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Battles of Morval and Thiepval Ridge
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 250th installment in the series.
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15 Unexpected Facts About Military Research From Mary Roach’s Grunt
The U.S. military studies everything from uniform button placement to traveler's diarrhea to organ transplants with the same intense rigor.
Rise Of The Tanks
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 249th installment in the series.
Romania Joins Allies, Fall Of Falkenhayn
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 248th installment in the series.
Starvation Stalks Europe
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 247th installment in the series.
Italian Victory At Sixth Isonzo
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 246th installment in the series.
Russians Resume Brusilov Offensive
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 245th installment in the series.
Battle of Pozières, Romania Agrees to Join Allies
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened.
WWI Centennial: Battle of Bazentin Ridge
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 243rd installment in the series.
Who Cleaned Up the Carnage After Napoleon’s Battles?
Battlefield tidying during the Napoleonic Wars was a grim business—and we do mean business.
Armageddon – The Somme
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 242nd installment in the series.
Somme Bombardment Begins
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 241st installment in the series.
U.S. Mobilizes Troops, Vows to Pacify Border
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 240th installment in the series.
Germans Capture Fort Vaux
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 239th installment in the series.
Silly String Has a Real Purpose: Exposing Trip Wires
Soldiers have used the sticky party toy to help scan areas for explosives.
Russians Launch Brusilov Offensive, Arab Revolt Begins
Day of the Dreadnoughts – Jutland
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 237th installment in the series.
15 Incredible Monuments That Honor American Soldiers
These monuments and memorials remember America’s military service members with gratitude and respect.
French Fail To Retake Fort Douaumont
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 236th installment in the series.
English Nonprofit Will Preserve WWI Conscientious Objectors' Jail Graffiti
The Richmond 16 were imprisoned in England in 1916 for refusing to aid the war effort.
Austrians Launch “Punishment Expedition” Against Italy
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 235th installment in the series.
Britain, France Slice Up Ottoman Empire
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 234th installment in the series.
British Crush Easter Rising
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 233rd installment in the series.
Sybil Ludington: The 16-Year-Old Revolutionary Who Outrode Paul Revere
Sybil Ludington's ride through the New York countryside to rouse the troops was longer and more difficult than Paul Revere's.