Professor Christopher Capozzola writes for the Oxford University Press blog about the American Expeditionary Force's (doughboys) arrival in France in 1917 during the First World War.
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Western Front Association East Coast branch, USA, to host World War I History Symposium
The East Coast branch of the Western Front Association is organising a “World War I History Symposium”, to be held in October 2013.
Continue reading‘Dissent, Activism & Transformation in the World War I Era’ conference, Georgian Court University, USA
Georgian Court University in New Jersey, USA, is hosting a conference entitled ‘Dissent, Activism & Transformation in the World War I Era’ in October 2014.
Continue readingPresident Obama appoints final members to USA’s World War I Centennial Commission
President Barack Obama has appointed the final three members to the US World War I Centennial Commission, completing the twelve person body.
Continue readingNational World War I Museum to host ‘The Coming of the Great War’ symposium
The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, USA, is to host “a symposium on the political, social, economic, cultural, and military events between 1870 and 1913, leading to the Great War 1914-1918”.
Continue readingOklahoma recognises role of First World War Chocktaw Code Talkers as stretch of highway is renamed
NewsOK reports that a stretch of highway in Oklahoma, USA, will be renamed in honour of Native Americans who fought for America during the First World War.
Continue reading‘The Origins and Impact of World War I: An Interdisciplinary Conference’, New York
Columbia University will host a conference about the origins and impact of the First World War.
Continue reading‘The Origins and Impact of World War I: An Interdisciplinary Conference’, New York
Columbia University will host a conference about the origins and impact of the First World War.
Continue readingFirst World War database: ‘Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War’
ProQuest is launching a new database – Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War – which will provide access to primary sources from the conflict.
Continue readingFirst World War database: ‘Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War’
ProQuest is launching a new database – Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War – which will provide access to primary sources from the conflict.
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