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April 5, 2021

Environment (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021)

The Great War demanded a heavy toll on human life in many different ways, but alongside this, there was another damage we seldom consider: the destruction and ruination of the environment. It was so heavy and disruptive that its effects can still be felt after 100 years.
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Published on April 05, 2021 16:01

April 4, 2021

Desertion (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021)

In the British Army alone, 302 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed while serving on the Western Front. Though only a small percentage of the many that appeared in front of a court-martial, it's still a high number, especially considering armies often used these deaths to set an example against desertion.
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Published on April 04, 2021 16:01

April 2, 2021

Civil War (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021)

Civil War (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021 )In recent years, a new historical concept has emerged which considers WWI and WWII the beginning and the end of a long period of conflict: a single, 30-year-long European civil war.
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Published on April 02, 2021 16:01

April 1, 2021

Battlefield Medicine (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021)

Battlefield Medicine (The Great War Series) WWI battlefields were not only the ground of fighting men. It was also the ground of fighting medical officials and nurses. Huge medical advancement happened on those fields.
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Published on April 01, 2021 16:01

March 31, 2021

Anti-Semitism (The Great War #AtoZChallenge 2021)

Anti-Semitism (The Great War) Young people from all countries joined WWI believing this would create a new world – their new world. Jews had – if anything – one more reason to do so: they could reshape their own existence inside their nation
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Published on March 31, 2021 16:04

March 17, 2021

Song (Frank McCourt)

"Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale." - Frank McCourt
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Published on March 17, 2021 06:43

March 8, 2021

International Women’s Day 2021 – Strong (Eleanor Roosevelt)

"A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Published on March 08, 2021 13:00

March 7, 2021

The Great War (#AtoZChallenge 2021) Theme Reveal

The Great War (#AtoZChallenge 2021) Theme Reveal - The Great War was a social upheaval that changed life as people in Europe and worldwide had known it for a century. That's where the 1900s start.
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Published on March 07, 2021 16:00

March 4, 2021

Gang Roundup – March 2021

How was it living through WWI and images from every day life from the 1920s
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Published on March 04, 2021 05:26

February 14, 2021

Dating as a Sign of Women’s Shifting Social Position in the 1920s

Many different practises marked the shift in women's role in the 1920s, and dating, funnily enough, was one of the most visible, most powerful and most feared.
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Published on February 14, 2021 12:55