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The Great War

The Great War

première guerre mondiale, gouvernement, guerre, Photographie, Arthur Mole, John D. Thomas, Philadelphie, oncle sam, Durant la Première Guerre Mondiale, le gouvernement américain commanda à l’anglais Arthur Mole et l’américain John D. Thomas une série de photographies de foules de soldats à fins propagandaires, « patriotiques ». Celles ci devaient représenter des symboles forts, de la cloche fêlée de Philadelphie à l’Oncle Sam.

The Hue of Battle: The World of Trench Warfare in Color - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International What the public remembers, it remembers in pictures. Wars, even more than other events, tend to survive in the popular imagination not just as a chronology of events, but also as an archive of images. When it comes to remembering the World War I, most of us have had to content ourselves with a visual inheritance almost exclusively limited to black and white photography. In a new book edited by historian Peter Walther, an extraordinary set of color images from the wartime photographer Hands Hilderbrand will be published for the first time. As Europeans massacred one another with unprecedented efficiency on the fields of Flanders, they were greeted with sunshine and lush landscapes. Color photography has been practiced since the late nineteenth century, but until very recently, only a handful of experts were aware of the existence of color documentation of World War I. "Endzeit Europa. Keep track of the news Stay informed with our free news services: All news from SPIEGEL International

Roubini doom scenario: It looks like 1914 again With many parts of the world gearing up to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the First World War, Nouriel Roubini has solidified his hold on the title "Dr. Doom" by suggesting parallels between 2014 and 1914. There may be no Austro-Hungarian empire or Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but Roubini tweeted this from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos today: Tweet one: #wef14 many speakers compare 2014 to 1914 when WWI broke out & no one expected it. He then tweeted some of the reasoning behind this train of thought. Tweet two: #wef14 Echoes of 1914: backlash against globalization, gilded age of inequality, rising geopolitical tensions, ignoring tail risks— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) January 23, 2014 While Roubini is renowned for his bubble warnings and doom scenarios, his concerns weren't drawn out of thin air, but rather taken mainly from the lips of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Read more: Timeline of latest flare-up in China-Japan tensions )

HISTORY IN PICTURES: RARE, UNSEEN PICTURES: BE THERE: German Invasion of France: May 1940: A Picture Album German forces take over the Maginot Line from the French. The Line did not deter the Germans. Their strategy was to bypass it totally. Von Manstein agreed with Guderian’s plan. He only had one objection; it would create an open flank of over 220 miles, vulnerable to French counterattack. Guderian convinced him that this could be prevented by launching simultaneous spoiling attacks to the south by small armored units. The battle of France began with Operation Fall Gelb, during the night of May 10, 1939, when Army Group B launched its feint offensive into the Netherlands and Belgium. Germans at the Maginot Line The French command reacted quickly by sending its 1st Army Group north. With air superiority over the Netherlands, the German 18th Army secured all the bridges in and toward Rotterdam. The Germans were able to quickly establish air superiority over Belgium, too. Entering the town of Yupern Crossing a French river over a broken bridge Moving through a French village Germans in Alsace

Ile Longue 1914-1919, das Internierungslager, le camp de prisonniers, the internment camp First World War.com - A Multimedia History of World War One History - World Wars: Nazi Propaganda Le 28 août 1914 : « Grosses pertes, reste 1 050 hommes sur 3 000 » | Matricule 0220 : le blog du poilu Le carnet d’Henri Flamant (Archives familiales, DR) 28 août 1914 Entendons le canon devant nous, du côté de la Meuse vers Montmédy : revue du colonel à 8 heures et demie. Making of Le caporal Henri Flamant, dont nous publions les carnets rédigés au jour le jour, vit la fin de la « bataille des frontières » (10-28 août 1914) visant à retarder, sur la Meuse, l’avancée des Allemands. Le 24 août 1914, Joffre a décidé la retraite de la 5e armée, entre Maubeuge et le massif boisé des Ardennes. Ensuite, fait la soupe, pas de distribution ; je dois manger des conserves. Nous touchons une demie boule [de pain]. Le régiment a subi de grosses pertes, reste 1 050 hommes sur 3 000. La section de mitrailleuses qui ne sait pas où sont restées ses pièces. 29 août 1914 Réveil 4 heures, suis beaucoup mieux ; bois bonne tasse de lait ; jambes faibles ; ventre vide. Fait le café. 30 août 1914 Nous étions préparés à bien dormir, mais à 11 heures du soir : sac au dos. La canonnade devient générale.

World War I - Kids Social Studies Videos and Lessons that Make Learning Fun and Easy World War 1 for Kids World War I was a large-scale military conflict involving European nations, United States and other nations across the world. The war lasted from August 4, 1914 to November 11, 1918. Play Quiz Games : NeoK12 is iPad & Android tablet ready. History Games, Diagrams & Activities : Pictures & School Presentations : History Videos & Lessons: Search Videos Suggest History Videos Click below to find & suggest other history videos. Topic : World War I Standards Common Core State Standards Videos are embedded and streamed directly from video sites such as YouTube and others. NeoK12 makes learning fun and interesting with educational videos, games and activities for kids on Science, Math, Social Studies and English.

Lazare Ponticelli, immigré italien et dernier poilu français 1Le hasard a voulu que le dernier poilu français fût un immigré italien. Lazare Ponticelli, né en 1897 en Émilie-Romagne, est entré dans l’histoire quelques années avant sa mort survenue le 12 mars 2008, à l’âge de cent dix ans. Ce hasard émerge en fait d’une histoire nationale qui, depuis deux siècles, s’est construite avec l’immigration et s’est nourrie des apports étrangers. Indispensables à la modernisation économique et au peuplement d’un pays menacé par la dépopulation pendant plus d’un demi-siècle, les étrangers ont été de tous les combats, au sens figuré comme au sens propre. Le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale fut un moment emblématique. L’ordre de mobilisation à peine lancé, on vit les étrangers se presser devant les bureaux de recrutement improvisés par les associations, comme la Ligue franco-italienne. 3Ces combattants allogènes allaient être intégrés à la Légion étrangère. 5La grande émigration des Italiens a commencé dans les années 1880.

World War I Document Archive Anzac History World War I Letters from the trenches of WWI Gallipoli France Ted and Annie Smythe lived in Jerilderie in western NSW with their 9 children: 4 boys Bert, Viv, Percy and Vern; 3 girls Viola, Ida and Rita; then 2 more boys Eric and Gordon. They moved to Sydney in 1912 so that their oldest daughter could attend Fort St High School and their younger children could have better opportunities. The four older boys helped get the deposit to build a very modest four-roomed cottage in Kogarah which they named Koppin Yarratt. All four boys enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.) soon after the outbreak of WWI in 1914. Bert spent a few months training in Egypt before taking part in the historic 25 April 1915 landing at Gallipoli Peninsula. Vern left Australia with Bert on the "Euripides" and also landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. In 1916 Viv, Percy and Vern were all in France near the Belgian border and managed to make contact. The Homefolk: Eric, Ida, Rita, Annie, Ted, Gordon.

World War I Resources (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress) Compiled by Kenneth Drexler, Digital Reference Specialist The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material related to World War I, including photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound recordings. This guide compiles links to World War I resources throughout the Library of Congress Web site. Furthermore, as part of our commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the U.S. involvement in World War I, the Library of Congress has created a World War I portal to its extensive holdings on the subject of the war. Library of Congress Web Site | External Web Sites | Selected Bibliography American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I The Nation's Forum recordings were made between 1918 and 1920 in an effort to preserve the voices of prominent Americans; in most cases, they are the only surviving recordings of a speaker. American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1940 George S. John J. Finding Aids

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