Edith Cavell was a pioneering British Red Cross nurse, working in German-occupied Belgium during the World War I. Despite the risks, she secretly helped hundreds of wounded British, French and Belgian soldiers escape from German custody into Holland. She was arrested and executed in October 1915 by a firing squad of German soldiers. Who wasContinue reading “Heroic WWI Nurse Edith Cavell – shot by German Firing Squad”
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The Indestructible Soldier – Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart
British war hero Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart survived both the trenches of World War I and PoW camps of World War II. During battles he was shot in the face, losing an eye, and shot through the skull, stomach, groin, ankle and ear. In WW I, he was severely wounded no less than eightContinue reading “The Indestructible Soldier – Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart”
Podcast: How a Teenage Boy Started World War I
On 28 June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie were visiting the picturesque city of Sarajevo in the Balkans. Franz Ferdinand was also the nephew of the Emperor, and heir to the throne as well! The Austro-Hungarian Empire had recently annexed the Balkan provinces, infuriating Serbia. Tensions were high and the fuseContinue reading “Podcast: How a Teenage Boy Started World War I”
The World War I Christmas Eve Truce of 1914
On Christmas Day 1914, in the cold, muddy trenches of World War I’s Western Front, a truly miraculous event occurred. For a few brief hours, opposing soldiers, British, French, Germans and Austrians in the “No Man’s Land” of France and Belgium, declared their own cease fire. They laid down their arms, climbed from the trenches,Continue reading “The World War I Christmas Eve Truce of 1914”
IN FLANDERS FIELDS World War I Poem Written over 100 Years Ago
Over 100 Years ago during World War I, the famous & haunting poem IN FLANDERS FIELDS was written by 41 year old Canadian Physician & Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in May 1915.
White Friday 1916 – History’s Deadliest Avalanche occurred during WWI
The deadliest avalanche in history occurred at the worst possible time in the worst possible place. A powerful avalanche killed hundreds of Austrian and Italian soldiers near Italy’s Mount Marmolada on 13 December 1916, in the middle of World War I. It would come to be known as White Friday. Over the next several weeks,Continue reading “White Friday 1916 – History’s Deadliest Avalanche occurred during WWI”
Both Germany and the Allies used Poison Gas in World War I
The horrors that man is capable of unleashing upon his enemy during warfare reached its pinnacle during World War I, when BOTH slides liberally used Poison Gas against each other.