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Causes of World War I: European nations set themselves up for disaster

By: Ivan Castro

The Treaty of Versailles: Was the Peace Treaty Too Weak or Too Severe on Germany?

By: Ivan Castro

World War One and Military Mobilization: A Crucial Immediate Cause of the Great War Often Overlooked

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Mussolini Paid by British Secret Service: The Will-Be Italian Duce’s Collaboration with MI5

By: Alessandro Mastrorocco

Charles Ulm: Pioneer Australian Airline Operator

By: Murray McLeod

RFC Fighter Pilot Deaths in World War One: Pilot Fatalities in Training Exceeded those in Combat

By: Murray Sager

Rudolf Berthold: Terribly Wounded the 'Iron Knight' Continued to Fly in Combat

By: Murray McLeod

The Battle of Tsingtao, 1914: Germany, Japan Fought For Chinese City in World War I

By: Jon Matsune

Winston Churchhill and the Gallipoli Campaign: How Britain Scorned Turkey as a Military Force in the Dardanelles

By: James Parsons

Turkey's War History in the First World War: Why the Otttoman Empire Chose an Alliance with Germany in WW1

By: James Parsons

Biography of Oscar Franklin Miller 1882-1918: Arkansas World War I Hero Was Also a Civil Service Pioneer

By: Marie Brannon

The Life Of T.E. Lawrence: Also Known As Lawrence Of Arabia

By: Sam Kessler

Australian Troops in WWI: Why Australians Joined the Battle Overseas

By: Jessica Sprunt

The Real James Bond: Sidney Reilly, Ace of Spies - The Inspiration for Secret Agent 007?

By: Martin Bell

James Thomas Byford McCudden VC: An Ace Who Rose From Bugler to Major in the RFC and RAF

By: Murray McLeod

The Accidental Army Documentary: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Canadian Aviation Corps: The Modest Roots of Canada's Air Force

By: Jason Gray

British Columbia's Submarine Navy: CC-1 and CC-2 Become Canada's First Submarines

By: Jason Gray

Ernst Udet: Duel Maestro of the Western Front

By: Murray McLeod

The Gallipoli Campaign 1915-1916: The Strategy to Remove Turkey From Participation in World War I

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Were Battlecruisers a Dreadnought Disaster? The Royal Navy’s Innovative but Fatally Flawed Battlecruiser Concept

By: Rob Jackson

Hermann Goring: His World War I Career

By: Murray McLeod

Captain Eddie: The Story of Edward Rickenbacker; Top-Scoring US Ace of World War I

By: Murray McLeod

Did Douglas Haig Fail in World War One? Was Haig to Blame for the UK's Failings in WW1?

By: Feature Writer Patrick Hinton

Dreadnought the Battleship that Shaped History: How Britain's Revolutionary Battleship Helped Cause World War One

By: Rob Jackson

Mannock VC: Great Britain's top-scoring ace of World War1

By: Murray McLeod

Barker VC: The greatest fighter pilot the world has ever seen

By: Murray McLeod

Simpson and his Donkey: The Truth about Private John Simpson, Australian Gallipoli Hero

By: James Parsons

Warneford VC: Naval airman's remarkable achievement.

By: Murray McLeod

John Liddell VC: The Dedicated Highlander

By: Murray McLeod

Billy Bishop VC: The Cavalryman who became a leading fighter ace.

By: Murray McLeod

Albert Ball VC: The Bold Sherwood Forester

By: Murray McLeod

Georges Guynemer: The Symbol of France in World War 1

By: Murray McLeod

Roland Garros: The French Ace who brought new Tactics to Air Fighting

By: Murray McLeod

The Brilliant Werner Voss: An Ace with 48 Victories.

By: Murray McLeod

The Flying Hussar: The continuing story of Werner Voss, exponent of the Fokker triplane

By: Murray McLeod

The Red Baron: Manfred Richtofen, Ace of Aces in World War 1

By: Murray McLeod

Lothar Richtofen: An Ace with a Distinguished Heritage

By: Murray McLeod

Max Immelman: The Eagle of Lille

By: Murray McLeod

Oswald Boelcke: The Greatest Ace of the War

By: Murray McLeod

A Christmas Peace: A Simple Overview of The Spontaneous Truce That Occurred During WW1

By: Feature Writer Megan Drummond

Frank McNamara VC: Australia's sole air VC of WW1

By: Murray McLeod

The Mystery of the Russalka: Tsars Battleship lost at sea in 1893.

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Tsars Battleship Russalka: Cutting Edge RussianMonitor built to Control the 19th Century Baltic

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est: A Poet's Death: Wilfred Owens, 4th November 1918

By: Feature Writer Mark Alexander Bain

Japanese Intelligence and War: Espionage Activities during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I

By: Cleve Gray

Isle of May Submarine Disaster: The Battle of May Island

By: Feature Writer Kevin Guthrie

The Beginning of German Gas Warfare, WWI: 22 April 1915, Ypres and Germany’s First Gas Attack

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The Shame of Shellshock in the First World War: Mistreatment of Mentally Unstable Soldiers in the British Army

By: Mark Fleming

Trench Warfare During The First World War: How The Opposing Armies Decided To Build Extensive Trench Systems

By: Barry Vale

German Anti-Tank Tactics in WWI: Germany’s Ability to Stop Armor from 1917-1918

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

90th Anniversary of Sgt. Alvin York Battle Here: U.S. Researchers Use GPS, GIS to Pinpoint World War 1 Battlefield

By: Feature Writer Lisa L. Rollins

Germany's Use of Airships in WWI: German Zeppelins and the Bombing of England

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

German Trench Fighting with the M1898AZ: Germany’s Elite Stormtroopers and the Short Barrel Karabiner

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The German 77mm Field Gun, WWI: German Stormtroopers and Light Artillery, 1916-1918

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

German Use of British Tanks in WWI: The Panzer Korps’ Growth through Captured Armor

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Stormtrooper Tactical Preparation in WWI: Assault Planning for German Sturmtruppen

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The German Flamethrower in WWI: The Flammenwerfer in the Trenches of the First World War

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The German A7V in WWI: Germany’s Panzerkampfwagen on the Western Front

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

German Stormtroopers and Grenades, 1916-1918: The Use of Stielhandgranate in Trench Raids and Assaults

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The German Maschinen-Gewehr '08/18, 1918: The Kaiserheer in WWI and use of the Maxim Machinegun

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The Minenwerfen of the Kaiserheer, 1914-1918: The German Army’s Use of Mortars in the First World War

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Incentives for German Stormtroopers, 1916-1918: Benefits for Members of the German Army’s Sturmtruppen

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Ernst Jünger and the First World War: The Writing and Fighting of a German Stormtrooper Officer

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The British Whippet Tank, 1917-1918: The Mark A, Armor Speed and Agility

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The Tank Abwehr Gewehr, 1918: Anti-Tank Rifle of the German Army in WWI

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Hand Weapons of Trench Raiders, WWI: Knives, Clubs, and Sharpened Shovels for Close Quarters Combat

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The 26th Yankee Division, Seicheprey, 1918: The First American Battle of WWI

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

The 26th 'Yankee' Division and WWI: New England National Guard Troops and Mobilization, 1917

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Life in the Trenches During World War I: Soldiers Battled Disease, Rats and Shell Shock

By: Scott Hayden

Colonel von Epp and the Battle of Fleury, 1916: The Combat Education of a Future Freikorps Commander

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

German Stormtroopers in WWI: Use of Sturmtruppen by Germany on the Western Front

By: Nicholas Efstathiou

Zhemchug Vs the Emden 1914: The Sucker Punch Cruiser Battle of WWI

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Russian Cruiser Zhemchug: Imperial Russian Naval vessel in the Russo-Japanese War

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Harlem Hellfighters: The African-American 369th Infantry

By: Scott Hayden

Spy Scholar Dr. Sylvanus Morley: The Anthropologist Who Came in from the Cold

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The German Dragon Pilot 1914: Lt. Plüschow the Kaiser's Only Airman in China

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Edith Cavell: The English Nurse Executed in the First World War

By: Martin Gosling

Military History of Luxembourg: Tiny Duchy was the First Country Invaded by Germany in World War One

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Admiral Stark at Vladivostok 1922: White Russian Admiral Led the Last Fleet into Exile

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Famous People Of The Great War: They also served the little known world war one service of soon to be famous.

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

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