Arguably, the most noteworthy technological enhancement during
WWI was the improvement of the machine gun, a weapon originally developed by Hiram Maxim, an American-born inventor.
While paying tribute to tradition of soldiering, he said that 100 years of
WWI highlighted importance of deterrence and need for operational preparedness, not to promote war but to preserve peace.
Literature had extraordinary power during
WWI. Gill Plain reminds us, "It is all too easy to forget that in the years of the First World War, poetry had an audience.
HM Treasury on Friday revealed that it will waive the Value Added Tax (VAT) on the
WWI memorial charity single.
Were the costs in American blood and treasure really worth the rise of Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, etc., or would a much weakened Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany have been preferable, had
WWI been allowed to sputter out in 1916 owing to a lack of funds to continue?
Just as fascinating is another story, which took place in
WWI when the house of Remington became arms maker to the world, quite by accident.
The maps add understanding to the ebb and flow of the attacks and advances/retreats of the trench warfare of
WWI. The maps could have better supported the narratives they were assigned to by including all of the towns mentioned in each write-up.
The Washington Wine Institute (
WWI) was opposed to the ballot initiative, which was financially supported by $6.2 million from Costco, grocery chains and a number of smaller parties under the banner of Modernize Washington.
Together, the stock account for 49.24% of
WWI's total capital.
A plaque commemorating local soldiers killed in
WWI gives each soldiers' rank and regiment.