Hitler 'comedy' to hit screens Apr 23, 2008
"Mein Kampf," based on a dark farce by Hungarian playwright George Tabori, is set in a Vienna hostel before World War One. In the play, an insecure Hitler is befriended by an elderly Jew who gives him his infamous hair style and toothbrush mustache. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Plaque marks RAF's 90th birthday Mar 31, 2008
The RAF was formed by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the end of World War One. It all began with string, wood, canvas, a primitive engine and an idea that air power was not just for dreamers. (BBC News -- UK)
Origin and Causes of World War One Mar 19, 2008
Political, Geographical and Diplomatic Reasons for The Great War. German principalities, united with Prussia by Otto Von Bismarck were a fuse in a powder keg that Balkan volatility could light when unwise Kaiser Wilhelm II took control. (Suite101.com)
New-style Sarkozy likely after voter romance ends Mar 17, 2008
His programme for the week ahead points to this new approach with ceremonies for veterans of both World War One and Two, a speech on the French language and the launching of a nuclear submarine -- all classical presidential activities. Opposition politicians said the municipal election result underlined that voters were worried about soaring living costs and dwindling spending power. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Alitalia unions, politicians attack Air France bid Mar 17, 2008
Some opposition politicians compared the agreement to the Battle of Caporetto, Italy's worst military defeat during World War One and a lingering national symbol of collapse. It's a real Caporetto of the government and of the administrators it named, Lombardy region President Roberto Formigoni said, according to la Repubblica. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
France's final WWI veteran dies Mar 15, 2008
France's last surviving veteran of World War One, Lazare Ponticelli, has died at the age of 110. President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death on Wednesday, paying tribute to the last "poilu", as French WWI veterans were known. (BBC News -- Europe)
France's last First World War vet dies at 110 Mar 15, 2008
PARIS France's last surviving veteran of World War One, an Italian immigrant who fought in the trenches with the Foreign Legion, has died at the age of 110, the president's office said on Wednesday. Lazare Ponticelli, who joined his adopted country's army as a 16-year-old at the outbreak of the war with Germany in 1914, had attended a memorial ceremony as recently as November 2007. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Pentagon Unveils Portraits of 'Forgotten' WWI Vets Mar 7, 2008
WASHINGTON -- With an old soldier of 107 looking on, the Pentagon on Thursday unveiled portraits of World War One veterans and the photographer behind them voiced hope they would remind officials their decisions affect real lives ... Sharing the stage with Gates was 107-year-old Frank Buckles of Charles Town, West Virginia, one of only two surviving Americans who served in World War One, the 1914-1918 conflict the United States entered in 1917 ... The other survivor, John Babcock of Spokane,... (Newsmax)
Wartime clerk set for literary fame Mar 2, 2008
I was cooking dinner when I heard this item on the television about World War One diaries,' he said. The handwriting was beautiful and the illustrations reminded me a little of The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady, which had been a publishing phenomenon in the 1980s. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Europe cuts off talks with Serbia after mob sets US embassy ablaze Feb 24, 2008
Um obviously known of you heard of World War One. Richard, Tracy. (Yahoo News -- Kosovo)
Red Ace Squadron Feb 22, 2008
Command alone, or on-line, a squadron of World War One aviators and annihilate the enemy. Fly a World War One bi-plane and experience aerial combat at its purest. (USA Today -- Tech)
"Good Grief, Charlie Brown!" Feb 14, 2008
World Famous World War One Flying Ace, with goggles in place and cape flying, on top of your doghouse. Woodstock's master, always observing wryly the antics of the yellow bird and his friends as they ice skate on your water bowl. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Athletics History: Dismantling Dynasties Feb 4, 2008
In Connie Mack's case, he had to deal with the troubles of World War One, the start-up of the Federal League, and the Great Depression, and in Charlie Finley's case, he just didn't want to spend the money it would take to field a competitive team in the advent of free agency. The First Dynasty (1910-1914) The early Philadelphia A's were one of the most dominant teams in the newly formed junior circuit, called the American League. (Oakland, TheInsiders.com)
Lessing receives Nobel at last Jan 31, 2008
Lessing has described it as an anti-war book about her parents whose lives were irrevocably damaged by World War One. Asked if receiving the Nobel prize had changed her life, Lessing told Reuters: "My son Peter said, 'It's very strange ... here you are, been working away, working away and suddenly people notice you.' This is the thing in a nutshell, isn't it?". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Winston's Little Army' Goes Online Jan 31, 2008
co.uk managing director Simon Harper said: "The Royal Naval Division were considered to be real crack troops."Their exploits have most certainly become legendary, making this collection an important resource for anyone interested in World War One history. "Not only do these records provide a fascinating insight into the lives of soldiers on the Western Front, but more importantly they are for many the only record of a serviceman's death and burial."This helps to preserve the memory of Winston's... (Sky News)
A blog from the trenches of WWI Jan 9, 2008
Thousands of people have been following the fate of a British soldier fighting in the trenches of World War One on a website publishing his letters home exactly 90 years after they were written ... " In another entry from October the same year, details of British casualties are pencilled out, possibly by army censors seeking to maintain morale back home. Lamin said the daily number of visitors to his site reached around 20,000 last week after several media reports appeared, although the daily... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Standards of livingHow the UK and US economies have fared over the past century Jan 8, 2008
World War One gave the US economy a huge boost. More than four million Americans served in the armed forces and the US economy turned out a vast supply of raw materials and munitions. (BBC News -- UK)
Thousands follow soldier's fate in WW1 blog Jan 8, 2008
LONDON Thousands of people have been following the fate of a British soldier fighting in the trenches of World War One on a website publishing his letters home exactly 90 years after they were written ... World War One has always been fascinating for people, the horrors of it, he said. (Globe and Mail)
Sandy Nichols Ward: In his own words: my father's business Jan 4, 2008
"How I slipped into the hearing aid business goes back to my early interest in radios. I liked to build, innovate, and experiment with mechanical and electrical things while still in grammar school. "Popular Science" and "Popular Mechanics" were my favorite reading magazines in the Library. In the early 1920s at age of about 10, I succeeded in winding coils on oatmeal boxes, using World War One earphones, and a "cats whisker" hitting a hot spot on a galena crystal, to make a home made radio... (Danvers Herald, MA)
Long list of assassinated leaders Dec 28, 2007
A short time later the couple were assassinated by a Serb nationalist, sparking World War One. . (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Battered PM launches comeback blitz Dec 15, 2007
Sipping water at a boisterous end-of-term Christmas party thrown by David Cameron on Thursday night, a senior member of the shadow cabinet reflected on Labour's tactics this week: "I know what it is like. When we have been in trouble, and you are looking for a turning point, we have tried the same thing. It is like in world war one, you dig a big tunnel under enemy lines, pack it full of your best explosives, and send it up. It is distraction politics.". The same shadow cabinet member was... (Guardian Unlimited)
Raghu Krishnan: The last frontier Dec 9, 2007
And think of the dead World War One pilot-poet soloing upwards and upwards until he put out his hand, smiling, I touched the face of God. Time and space stand still. (India Times)
Luvera Law Firm: Jury Finds State Responsible for Brain-Injury Accident Dec 1, 2007
The two large trees that blocked the driver's view were planted after World War One to commemorate the War veterans. This is the reason that stretch of State Highway 536 is also known as Memorial Highway Brindley also pointed out that the state had changed the position of the stop line several times. (PR Newswire)
Theatre owner steals Grinch from kids Nov 21, 2007
"Think of it as being like the Christmas armistice in World War One," union spokesman Bruce Cohen said. Producer James Sanna told a news conference he would file an injunction with an undetermined court on Tuesday that would ask a judge to force the St. James Theater to resume its run of the show, originally scheduled from November 1 to January 6. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Street: Democrats Bare Their Back Nov 16, 2007
Its the old stab in the back charge, used to such lovely effect by the German Right against German Social Democrats, radicals, and liberals after World War One. We know a bit about the aftermath. (Zmag.org)
Fisk: White House Holocaust Denial Nov 15, 2007
Bush cant even summon up the courage to tell the truth about World War One. Who would have thought that the leader of the Western world - he who would protect us against world terror - would turn out to be the David Irving of the White House. (Zmag.org)
Lest We Forget: Potter star on First World War Nov 13, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe cannot imagine what it was like to live amid the stench of death in the trenches of World War One -- but he says his generation should never be allowed to forget. "I think it is as relevant today as it ever was with young men all over the world still sacrificing their lives in the name of war," said the teenage actor critically acclaimed on Monday for his portrayal of writer Rudyard Kipling's doomed son. (Reuters)
Record price for Clifton plot Nov 13, 2007
All the properties in the area are wooden bungalows many of which were originally constructed after World War One as fishermen's cottages or for returning servicemen. Any new development must conform to the regulations imposed by the Clifton bungalow owners' association. (iAfrica.com)
Veterans Day Honors All Americans' Military Service Nov 12, 2007
VOA News - Veterans Day Honors All Americans' Military Service. A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. (Voice of America)
Preserving heritage Nov 11, 2007
GENEVA Archives recording the fate of 2 million prisoners captured during World War One, including young French captain Charles de Gaulle who later became president, enter UNESCO's "Memory of the World" register next week. The recognition by UNESCO, whose aim is to prevent collective amnesia by preserving mankind's documentary heritage, dovetails with the 89th anniversary of the Nov. 11 armistice. (Globe and Mail -- International)
North and south join in tribute to Great War dead Nov 5, 2007
The sacrifice made by soldiers from across Ireland during World War One has been remembered at a special ceremony in the Republic. Ex-service organisations from both north and south met in Drogheda on Saturday for the only annual all-Ireland remembrance event. (Belfast Telegraph)
New troops given extra firepower in Afghanistan Nov 5, 2007
World war one GB and the USA. World war two GB and the USA. World war three GB and the USA. When the going gets tough the tough get going. Never a truer saying. (Yahoo News -- Afghanistan)
Allied Interventionists in Russia Nov 1, 2007
When the October 1917 Russian Revolution led to the Bolshevik government pulling out of World War One, this presented the Western Allies with a couple of problems ... This did not happen until over a month after World War One ended due to the Black Sea being closed at the Bospherous by German allied Turkey. (Suite101.com)
Czech Volunteers in Russia WWI Oct 29, 2007
The Czech Legion started from humble beginnings in 1914 and ended up as one of the last reliable units on the World War One Eastern Front. When world war one war erupted all over Europe in August 1914, some in eastern Europe saw it as an extension of the age old war between Slav and Teuton. (Suite101.com)
US delays Armenia vote Oct 27, 2007
Turkey, an important regional operational hub for the US military, accepts many Armenians died during World War One, but denies they were victims of systematic genocide. Analysts say Ankara could deny American access to Incirlik airbase, or other supply lines crucial to US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, in response to the passage of such a vote. (BBC News -- Europe)
The Women's Battalions of Death Oct 26, 2007
Russian Amazon Soldiers of World War One 1917. A look at the over 40,000 Russian women who served in non-combatant and in direct combat roles in the Armies of the Tsar and the Provisional Government in World War One ... When World War One started in Russia, women were non-existent in the Russian Army. (Suite101.com)
Russian Women's Legion of Death Oct 26, 2007
The Organization and Record of the Womans Battalions 1917. The 1st Battalion of the was organised from hundreds of volunteers in May 1917. (Suite101.com)
US congress delays Armenia vote Oct 26, 2007
The authors of a US congress bill to formally label the World War One massacre of Armenians by Turks a genocide have agreed to delay the measure, which had sparked fury in Turkey. The White House had called for the scrapping the bill, which passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee on October 10, fearing relations with Turkey would be damaged. (Aljazeera.Net)
The Halifax Explosion of 1917 Oct 24, 2007
Tons of Explosives Detonated in a Fire, Demolishing Part of Halifax. Haligonians watched with curiosity as Mont Blanc drifted to Halifax, the ship ablaze from an accident. (Suite101.com)
Krasnaia Red Presnia Uprising Oct 23, 2007
The Semenovsky's returned to St Petersburg and were decimated in World War one only to mutiny in 1917 and support the people against their Tsar. Their commander, Colonel Min, was promoted to General and made an aide to the Tsar. (Suite101.com)
Pelosi's judgment questioned over Armenia issue Oct 22, 2007
Turkey accepts that many Armenians were killed in World War One, but denies they were victims of a systematic genocide. Also on Reuters. (Reuters)
Turkish army chief says U.S. ties at risk Oct 15, 2007
Turkey says many Muslim Turks died alongside Christian Armenians in inter-ethnic conflict in World War One. Patriarch Mesrob II, the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of Turkey's Armenians, was quoted by state-run Anatolian news agency as saying his community opposed the U.S. bill. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Oil hits record $84 on supply concerns Oct 14, 2007
Turkeys prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, said relations between Turkey and the United States are in danger over a U.S. resolution branding massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as genocide. . (India Times)
Gunfight erupts in Turkish town Oct 14, 2007
Over the past few days the has sought to calm tensions with Turkey, after a vote on Wednesday in which the US House of Representatives foreign affairs committee branded the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as genocide - a charge Turkey has firmly denied. The US has also urged Ankara not to take unilateral action against the PKK.. (Aljazeera.Net)
Turk PM may request N.Iraq incursion on Thursday Oct 11, 2007
In Washington, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee approved a resolution calling massacres of Armenians during World War One genocide, despite White House warnings that such a decision would harm ties with Turkey ... 5 million Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during World War One. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Pencari Traces Ambatofotsy Uranium Structure for 3,000 Metres and Remains Open Oct 11, 2007
The OMNIS program has already extended the uranium bearing pegmatite for 3,000 metres beyond the known workings which are reported to have produced over 20 tonnes of high grade betafite "ore" prior to World War One. The zone remains open. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Turkey says Armenian resolution to harm US ties Oct 11, 2007
5 million Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during World War One. Next Article. (Reuters)
Passchendaele: 3rd Battle of Ypres Oct 10, 2007
The Ridge was reclaimed, but World War One was not yet over. Slaughter in the Mud: The Canadians at Passchendaele, 1917. (Suite101.com)
Street: Eric Alterman Oct 10, 2007
The first stab in the back campaign came in Germany after World War One, when that countrys fascists blamed Jews for causingthe Fatherland's defeat in the Great War. American right- wingers have similarly blamed U.S. liberals and radicals (generally conflated with each other in the paranoid far-right world view) for U.S. defeat in the Korean and Vietnam wars. (Zmag.org)
Cameron bounces back Oct 5, 2007
Andrew Dismore, MP for Hendon, said: "It's a bit like the mobilisation of world war one: once you start, nobody can stop it. Nobody really wanted a war but it happened. I think what we have to say is does anybody really want it? And if not, let's take a deep breath.". There is comfort for advocates of the election in that much of the Tory recovery appears to come at the expense of the Lib Dems, rather than Labour. (Guardian Unlimited)
Spotlight on... Emily Mitchell Sep 26, 2007
Emily Mitchell: The novel tells the story of the work that the American photographer Edward Steichen did flying and taking aerial reconnaissance photographs during World War One. Steichen is probably best known now for the portraits that he took for Vanity Fair in the 1930s. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Snoopy the Flying Ace Review Sep 21, 2007
September 20, 2007 - Snoopy's alter ego as a World War One flying ace was a fun side story in the classic Peanuts pantheon, perhaps the world's most successful (and heartfelt) comic strip. Namco Networks' new casual game checks in on Snoopy as he flies not-so-dangerous missions with his Sopwith Camel. (IGN Wireless Games)
Russia's Rowling Sep 19, 2007
"Two Fandorin novels, Turkish Gambit and The State Counsellor, were made into big-budget movies, which broke Russian box office records in 2005. A play based on Erast Fandorin is showing next to Red Square.Akunin is working on a new project - Cinema Novel - a cycle of 10 short novels combining words and pictures. A TV series will follow. The characters are new; one senses that he's had enough for the moment of Erast Fandorin.What's the novel about? "It's a spy story about world war one set in... (Guardian Unlimited)
ANTI-SEMITISM RISES AGAIN Sep 16, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007 Last Update: 09:40 AM EDT. A NEW HATRED AMONG THE ELITES. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The Military History of Tonga Sep 12, 2007
While part of the British Empire, fierce Tongan volunteers served in the ANZAC corps as part of the Royal New Zealand Army in World War One. The Tongans, some 2,000 strong, took part in military operations in World War Two as the Tongan Defense Force. (Suite101.com)
Chemical agent found in UN office Aug 31, 2007
The material was discovered last Friday, but it was only on Wednesday that inspectors found an inventory list which identified the substance as phosgene, a choking potentially lethal chemical warfare agent used extensively during World War One. The substance was recovered in 1996 from a former Iraqi chemical weapons facility, al-Muthanna, north of Baghdad. (Aljazeera.Net)
Blue on blue deaths raise tough questions for MoD Aug 25, 2007
A recent US study found that 15% of all casualties from world war one to the first Gulf war came from friendly fire, according to retired Lt Col James Corum, author of Fighting the War on Terror. "These days, thanks to better communication and coordination, the incidents of friendly fire are far less common than before," he said. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bikers' feud could hold key to motorway murder Aug 14, 2007
A squadron of world war one fighter pilots is credited with coining the Hells Angels name, but a breakaway group from the Pissed Off Bastards of San Bernadino, California, formed the first club in 1948. Now there are more than 100 chapters in more than 30 countries, including Croatia, Liechtenstein and South Africa. (Guardian Unlimited)
Prohibition: No Liquor Allowed Aug 8, 2007
Early attempts to dry out both countries failed, but by the time World War One erupted in 1914, citizens took a different view of prohibition. Temperance groups, farmers, churches and women armed with new-found voting rights rallied together to fight for a ban on alcohol. (Suite101.com)
Tuna shift from pet food to delicacy as stocks fall Aug 6, 2007
Tuna's sudden popularity in northern Europe might have been linked to a surge of consumption in Germany during World War One when other food was scarce. It then caught on ever more widely. (Scientific American)
Snoopy Aloft Aug 1, 2007
The game is based on the classic Peanuts comic strip, starring Charlie Brown's dog Snoopy in his World War One flying ace alter ego. Flying his Sopwith Camel (actually his dog house) across enemy lines, Snoopy must seek out the dreaded Red Baron and save his feathered friend Woodstock. (IGN Wireless Games)
Good Morning! Jul 28, 2007
In 1914, World War One began as Austria-Hungary declared war onSerbia. In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called "BonusArmy" of World War One veterans who had gathered in Washington todemand money they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945. (KWTX.com, TX)
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The famous Hall of Mirrors where France, Spain and England officially recognized the independence of the United States in 1783, and where the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War One, was signed defiantly was worth noting. Paris cannot be visited without a stop at the grand gothic cathedral, Notre-Dame. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Hiram Walker, Whisky Industrialist Jul 25, 2007
Sold several times later, the once bright future of Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery lost lustre in the early 1900s the dark clouds of World War One and Prohibition were approaching. (Suite101.com)
World War one French cognac unearthed in Macedonia Jul 22, 2007
The town sits on a World War One battlefield, and a liquid fortune in vintage cognac lies buried in what were its trenches. Villagers unearthed the first case of 15 bottles about 15 years ago. (WSJA.com, AL)
