed Sydney's book a novel. But as the war ground on and the numbers of casualties grew the publisher inserted a note saying the story was factual.

Interweaving personal stories with historical photos and background, this lively account documents the history of the more than 40,000 women who served in relief and military duty during World War I. Through personal interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs, Lettie Gavin relates poignant stories of women’s wartime experiences and provides a unique perspective on their progress in military service.

La Gran Guerra dejó millones de civiles y soldados mutilados o muertos. Siga los pasos de los militares británicos, alemanes y estadounidenses mientras detallan la vida y las luchas de la guerra en un país extranjero y extraño. Descubra sus hipnotizantes y realistas historias de combate, valor y angustia en relatos amenos y equilibrados contados desde el frente.

World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite.

World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had ever seen. All those who experienced it were irrevocably changed, including many writers and artists upon whose oeuvre it left an indelible mark. This captivating series examines the impact of the war on artists and thinkers through the prism of their great works. In each episode, a leading figure from the worlds of science, culture and the arts reflects on a single iconic piece, and discusses how the events of 1914-18 shaped its creation.

The enduring image of World War I is of men stuck in muddy trenches, and of vast armies deadlocked in a fight neither could win. It was a war of barbed wire, poison gas, and horrific losses as officers led their troops on mass charges across No Man's Land and into a hail of bullets. While these impressions are all too true, they hide the fact that trench warfare was dynamic and constantly evolving throughout the war as all armies struggled to find a way to break through the opposing lines.

From the horrors on the front line and the suffering and despair, hope and strength, WWI: The War to End All War gives you the experience of the world’s first modern, mechanised war in an entirely new light! A unique look at the war that shaped the 20th century.

Most books and documentaries about the First World War focus on the carnage of the Western Front, where Germany faced off against France, the British Empire, and their allies in a grueling slugfest that wasted millions of lives. The shattered landscape of the trenches has become symbolic of the war as a whole, and it is this experience that everyone associates with World War I, but that front was not the only experience.

Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist. In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2.

On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over, the twenty years Richard van Emden spent interviewing and carefully recording the memories of over 270 veterans, makes this extraordinary collection of stories even more poignant.

How the US Army developed historical programs since World War I―sending combat historians into the fray to interview soldiers and collect documents for the benefit of history.

In just a few years early in the 20th century, the federal government grew from one tiny cog in the machinery of American life into a colossus, controlling the behavior of every individual. Paranoia, suspicion, and hatred of foreigners took hold, forming the mind-set with which the nation made its first acquaintance with communism in 1918. It was a seminal period in the history of the United States and the world, but the American side of the story has remained largely untold.

The story of the battle of the Saint-Gond marshes during the battle of the Marne. The few vital days when the fate of France hung in the balance. The marshes were the furthest point reached by the invading armies and, not for the first time in history, they where the place where the tables were turned, and France won a great victory in the face of the most powerful army in the world.

War stories inhere in all generations. This book is about the shards of war--the deep sharp edges left within those who have seen combat, survived it, and lived beyond it. The book weaves these stories told to the author, or experienced by him, with the Civil War Diary of the author's great-great grandfather. Grandfather Benjamin Franklin Heuston (1824-1894) fought for the Union with the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment. He marched with General Sherman to Atlanta in 1864, and was badly wounded.

The Third Battle of Ypres, ending in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of Passchendaele, was one of the most appalling campaigns in the history of warfare. A million Tommies, Canadians and Anzacs assembled at the Ypres Salient in summer of 1917, mostly raw young troops keen to do their bit for king and country. This book tells their tale of mounting disillusion amid mud, terror and increasingly desperate attacks, yet it is also a story of immense courage, comradeship, high spirits and hope.

La Primera Guerra Mundial, también conocida como la Gran Guerra, hace honor a su apelativo. De 1914 a 1918, el mundo se sobrecogió ante una contienda en la que se vieron implicadas las principales potencias de la época y en la que, por primera vez en la historia, no hubo límites geográficos para los campos de batalla. Cuando se ha cumplido el primer centenario de su final, el escritor José Luis Hernández Garvi nos ofrece en Eso no estaba en mi libro de la Primera Guerra Mundial un ensayo histórico, fruto de una exhaustiva investigación.

The Battle of the Marne, a pivotal conflict of World War I, took place from September 6 to September 12, 1914, near the Marne River in Northeastern France. As the German forces rapidly advanced toward Paris in the early stages of the war, the French and British armies, under the leadership of General Joseph Joffre, confronted them in a determined defense.