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They improved over the course of the war, with deadly results.

Reply The Poppy & Poem Story After WW I a poem emerged written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, who reportedly was inspired to write it after presiding over the funeral of his friend and fellow soldier 22-year-old Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. The poem gives voice to those soldiers buried in the battlefield, pleading with survivors to take up the torch of their fight, and to remember them even though red poppies now cover the battlefield. The poem gained wi...

Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. –John McCrae “In Flanders Fields” was written by ...

Lunar eclipse visible from NZ on Wednesday There will be a total lunar eclipse to be seen from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand on the evening of Wednesday May 26th, easily visible to all just as long as clouds do not intervene. An eclipse of the Moon occurs when it passes close to opposite to the Sun in the sky, and so enters Earth’s shadow. While total solar eclipses – when the Moon comes between Earth and Sun – are rare events for any particular location on our planet, a total lunar ec...

SUMMARY John Newton was a Virginia native and a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Born in Norfolk, the son of a long-serving congressman, Newton graduated from West Point and served in the Army Corps of Engineers before commanding a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Potomac. After the disastrous Union defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, Newton and fellow general John Cochrane met with United States president Abraham Lincoln in a veiled attempt at see...

Second World War and Desert Rat hero Joseph turns 101 today - but doesnt want any fuss Ex-soldier played golf until he was 92 Joseph Havican celebrating his 101st birthday For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe ha...

It turns out the Greeks used mercenaries.

How the Shocking Use of Gas in World War I Led Nations to Ban It The Germans were the first to successfully weaponize gas in World War I—to horrifying effect. Author: The Germans were the first to successfully weaponize gas in World War I—to horrifying effect. At the dawn of the 20th century, the world’s military powers worried that future wars would be decided by chemistry as much as artillery, so they signed a pact at the Hague Convention of 1899 to ban the use of poison-laden pro...

One Of The Earliest Aircraft Carriers Ever: HMS Glorious Advertisement HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. She could carry 30 per cent more aircraft than her hal...

MIDDLEWICH is an ancient market town situated at the confluence of the rivers Wheelock, Croco and Dane. In the Domesday Book, it was called Mildestvich. It is one of the Wiches or Wyches joining Northwich and Nantwich from which salt has been drawn for centuries; in fact, it is between the two other Wiches, hence the name. The Romans were the first to discover the brine that flowed freely here and founded the town calling it Salinae after the salt. From the traces of a Roman road in the...