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The First World War ended in 1918, but the war aims of each nation remained a critical force shaping the post-war world.
World War I Commemoration Will Take Fresh Look at Gen. Pershing The centennial of the United States' entry into that war will be modestly commemorated this year, with a big Missouri twist.
Thursday, August 14 will mark 80 years since former President Harry Truman declared an end to World War II in 1945. On Sunday ...
World War I broke out in 1914 at an age when new offensive technology — machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, mass-produced artillery shrapnel shells, submarines — had vastly outpaced the arts ...
2. “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” — Ernest Hemingway, 1946 Hemingway was 18 years old when he volunteered to be an ambulance driver for ...
After years of preparation, the completed National World War I Memorial, featuring a 60-foot-long bronze relief sculpture dramatizing the horrors of war, will be unveiled this month in Washington ...