These incredible before and after photographs show how British and French soldiers had to have their faces completely rebuilt having been maimed during World War One.
Back in 2011, developer Dean Putney's mother dropped a photographic goldmine in his lap as he was getting ready to leave home after Thanksgiving. Out from
Passenger ship ZEALANDIA in wartime dazzle paint
Private Frederick Bertram Key's letters from the trenches in Somme to his fiancee Zen have been discovered in the attic of a house in Hampshire.
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and t...
World War 1 saw the introduction of aircraft to the battlefield. Initially, crude wood framed canvas covered aircraft were deployed in light reconnaissance roles. However the combat potential of ai…
War is clearly a test of human nature. We have war heroes and we have war criminals. The heroes obviously brought out compassion while the criminals
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Imperial Japanese Submersibles before, during and after WWI: From the Kaigun Holland 1904 to the KT class of 1922, design, doctrinal changes.
One of the most visited posts on A Writer of History is WWI Fashion so I decided to do a second post and a deeper dive into the factors influencing fashion before and during the war. Here’s some of what I found. La Belle Epoque sets the stage: The age preceding WWI is referred to […]
1. Sanitary Pads Cellucotton was already discovered before WWI broke out by a small US company named Kimberly-Clark. James C. Kimberley, the firm's
Vancouver women's hockey made history in 1921. Since before WWI, amateur women's hockey thrived in this region. As far back as 1900, Rossland hosted
In the European Review of History, an abstract on the 'meat war' of Germany in 1912, a food riot that occurred shortly before WWI. * ...
Vintage erotic art and pinup before 1924, including the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the Belle Epoque, WWI, and the beginning of the jazz age.
The War Boats is an almost hour long documentary about flying boats that were specifically built for military use, it starts all the way back before WWI
Edward Thomas poet and writer of prose, lived in the village of Steep and it was here that he drew inspiration for his poetry before his untimely death in WWI
Here I will outline my understanding of how to lace the Eighth Doctor's gaiters, as seen in 'The Night of the Doctor'. However, before launching into all that, just a couple things to cover - First of all, the gaiters were ID'ed on eBay as 'WWI English Cavalry Half-Chaps' which were worn to protect…
Sadly, a time machine is not available yet. However, if you’ve been wondering how Germany looked before WWI, don’t bother looking for uranium, just get the new photobook, “Germany Around 1900.” It will take you there from the very first page!
Lady Diana (Manners) Cooper Duff Cooper wrote to her: "I hope everyone you like better than me will die very soon." Later he married her, but not before most of her peers perished in WWI
