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16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early 1900s that are Straight Out of a Nightmare
Medical devices from the early part of the 1900s looked like torture devices dreamed up by the devil himself. They were so bizarre looking in some cases, that medieval torture devices looked…
The Tragic Final Hours on the American Fighting Front in WWI were Needlessly Brutal
By late September of 1918, it had become clear to German military commanders that they had lost World War I.…
Texas’ Most Decorated World War I Hero Was an Undocumented Mexican Immigrant
Marcelino Serna, one of the United States' greatest heroes of World War I, was an undocumented Mexican immigrant. Throughout his…
What You Don’t Know About intimacy in World War I
Amidst the unspeakable carnage on the Western Front, it makes sense that British soldiers were desperate to squeeze in whatever…
This Day In History: The British Introduce Conscription (1916)
With WWI entering its 3rd calendar year, the British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was forced to take drastic and unprecedented…
This Day In History: The Allies Breech the German Hindenburg Line (1918)
On this day in 1918, during the last phase of WWI the Allies breached the defensive German line known as…
This Day In History: The Anzacs Battled the Germans at Pozieres (1916)
On this day in History on July the 26th , 1916, during the Somme Offensive of 1916, Australian troops taking…