We are turning the clock back to 1919 which was an incredible year in Chicago's history. There were race riots that took lives and others died when a hydrogen blimp crashed in the loop. There was a ...
For nearly 100 years, commemorations across the country on November 11 have honored military servicemen and women. What was once known as Armistice Day, to mark the end of World War I, is now Veterans ...
An Oxford college wants to commemorate all those connected to it who died in World War One, irrespective of the country they died fighting for. The Queen's College currently has 121 names on its World ...
The US Coastguard Cutter TAMPA was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918 off the Cornish coast, and all 131 lives onboard were ...
In October 1917, Germany launched a major amphibious assault on the Russian-held Baltic islands in an effort to secure the ...
Editor’s Note: Professor Jörn Leonhard, of the University of Freiburg, is author of: “Die Büchse der Pandora. Geschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely ...
The wreck of a World War I German submarine has been discovered off the coast of Scotland by marine engineers surveying the route of an undersea power cable. Researchers said they think the wreck is ...
This remarkable photo, taken in 1918, shows employees of the New York Central Railroad at a celebration in Victory Way, showing off a pyramid of recovered German helmets in front of Grand Central ...
Most people have forgotten the horrendous German inflation that followed WW I. Having no money and/or credit, the German government simply printed money. As prices rose, it printed more money.