Horses, mules, dogs, pigeons, cats, camels, koalas... ...even elephants were enlisted for their service in World War I. While a few were just mascots for the purpose... ...has a collection of 45 photographs of animals in wartime . Warning
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/23/The-Animals-of-World-War-I/The Battle of the Somme began 100 years ago today,... ...that lasted for months. The number of wounded in World War I far exceeded anything the western world had seen before. As the war dragged on for years, medical personnel feverishl... ...pparatus shown here marks a wa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/01/Ten-Medical-Innovations-of-World-War-I/(Photo: Mark Holloway)During World War I, warring nations developed large, heavily armored, self-pr... ...could support infantry attacks. They called these war machines "tanks." Why?It was the British who came...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/04/28/How-the-Tank-Got-Its-Name/A mudlark is someone who looks through river mud t... ...ritish folk, but the account follows Jury through World War I and afterward. White even went to search for Ju...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/05/A-Mudlarking-Find-Brings-a-World-War-I-Soldier-to-Life/(Photo: Stranger20824)The Oise-Anise American Ceme... ...ican soldiers who died in the line of duty during World War I. The United States and France honor these falle... ...ican soldiers who were executed for crimes during World War II. Atlas Obscura explains:The soldiers eventuall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/18/The-Secret-American-Military-Cemetery-Where-There-Are-No-Names-and-Flags-Are-Forbidden/(Photo: University of Illinois Archives)In 1917, t... ...n 1917, the American people launched into a major war on a scale unlike anything that had been seen for... ...ican Library Association (ALA) formed the Library War Service to establish more than 30 camp libraries... ...rtram about the work of these volu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/07/When-Americas-Librarians-Went-to-War/(Photo: Camille)The Battle of Verdun consumed most... ...ntly changed the landforms of the area. After the war , it was dangerous to live there because of the va... ...lored this forbidden zone that remains scarred by war a century later. It quotes historian Christina Ho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/31/The-Forbidden-Zone-65-Square-Miles-of-France-Still-Uninhabitable-after-World-War-I/World War I changed the way we do warfare in many ways, and one of the biggest was the use... ...al instruments. They were, in fact, called “ war tubas.” Such instruments were used from World War I until the development of ra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/07/War-Tubas/View image | gettyimages.comIn 1899, a young Belg... ...main a soldier.Carton de Wiart served in the Boer War , World War One and World War Two. In the process he was shot in the face, losi... ...g. Carton de Wiart’s plane was shot down in ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/07/Adrian-Carton-de-Wiart-The-Unkillable-Soldier/It’s Christmas Eve and the 100th anniversary... ...squo;s Christmas Eve and the 100th anniversary of World War I’s Christmas Truce. It was not a truce ham...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/24/100-Years-Ago-Today-The-Christmas-Truce-of-1914/
