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Up-close photo of the golden chest featured in the treasure hunt, “The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale."
Arts, Culture & Media
Treasure hunts — they’re not just for pirates
Arts, Culture & Media
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Members of the US Army Company "I", 102nd Infantry Regiment circa 1919.
Conflict
It’s the 100th anniversary of the declaration that made America a major world power
Ordnance
Conflict
In Massachusetts, old military explosives washing ashore is just another day at the beach
German U-boat
Conflict
When World War I hit America’s shores
The Iraqi army destroys what it says is an IED planted by ISIS containing chlorine gas in March 2015.
Conflict
A century after its first-ever use, the original chemical weapon has made a comeback
Frank Burke is honored at the Ohio Bridge rededication in Belgium.
Conflict
A World War I hero’s family found his story alive and well in Belgium
People put up a poster of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and lit the fuse for World War One. The banner says "We Are All Gavrilo."
Conflict & Justice
Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I
People put up a poster of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and lit the fuse for World War One. The banner says "We Are All Gavrilo."
Conflict & Justice
Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I
The author's great-grandfather, Ernest J.Woolf, fourth from right, in France during WW1
Conflict & Justice
Why do Europeans obsess about World War I?
U.S. President Barack Obama attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flanders Field American World War I Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem March 26, 2014. Obama is on a one-day visit to Belgium where he will attend a EU-USA summit and hold a speech.
Global Politics
World War I might actually teach us something about today’s crisis with Russia
U.S. President Barack Obama attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flanders Field American World War I Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem March 26, 2014. Obama is on a one-day visit to Belgium where he will attend a EU-USA summit and hold a speech.
Global Politics
World War I might actually teach us something about today’s crisis with Russia
The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919 painted by William Orpen.
Conflict & Justice
How wars end part III: World War I
Global Politics
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Sports
Upsets galore at the French Open
Arts, Culture & Media
Memory of US war dead kept alive in England
Global Politics
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
World War I records re-discovered