First World War in the news  - Edited review of World War I related news



First World War in the News is an edited review of hand-picked World War I (1914-1918) articles - covering everything from the soldiers and generals to the trenches and militaria.


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Battlefields, Tours, Reenactment
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Last living WWI veterans
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Militaria, Memorabilia, Uniforms
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Military History & Battles
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  · Battle of Somme
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Airforce & Aviation
  · Flying Ace: Red Baron
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  · Aircrafts: Vintage Warbirds
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Naval forces, Wrecks
  · World War 1 Wrecks
  · Navy & Naval Forces
  · WW1 Submarines
Wartime & Trenches
  · Battle Tanks
  · Knives, Bayonets
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  · Life in the Trenches
  · Forts and Tunnels
  · Chemical Warfare
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Footages, Films, Photos, Posters
  · Films, Movies & Footages
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  · Photos, Pictures & Images
  · Posters
  · Art: Paintings & Sketches
WWI Archives, Documents, Letters
  · Archives, Records
  · Documents, Diaries
  · WW1 Letters
The Central Powers
  · German Empire
  · Turkish Ottoman Empire
  · Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Main Allied Powers
  · United Kingdom
  · United States of America
  · The Soviet Empire
  · France
  · WW1 Italy
United Kingdom, Commonwealth
  · Canada & Natives
  · Irish and Ireland
  · New Zealand
  · Australia
  · Scotland
Secret or Forgotten groups
  · Choctaw code talkers
  · Executed 'Cowards'
  · Minor WW1 groups & areas
  · Wartime Animals
From Soldiers to Generals
  · Generals & Leaders
  · Regiments
  · Intelligence & Spy
  · Lawrence Of Arabia
  · Alvin York
  · RIP: Remains of Soldiers
The Great War -era
  · Home Front
  · Women and War
  · Health: Medics & Nurses
  · Spanish Flu 1918
  · Battlefield Casualties
Misc WWI History
  · 1914 Christmas truce
  · Origins & Causes of WWI
  · Museums & Memorials
  · US National WWI Museum
  · Generic & Overview
  · Uncategorized
  · WW1-era Explosions
  · Case Armenia
  · Strange
  · Unsolved Mysteries
  · Gallipoli: Anzac Day
  · Tributes to WW1



World War 2
American Civil War

Long interview with Jack Babcock, Last surviving veteran of Canada's WW1 army
Peter Kilduff published his 6th book on the WWI aviation legend, the Red Baron
Photographic memories from the Land of Israel in World War I
Tip & Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa
Tribute to Pals killed on Somme - Coach trip to the battlefields on The Western Front
The only cine-film of Gallipoli campaign on Australia's documentary heritage list
Website hosts Britain's First World War records
Never Such Innocence: British Images of the First World War
History Detectives: Flag's authenticity and South Carolina black regiment
Scots' World War One underground shelter discovered in Ypres
Tragedy of 4 sons lost to the Great War
WW1 Memorial visit for granddaughter of a soldier shot for desertion
National treasure, stolen Waiouru medals, returned for slice of reward
Western Front: Exploits of NZ tunnellers showed in a museum 22m underground
Brothers at war: The WW1 soldier and the pacifist... who was the hero?
Victoria Cross winner Albert Shepherd - The 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
WWI NZ Soldiers honoured in France - Tunnellers’ museum, Carrière Wellington
Plans to raise submarine AE2 and turn it into a museum
American WWI Soldier's message in a bottle surfaces
Harry Landis - One of last 2 WWI vets in US - dies at 108
Digger graves snub for Aussies - British battlefield archeologist hired again
Massive flag to commemorate Turkish fallen of the Gallipoli Campaign
They Came to Fight: African Americans and the Great World War
The uniformed soldiers dug deep - Water balloon battle teaches about war
American World War I veteran Frank Woodruff Buckles turns 107
British destroyer HMS Fairy's battle with U-boat UC75