Episodes
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sniping During the First World War
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sources
Dougan, Andy. Through the Crosshairs; A History of Snipers. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005.
Neiberg, Michael S.The World War I Reader. New York: New York University Press, 2007.
Plaster, John L. The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, 2008.
Pegler, Martin. Sniping in the Great War. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Military, 2008.
Pegler, Martin and Ramiro Bujiero. The Military Sniper Since 1914. Oxford, United Kingdom:Osprey Publishing, 2001.
German Sniper and Spotter, 1917, accessed May 2, 2016, http://www.ddoughty.com/snipers.html
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
Gear and Advancements of the Allies during WWI
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
Tuesday Apr 26, 2016
See also Jonathan North, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I: An expert guide to the uniforms of Britain, France, Russia, America, Germany and Austro-Hungary (London, UK: Lorenz Books, 2011).
Monday Apr 25, 2016
Tweet the Rising!
Monday Apr 25, 2016
Monday Apr 25, 2016
Check out the website http://www.1916.today to experience the 1916 Rising as though it were happening right now!
Associate Professor of History Dr. David Kilroy of Nova Southeastern University is managing a project to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. It is a social media project and goes live on Sunday April 24.
Kilroy writes that “’Tweet the Rising’ is an innovative project that uses social media to bring the history of the Ireland’s 1916Easter Rising to life, providing a unique opportunity for people everywhere to immerse themselves in the events of that week and ultimately to draw their own conclusions about what is arguably the most important event in Irish history. Twenty fictional but historically accurate characters will tell the story of the Rising through Twitter starting on April 24, 2016. The characters can be accessed at http://www.1916.today or on Twitter using #TweetTheRising or #1916today."
To get into the mood, click the following link to watch a commemorative reading the GPO Declaration of the Republic on April 24, 2016 from Irish Times:
http://bcove.me/xx01p47iThursday Apr 21, 2016
Room 40 and WWI Cryptoanalysis
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Information from the Institution of Engineering and Technology and Wikipedia.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
The 36th Division of Ulster: the Battle of the Somme
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016
A look at the 36th (Ulster) Division and the important role they played at the Battle of the Somme.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016
Dr. Dolittle Goes To War
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016
Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (1920).
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Family Feud of World War One
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Miranda Carter, "How George, Nicholas and Wilhelm were Related: A Royal Family Tree," from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, http://knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/post/CarterFamilyTree.gif
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Winston Churchill during the Great War
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Sources:
Tuesday Feb 23, 2016
The Easter Rising, 1916
Tuesday Feb 23, 2016
Tuesday Feb 23, 2016
1916 Proclamation - Public Domain
Sources:
Patrick Abbot, History of Ireland, "1914 - 1919: The First World War, Easter Rising and rise ofSinn Féin," http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/19141919.html.
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
The "Pals" Battalions
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sources:
Robinson, Bruce. The Pals Battalions in World War I. BBC, 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 6 Feb. 2016. http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../british/britain_wwone/pals_01.shtml.
"Carnage as 235 Pals died in 20 minutes." Accrington Observer 30 June 2006. Web. 6 Feb. 2016. http://www.accringtonobserver.co.uk/.../carnage-as-235....