Lusitania before she was sunk along with Captain Turner. Before setting sail for England, Turner boasted that his ship was too fast to be in any danger from submarines. #WWI#GreatWar#Lusitania#History
[#Memory] On the trail of the Battle of the #Somme. Trenches make a land fragmented. The village of #Rancourt was in 1916 a strategic point on the German army’s supply line. 3 cemeteries today - French, British, German - remind us of this, as the Chapel of @SF_Siege (1923). #WWI
Anna Gdak is a #pilgrim who travels from Poland every year to visit her great-uncle’s grave in #Belleau. PVT Gdak immigrated to the US before #WWI & his service in the #USArmy is a source of pride for the family. He is viewed as saint-like & responds to family prayers.#pilgrimage
OTD April 30, 1936, Dennis Nolan retires from military service. Headed #WWI Intelligence Section for American Expeditionary Forces. Pershing's spymaster. In addition to waging highly effective propaganda campaigns, also founded Stars and Stripes newspaper.
Uno de ellos consiguiría el récord de alcance de la Royal Navy, cuando atacó posiciones alemanas en tierra desde el mar a 33.000m de distancia durante el transcurso de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
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#WW2#WWII #WWI#navalguns #navalgun#britishguns#RoyalNavy
In #polygonwood, you'll find pillboxes from #WWI. After the Second Battle of Ypres, the wood fell into German hands. They built fortifications. The concrete is reinforced with recovered railway rods. On 26 September 1917, the bunker was captured by the 5th Australian Division.
🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Artillery's role is too rarely told. In this week's episode, Colonel @DavidGrebstad spotlights the gunners and how this logistics turns the tide from the early failures at the Somme 💥
Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/2369ab#history#podcast#WWI
11K Followers 130 FollowingFollow every day what has happened during WWI. It has officially started with the 100 year of the assassination of the Archduke on 28 June 2014.
51K Followers 964 FollowingAmerica's WWII Museum honoring the #GreatestGeneration every day. Follow us @WWIIToday & @WWIIEducation for more history resources.
73K Followers 130 Following@MannyMarotta covered the War in Ukraine in 2022, East Palestine Disaster 2023, and WWI munitions in Slovenia in 2023. Free stories for the people.
4K Followers 4 FollowingThe definitive WWI strategy game
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ESRB Rating: TEEN with Violence, Mild Blood, Drug Reference and Use of Tobacco
7K Followers 503 FollowingTweets, au jour le jour, sur la 2e Guerre mondiale, de 1939 à aujourd'hui en 1942, et ainsi de suite jusqu'en 1945. Adaptation francophone de @RealTimeWWII
134 Followers 1 FollowingA timeline tribute to the Men of Marple who fell during WWI 1914-1918 to commemorate the 100 year centenaries of their ultimate sacrifice.
12K Followers 0 Following#WWI goes Twitter tells the story of the Great War. It is a project of the Master in European History at the University of Luxembourg
3K Followers 5K FollowingI BELIEVE IN GOD/JESUS CHRIST/HOLY-SPIRIT/ LOVE for Animals LEO38yrs/DEA-CIA-CoPolice-Sheriff-VSP TFO-ATF-TFO-USMS/TFO-USSS/TFO-FBI/ETSUMSTU noDM"s
2K Followers 358 FollowingI am an avid WWII history buff and have a special interest in the air war and the eastern front. Check out my Facebook group on the Eighth Air Force.
891 Followers 522 FollowingThe World War One Centennial Committee for New York City, a 501(c)3 subsidiary of US WWI Centennial Commission, commemorates WWI in our richly diverse city
637 Followers 0 Followingहर वर्ग का जहाँ होता है सम्मान, है उसका नाम. विक्रम सिंह प्रधान भाजपा नेता ग्राम घरबरा ग्रेटर नोएडा गौतमबुद्धनगर 63ज़ेवर विधानसभा
282 Followers 24 FollowingGiving Sport its due. The story of the Great War, Sport, and the Canadian Identity 140 characters at a time. Powered by @symplicitypdr
3K Followers 159 FollowingLaunched to commemorate the centenary of WWI, Tommy now has a new home at @RBLI.
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2K Followers 359 FollowingProyecto de historia digital para los interesados en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Digital History project to people interested in World War I (By Guillermo Pérez)
1K Followers 1K FollowingProudly Subject Leader @LJMUhistory otherwise historian of #WW2 with an interest in propaganda, & also shipping posters. Expect all sorts & nothing from this.
177 Followers 51 FollowingColeshill Remembers was established to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of WWI and its particular impact on Coleshill.
1K Followers 873 FollowingFinalist, 2018 International Book Awards, military history genre, No Ordinary Soldier: My Father's Two Wars. #Kindle & paperback. All Pacific all the time; 🇺🇦
1K Followers 240 FollowingWW1 and WW2 online memorials. Cardiff and the Blitz book out later 2021. Nighttime Blitz Experience, Jan 2021. Email [email protected]
16K Followers 4K FollowingCommissioning leading artists to create new work as part of the UK’s WWI centenary commemorations. #1418NOW #PoppiesTour #WhereAreThePoppiesNow
210 Followers 3 FollowingThe Three Kings, Jeanette Isabella, While Shepherds Watched, Good King Wenceslas… Each carol is a story that moves a reluctant WWI soldier closer to peace.
604 Followers 73 FollowingOfficial account for GRWW1 project, helping commemorate WW1 at home and abroad. If you're exploring #Glos #WW1, or anything connected, do get in touch.
1K Followers 784 FollowingThis day in World War I. Fuller quotations & sources, picture captions, higher res images, & other views are all available at https://t.co/rcS6zhQBiR.
1K Followers 2K FollowingRotary Walking for Water is a fundraiser on 22 March 2014 for children 10-14 to support water projects, organized by Rotary clubs. http://t.co/I1cI2UMUJs
129 Followers 90 FollowingTwitter for AHRC-funded research project 'Rebellion and Mobilisation in French and German Colonies, 1914-1918'. Team: Krause (PI), Deutsch, d'Andurain, Fogarty
999 Followers 304 FollowingFocusing on non-combatants during #WW1 centenary. Linked to the 'Quakers & the #FWW: Lives & Legacies' project, Central England Quakers. [email protected]
172 Followers 159 FollowingLofthouse Park near Wakefield 1908 - 1922. Edited by Claudia Sternberg & David Stowe https://t.co/LxJ4lPbSBp Tweets: Dave Stowe
62 Followers 9 FollowingThrough the account of Canada's 10 costliest days of #WWI and through the eyes of 10 Cnds who died we hope to inspire questions, thoughts and conversations.
102 Followers 114 FollowingNLHF project exploring how the Tees Valley moved on from the First World War by recollecting, retelling and reflecting the people's experience. #RWWI
94K Followers 896 FollowingAsia's premier institute for Film, Communication & Creative Arts. WWI is rated as one of the 'Top Institutes of Influence' globally by Forbes.
864 Followers 345 FollowingWe offer full-time Degree (3 years) course in Fashion Design. The Degree course is accredited by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
2K Followers 2K FollowingNeutral Switzerland was involved in First World War. Swiss army, International Red Cross, interned prisoners of war, neutrality... #WW1 Suisse #1GM Schweiz #1WK
43 Followers 48 FollowingWinning Woman International (WWI) is a platform created to inspire, encourage, motivate and empower women to become a better version of themselves.
11K Followers 1K FollowingProf. of @brandeisAAAS @BrandeisU; Historian of WWI; Torchbearers of Democracy; The Wounded World: W.E.B. DuBois and the First World War, OUT NOW @fsgbooks
194 Followers 112 FollowingFactoids, vignettes, and sources on disability and the Great War. Emphasis is on the Canadian experience. Tweets managed by @Kellen2K.
414 Followers 255 FollowingInnovating in Combat: telecommunications & intellectual property in #WWI is AHRC-funded project at @UniversityLeeds & @MHSOxford. Tweets by @lizbruton #WW1 #FWW
34 Followers 18 Following100th Year Commemoration of WWI - Oshawa - Faithful and Ready - A committee of dedicated community members planning events to commemorate WWI in Oshawa
292 Followers 1K FollowingFor over a century a WWI Honour Roll has hung in the halls of the Melbourne College of Pharmacy. Follow as we remember nearly 200 student/alumni ANZAC Soldiers.
833 Followers 515 FollowingUniversity of Western Ontario Public History MA Students revisit the First World War through the headlines of the London Free Press, Ontario, Canada
2K Followers 366 FollowingMiltary historian, student of history and fascinated by museums. Hund refers to what the Germans supposedly called the Marines during WWI. Views are my own.