Teenage pilot sacrificed himself to save brother in First World War dogfight
Letter tells of battle over the Western Front as medals belonging to Woodhouse siblings are put up for auction ...
History Today: When the United States joined World War I
It was on April 6 in 1917, that the United States abandoned its stance of neutrality and officially joined the Allied powers ...
Retro Indy: When WWI began, Hoosiers joined the war effort on the home front
Indiana was home to many residents of German descent when World War I began. Many stopped speaking German outside and ...
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World War I-era howitzer found buried at Vancouver fair grounds
The PNE grounds have been used for a lot of things over the years, and artillery storage appears to have been one purpose ...
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First World War German howitzer found buried at the PNE
Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war trophies” after the First World War. Almost all have ...
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The WWI aviators who gave their lives to help the ‘Lost Battalion’
With his final breaths, one of the aviators provided information to give Allied artillery accurate coordinates to target ...
‘Described as a cannon’: Crews dig up WWI artillery piece at PNE in B.C.
A piece of World War One field artillery has been found by crews excavating the site of a new amphitheater at the PNE grounds ...