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During World War I, Marie Curie left her lab behind, inventing a mobile X-ray unit that could travel to the battlefront and training 150 women to operate these ‘Little Curies.’
On the trail of the men of Britain’s Royal Aircraft Factory, who gave their lives to help create the world’s first air force.
Whether it be African-Americans, Catholics or transgender people, the armed forces have played a vital role in shaping US social policy toward the country’s minorities.
The French Army’s efforts in the world wars have long been maligned. Its soldiers deserve better.
What might be the purpose of historical fiction? Perhaps to the humble and subtle to recognise and pay tribute to lives that came before us.
The first fully industrialised war prompted many to draw parallels between human society and the insect world.
How academic sleuthing uncovered the Edinburgh setting for a historic meeting of three of the greatest war poets
The humble carrier pigeon played a huge role in World War I and saved many lives. But despite huge technological advances, animals are still suffering and dying in modern wars.
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
A 1915 morality play by Vernon Lee makes a powerful critique of jingoist group-think.
In the winter of 1915, a German soldier died in a field hospital in Russia. We don’t know his name, but he helped revolutionize the way gay people have advocated for equality.
An executive order signed in 1917 created what’s been called ‘the nation’s first ministry of information.’ The media are still feeling its impact.
Embroidery - often seen as women’s work - was a common form of therapy for troops wounded in the first world war. One soldier, Albert Biggs, learned to sew with his left hand after his right arm was badly injured.
In 1960, historian Ken Inglis wondered if Anzac functioned as a secular religion in Australian society. In 2017, we can confidently answer: yes, it does.
When commemorating our troops, doctors and nurses this Anzac Day, consider also tipping your hat to the discovery of bacteriophages. In the post-antibiotic era, our health might just depend on them.
The Gallipoli campaign has, in recent years, increasingly become part of the culture wars in Turkey associated with the rise of political Islam.
Poet Edward Thomas took from the traditions of Wales, and the beauty of the land to describe the horrors of war.
During the war, fear of being undermined by the enemy sparked restrictions on freedom of speech. As a result, thousands of Americans were prosecuted.
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