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For the serious student!
Great stories from a Marine who was there!
Great stories from a Marine who was there!
An exhaustively researched history of "The War to End All Wars"...
- Understand the Great Power miscalculations
- View the upheavals of ancient societies , especially, in France
- Meet the actors, great and small, who struggle and sacrifice in this tragedy that engulfs the Champagne region of France
Great stories from a Marine who was there!
Great stories from a Marine who was there!
Great stories from a Marine who was there!
The author of this episodic but vivid series of sketches, John W. Thomason, was a Captain in the Corps, descended from a distinguished Southern military family. A natural writer, his colloquial account follows the Marines through France, giving an account of their most famous- and bloodiest - actions, This is one of the best. It is profusely illustrated by the author’s own excellent drawings.
From our very own Dr. Pete Owen
Experience the human side of war...
Experience the human side of war...
Dr. Peter F. Owen offers a tautly worded, historically rigorous, and intensely human survey of the agonizing burden shouldered by the Second Battalion of the Sixth Regiment of U.S. Marines from its formation in Quantico, Virginia, in 1917 until the cessation of hostilities in November of the following year.
Experience the human side of war...
Experience the human side of war...
Experience the human side of war...
Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front remains one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written, capturing the brutal realities of World War I through the eyes of young German soldier Paul Bäumer. There are three movies made over the years, including the most recent in 2022.
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The "now" of Verdun
Explore the sacrifices of those who carried the fight to the invaders
And "then" of Verdun
The scars of war still define the landscape of Verdun...
And "then" of Verdun
Explore the sacrifices of those who carried the fight to the invaders
And "then" of Verdun
Unimaginable death and destruction rained down upon the city of Verdun that served as an uneasy resting place and horror for those who survived...
Explore the sacrifices of those who carried the fight to the invaders
Explore the sacrifices of those who carried the fight to the invaders
Explore the sacrifices of those who carried the fight to the invaders
World War I the mechanization of warfare to a scale and destructiveness that is nearly impossible to describe. But it has always been the soldier who bears the brunt of the ugly violence and terror that is war...
Listen for the voices from across the void of time...
The cost of war...
“At Verdun in August 1917, 6 tonnes of shells were needed for every linear metre of front attacked, compared with 1 tonnes at the Somme. The shells expended at La Malmaison in October 1917 cost more than 500 million francs - or twice the total production cost of ever tank that France made during the war…and yet this was the sum paid for attacking just 10km of front.” From “Flesh and Steel” by Michael Goya
