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
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #48 - Thanksgiving reflections | Tank Warfare at Cambrai | Intro to Commissioner Zoe Dunning | Yurok Native American Doughboys | 1914 Memoire | Much more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #47 - Thanksgiving special from the Nov. 9, 2017 Ceremonial Groundbreaking of the National WWI Memorial at Pershing Park in Washington DC.
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #46 - Suffrage in WW1 | Passchendaele ends | Meet Joe Weishaar | "Snapshot" | Travels with Darley | 100C/100M Jackson, MO | Story of service | more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #45 - POWs in WW1 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Dingbat | Millionaire's Unit | North Dakota | 100C/100M Wheaton, IL | Warrior in Khaki | and more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #44 - US naval war of 1917 | Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay | The Balfour Declaration | Veterans Day | 100C/100M Riverside, IL | and more..
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #43 - US deployment to the front begins | Edwin Fountain on America's WWI Memorial in DC | Poppy News | Nark | 100C/100M Danville PA | and much more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #42 - Trading with the enemy | Mata Hari | Little companies flying high | Educating educators | Short Hairs | Kenneth Clarke | US Air Service Memorial
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #41A - UPDATE - The kids & WWI | Building Bombers | DHS commemorates | Speaking WWI "Cushie" | Lost Sketchbooks | Roll of Honor | 100C/100M Trafford, PA and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #41 - The kids & WWI | Building Bombers | DHS commemorates | Speaking WWI "Cushie" | Lost Sketchbooks | Roll of Honor | 100C/100M Trafford, PA and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #40 - "Ask Alexa" | Spy ring in Palestine | Richard Rubin | Booby Trap | 100C/100M Ridgewood, NJ | David Hanna | #CountdownToVeteransDay and more...
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #39 - Food | Those Draftin' Blues | Terry Hamby new Chair | First 50 "WWI Centennial Memorial" | Mayor Ann Roth | Author Christy Leskovar and more...
WW1 Centennial News 2-PART SPECIAL : Episode #38 - “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” Part 2 - America Declares War.
WW1 Centennial News 2-PART SPECIAL : Episode #37 - “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace” Part 1 - The Great Debate
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #36 -German Occupied Belgium| Camp Doughboy NYC | Pershing Days | 100C/100M profile | Word=Cooties…
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #35 - China & Japan | 49th UTTC International Powwow | Story of Service | 100C/100M profile | Word=Field Day…
WW1 Centennial News: Episode #34 - Trains | Planes | You've got Mail | Dissent in German Forces | Being German in America | War Letters | 100C/100M profile | Word=Strafe...
Get Ready Training Camp, boys | War in The Sky | Naval Reserve Act |Thingumyjig | Penrose Vass Stout | 1918 Eclipse and more...
WW1CN Epsiode #32 | Red Cross update | Where did "Doughboy" come from? | Hoover's Food Administration | "Slaker" | Arizona WWI Memorial | Podcast Docudrama "Enter The Peace Broker" | more...
Episode #31,Civil Rights, “The Song of Mud”, Mobile AL Memorial Park, Motorcycles and Memorials, On Being an Intern, Dazzle Camouflage, Peach Pits and more...
Episode #30, Orville Wright on air power | Balloon Spies | Dr. Libby O'Connell food history | Maryland Commemoration | WWI Museum & Memorial in KC | and more...
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