Dr. Edward Lengel, Host Theo Mayer, and Katherine Akey discuss the key events and themes of August 1918, including the pivotal Battle of Amiens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1918
Great War ProjectAs the Allied offensive barrels forward and German casualties mount, Berlin begins to recognize that the war is unwinnable.
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/29/the-allied-offensive-gains-strength/
World War One Now Commission NewsCommemoration season kicks into high gear in Europe, with events and reenactments scheduled in Britain and France
http://ww1cc.org/international
http://www.centenarynews.com/article/battle-of-amiens-centenary-commemorations-in-france
http://www.centenarynews.com/article/shropshire-remembers-wilfred-owen-august-november-2018
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HvnP1_ymAKYYkTES2BFt3hcTh8cDGFdw/view
https://www.facebook.com/armyhistory/videos/10156654988097853/
Remembering VeteransTracy Robinson joins us from the Daughters of the American Revolution to discuss the contributions of the DAR during the Great War.
www.dar.org/archives
https://www.dar.org/archives/women-resilience-dar-service-world-war-i
https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/QuasquiFlashbackMJ15.pdf
https://blog.dar.org/celebrate-125-monday-daughters-aid-war-recovery
Historian CornerBill Jackson, an archivist for Harley Davidson, joins us to tell the story of this iconic company and its motorcycles in the Great War.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum/explore/archives.html
http://www.ridingvintage.com/2012/12/war-machines-american-motorcycles-of-wwi.html
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/history-of-u-s-military-motorcycles
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/29/100-year-old-harley-davidson-returns-from-france-to-honor-american-wwi-soldiers.html
100 Cities/100 MemorialsJim Davenport, past president of the Rotary Club of Dunmore and owner of Dunmore Properties, and Louise McLafferty, retired director of the YMCA, join us to promote the new WW1 memorial in Lackawanna County, PA.
www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1Our word for this week is Stormtrooper- no, George Lucas did not coin it!
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/stormtrooper
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2014/04/09/achtung-sturmtruppen-10-amazing-facts-about-the-germanys-ww1-stormtroopers/
http://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-stormtroopers
WW1 War TechThe subject for this week’s installment of War Tech is something we use everyday: Stainless Steel.
http://online.wsj.com/ww1/stainless-steel
http://www.portlandworks.co.uk/portland-works-and-the-invention-of-stainless-steel/
Articles and PostsThe highlights of this week’s weekly dispatch include: the American Society of Landscape Architecture on the approval of the Memorial design, a new Suffragettes-themed walking tour in DC, Humphrey Bogart in WW1, honoring Choctaw veterans in OK, and Doughboy MIA Corporal Clarence Hawkins. Also, check out our official merchandise!
http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html
The BuzzKatherine Akey highlights our recent social media activity, including photos and articles of memorial dedications and re-dedications across America, and a WW1-themed Tuesday Trivia video from the US Army Center of Military History.
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/belmar-slash-lake-como/articles/video-belmars-treasured-doughboy-statue-is-welc
https://www.facebook.com/ww1centennial/photos/a.290566277785344.1073741829.185589304949709/1041510199357611/?type=3&theater
http://www.salina.com/news/20180531/solomon-veterans-memorial-to-be-dedicated-saturday
https://www.facebook.com/armyhistory/videos/10156645173917853/?hc_ref=ARSmTaMW9TTbWFGwsQuxbCt6H6s1RRJhC79K5A5T-IqHPGBWDLJT7x05GyjHcChP37I
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SPECIAL: First Man Into Germany Ep.# 147
WWl Through Many Lenses - Ep.# 146
Overtures To Peace & Baseball - Ep.#145
October 1918 & The Lost Battalion - Ep.#144
FOCUS ON: The New WWI Memorial Ep.#143
Dr. John Morrow: Lifetime Achievement Ep.#142
FOCUS ON: The Animals of WWI - Ep.#141
The American Worker & WWI - Ep.#140
FOCUS ON: Non-Combatants of WWI - Ep.#139
War Football & the NFL - Ep.#138
American Legion Post #43 Revitalized: Ep.#137
The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay - Ep.#136
Focus ON: War in the Sky Ep.#135
American Philanthropy & WWI - Ep.# 134
WWI Remembered in KC & DC - Ep.# 133
Red Summer Riots - Ep.# 132
Monumental Scale! - Ep.#131
Ike’s Big Road Trip - Ep.# 130
4th of July 1919 - Ep# 129
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