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History is All Around
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Historian covering history from 1900 to 1945 with a focus on World War I and the Interwar Period.
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Doughboys waiting to go into Patisserie in Langres. #History #WW1 #WWI #1GM #France #USArmy #ArmyHistory #WorldWar1 #FirstWorldWar #Patisserie #Confiserie #Langres #LangresFrance
Doughboys wait patiently at French Patisserie/Confiserie in Langres
This picture taken in 1917 to early 1918 shows American Doughboys waiting anxiously for a French patisserie to open to buy some pastries and candies.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Read my article about the Waterville Branch of the American Fund For French Wounded #WW1 #WWI #History #WorldWarI #WorldWar1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW #AmericanHistory #FrenchHistory #Newspaper #HistoricalNewspaper
American Fund For French Wounded: Waterville Branch
The scale of human involvement during World War I was absolutely massive, it was far more than just those that were fighting in the trenches, and even more than just countries that were actively invol...
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July 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Read my article about the 103rd Tyneside Irish Brigade at the Battle of the Somme. #WWI #FirstWorldWar #WorldWarI #WW1 #TynesideIrish #History #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #Somme #BattleofTheSomme #Photograph #1916 #Army #ArmyHistory
Story of a Photograph: 103rd Tyneside Irish Brigade at the Battle of the Somme
1 July 1916 First Day of the Battle of the Somme
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July 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Caturday! #Caturday #CatsInHistory #Cat #History #WorldWarI #WW1 #WWI #FirstWorldWar #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #NorthumberlandFusiliers
Recruit sews on button with a cat supervising
Cats in History
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June 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Read my article about the first Casualties of D-Day. #DDay #D-Day #WW2 #WorldWar2 #USSOsprey #USNavy #USNavyHistory #NavyHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #History
The First Casualties of D-Day: USS Osprey Sinks
The Navy at D-Day:
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June 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Convoy getting ready for D-Day #DDay #D-Day #June6th #1944 #Normandy #NormandyCampaign #WW2 #NavyHistory #NavalHistory #USNavy #MaritimeHistory #WorldWar2 #France #History #OnThisDay #OnThisDate
Convoy getting ready for D-Day
Navy at D-Day
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June 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Read my post about Eyewitness Accounts on this day in history at the Battle of Jutland. #Jutland #BattleOfJutland #OTD #OnThisDay #NavyHistory #History #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #WorldWar1 #WW1 #FirstWorldWar
110th Anniversary of the Battle of Jutland 31 May/1 June, 1916
Eyewitness Accounts of the Famous Battle
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June 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Happy International Tea Day! #Tea #InternationalTeaDay #WW1 #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #Gallipoli #SuvlaBay #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #History
Tea at Suvla Bay
International Tea Day
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May 22, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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British Dugout in Broodseinde January 1918. #WW1 #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #1918 #History #Historyphotograph #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #RoyalGarrisonArtillery
British Dugout in Broodseinde
War often creates situations that would seem extremely abnormal in an everyday situation.
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May 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Read my post about British Fishing During WWI. #WWI #WW1 #Fishermen #BritishFishing #MaritimeHistory #Maritime #BritishNavyHistory #NavyHistory #History #FirstWorldWar
British Fishermen Bringing in Catch during World War I
Despite the war that was going on some aspects of life still continued as normal throughout Great Britain and one of those was catching the daily catch.
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May 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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Read my article about the landings at Gallipoli On this Day in 1915. #ANZAC #Gallipoli #WWI #WW1 #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #History #AustralianArmy #NewZealandArmy #BritishArmy #AustralianArmyHistory #NewZealandArmyHistory #BritishArmyHistory #OTD #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory
The Start of the Gallipoli Campaign April 25, 1915
25 April marks the start of the Gallipoli (aka the Dardanelles) Campaign one of the most well known campaigns during World War I and the campaign became an important moment for the countries of Austra...
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April 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Photograph and description of a WWI British Carrier Pigeon Loft. #WWI #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW #History #Pigeon #CarrierPigeon #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #Photograph
British Carrier Pigeon Loft
With all the major advances in technology before and during World War I it is not uncommon to forget that one of the most reliable as well one of the most commonly used forms of communication during W...
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April 21, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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British Soldier Bringing up Trench Boots. #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WW1 #BritishArmy #History #BritishArmyHistory #Photograph #HistoricalPhotograph
British Soldier Bringing up Trench Boots
One of the most well known horrors of World War I was the mud, often endless mud that could even be deadly due to how deep the mud could be.
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March 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Check out my post on training on film projectors in 1918. #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #History #Photograph #HistoricalPhotograph
Training on Film Projectors in 1918
During World War I movies and film were still very new but despite how new movies were, they were extremely popular.
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March 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Read more about on this day in history the Womens Suffrage Parade in D.C. #WomensHistory #History #OTD #OnThisDay #Suffrage #1913 #1910s
Womens Suffrage Parade in Washington D.C.
On this Day in 1913
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March 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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1917 Complaining Over Weather Cartoon #1917 #Cartoon #OldCartoon #Comic #OldComic #History #Newspapers #OldNewspapers #1910s #Weather #Winter #Spring
1917 Complaining Over Weather Cartoon
Talking about weather is something every one of us does, it is often thought of as a fail safe topic to talk about amongst peers if there is nothing else to talk about.
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March 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Read my latest post about the 1919 Cartoon History. #History #Cartoon #BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #WorldWarI #WorldWarI #HistoricalNewspapers #Newspapers #1919
1919 Cartoon History
African American Service in American History from the American Revolution to World War I
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February 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Learn more about how the Sergeants Mess of 7 Gordon Highlanders celebrated Burns Night in 1916. #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #GordonHighlanders #Scotland #ScottishHistory #History #WorldWar1 #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW
Burns Night Somewhere in France
Sergeants Mess of 7 Gordons Celebrate Burns Night 1916
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January 25, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Cat Distracts Sailors and Royal Marines on HMS King George V during World War I. #History #WorldWar1 #WW1 #Cat #Caturday #CatsInHistory #FirstWorldWar #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #NavyHistory #Photograph
Cat Distracts Group Photograph
Sailors and Royal Marines of HMS King George V before Zeebrugge Raid of April 1918
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January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Raising Sheep Propaganda Poster During World War I. #worldwar1 #ww1 #worldwar1history #propaganda #propagandaposter #sheep #wool #history #firstworldwar #fww #uniforms #clothing
Raise Sheep for the war!
Propaganda During World War I
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January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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WRNS Receive Instructions during World War I. #WRNS #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavyHistory #WomensHistory #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #NavyHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
WRNS Receive Instructions
World War I was an all hands on war where large portions of the population helped.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Read more about this date in 1898 and J'Accuse and the Dreyfus Affair. #DreyfusAffair #OTD #OnThisDate #ThisDayInHistory #History #FrenchHistory #France
J'Accuse...!
On This Day in 1898 Émile Zola Published Famous Open Letter to President of France
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January 14, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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9th Battalion Black Watch Celebrates New Years Day in 1917. Happy New Years! #NewYears #NewYearsDay #Blackwatch #Scotland #Scottishhistory #history #britisharmy #britisharmyhistory #WorldWar1 #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Hogmanay #photograph
Happy New Year/Hogmanay
9th Battalion Black Watch Celebrates New Years Day
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January 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Read my article about the 6th Gordon Highlanders and one of the longest truces of the Christmas Truce of 1914! #ChristmasTruce #1914 #GordonHighlanders #WW1 #History #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Scotland #ScottishHistory #BritishArmy #BritishArmyHistory #Christmas #PremiereGuerreMondiale #letters
6th Gordon Highlanders and the Christmas Truce of 1914
Soldiers write home to tell of one of the longest Christmas Truces
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December 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Snowball fight during World War I. Happy Winter Solstice! #WWI #wintersolstice #WorldwarI #Firstworldwar #FWW #Snowballfight #winter #history #premiereguerremondiale #PGM #BritishArmy #Britisharmyhistory #photograph
Happy Winter Solstice! Snowball Fight!
Anti Aircraft Crew take a break and have a snowball fight
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December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM