Dr. Ed Lengel, Katherine Akey, and Theo Mayer preview the key developments and themes of July 1918.
The Great War ProjectOn the Italian Front, the Allies utilize airpower to stymie an Austrian offensive. On the Western Front, as Americans continue to prove their mettle in crucial battles, Pershing becomes convinced that America must “assume the initiative” if the Allies are to win the war.
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/01/summer-1918-key-battles-in-italy-and-france/
World War One Now Commission Newswww.ww1cc.org/bells
Remembering VeteransRob Laplander, Managing Director of Doughboy MIA, joins us to talk about ongoing efforts to research the fate and service of missing WW1 soldiers.
www.ww1cc.org/mia
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2016/03/09/the-lost-doughboys-the-hunt-continues-for-american-mias-from-ww1/
Spotlight on the MediaAuthors Michael Collins and Martin King discuss their new book, The Lost Voices: The Untold Stories of America's World War I Veterans and Their Families, which looks at WW1 through the eyes of Americans who witnessed it.
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Voices-Americas-Veterans-Families/dp/1493031643
Speaking WW1This week on Speaking WW1, our phrase is ‘Zero-hour’, the precise start time of an operation.
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/413123#eid321052091
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/zero-hour
100 Cities/100 Memorials Karlen Morris and Phil Wilburn join the show to discuss the Patton and the U.S. Tank Corps Monument, located in Fort Knox, Kentucky.www.ww1cc.org/100cities
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3004-four-questions-for-karlen-morris.html
https://usabot.ecwid.com/#!/Donation-Monument-Fort-Knox-Patton-Joins-the-US-Tank-Corps/p/83940729/category=5426372
https://19seriesclothing.com/
WW1 TechFor WW1 Tech, we take a look at the crude but effective Trench Club.
https://owlcation.com/humanities/WW1-Trench-Weapons-The-Trench-Club-and-Trench-Knife
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30003757
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30001746
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-6-most-terrifying-weapons-of-world-war-i
Articles and PostsThe headlines from this week’s Dispatch newsletter: Fighting Father Duffy Remembered, Historic fireboat in NYC turned into Floating Work of WWI-inspired Art, Navy Cross Nurses: Inspiring Heroism During the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, Warriors in Khaki: Wyoming Indian Doughboys who served in World War I, and this week’s Story of Service featuring Emmett George Hoyt. 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 two popular articles on Facebook about the short-lived WW1 Victory Arch in NYC (the Daily Beast) and a deadly fire at a New York munitions plant (Syracuse.com).
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-world-war-one-victory-arch-demolished-in-a-new-york-minute
https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2018/06/one_hundred_years_later_remembering_the_split_rock_disaster.html
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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