The first two-minute silence in 1919 was designed as a moment that could unite people across many divides. It has become a collective means of commemoration for all manner of tragedies
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Articles sur World War I
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The politics of the war continue to resonate in our discussions of national identity and purpose.
When the US entered World War I in 1917, military chaplains catered to majority white and Christian soldiers. Today the armed forces recognize over 200 denominations and religious groups.
The landscape artist bravely left her aristocratic life behind to help save lives on the Italian front.
Memories can be powerful tools to address humanity’s most difficult political, sociological and environmental problems
There is no weapon more visceral than the bayonet. It encourages an intimate form of killing, and during WW1, Australia troops plunged, parried and stabbed with great vigour.
Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
Despite many attempts, the Kurds have never won and kept their own nation – though, after World War I, they came close.
In a world that is unrecognisable to that of 1914, should the British army be relying on recruitment tactics that are a century old?
While clear-eyed about the country’s injustices, Melville never succumbed to cynicism. On the author’s bicentennial, American readers could use a dose of his ability to fuse realism with idealism.
An expert explains why war memorials with religious symbols can have different meanings in a diverse society.
In 1918, in Wünsdorf prisoner-of-war camp, a German sculptor created a bust of Indigenous soldier Douglas Grant. For decades, the whereabouts of this nationally significant sculpture were unknown - until now.
Sir Alan Herbert’s 1919 novel was based on a true story and highlighted the injustice of executing shell-shocked soldiers for cowardice.
Russia isn’t the only nation suspected of training marine mammals for military use – the US, UK, and Ukraine have all done so in the past.
In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Anzac stories are often coloured by racism and ongoing injustices that negate the myth of Anzac ‘mateship’.
Army ration biscuits known as ‘Anzac tiles’ were durable but bland - as Australian war archives show, they served as stationery, Christmas cards and as the basis of art.
The first world war spurred a host of developments in the fields of science, medicine and architecture. Alongside these came new qualifications and professions, such as physiotherapy.
Words are as important as pictures for helping us come to terms with such a huge cultural loss.
Since the end of the first world war, the Australian media has often reported that ‘the French’ care about, remember and even venerate the Anzacs. But is this true? And which French people?
Michael Haneke’s allegorical 2009 film showed how a peaceful society can be shattered within a single generation. It’s a lesson for us now in a world drifting toward populism and violence.
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