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From SPAD VIII of to P-51D Mustang and F-86A Sabre of and I give you the anatomy of the most famous fighter designs of their time. Art by John McCoy. Never realized that the F-86's engine had a nose cone!

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2023-02-19

Mata Hari

While she had an elaborate backstory about being a Javanese princess, she was Dutch. Being from a neutral country during WWI, this allowed her to travel easily between the borders. Her impact on the war was likely greatly exaggerated due to needing a scapegoat.

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2022-11-11

[1350x1074] Courtesy of ShipBucket, drawing of the two dreadnought battleships Greece ordered before WWI, neither to be completed: the Salamis and the Vasilefs Konstantinos from /u/Historynerd88 at ➡ https://t.co/spg0sPzNXk

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2022-09-24

“Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least.”

Georgia O'Keeffe, living alone and impoverished in the desert in the middle of WWI, on art, life, and setting priorities: https://t.co/53PSUpExvT

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2022-09-04

Never Going Home, the World War Occult set in the horror-haunted trenches of WWI, 1916-18 - 1 week only through Wed 24 Aug: https://t.co/h8CshmeVVy

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2022-08-18

the Second Battle of Ypres. German barrage fire of Allied trenches, 1915.

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2022-05-31

Whether he tries to save his own damned soul from hell or save his loved one from WWI, he'll get what he wants in one way or another!
Happy birthday to the brilliant Matt Ryan! 🥳🥳🥳

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2022-04-11

Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade passing through Chateau Wood, near Ypres, October 1917.

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2022-02-25

FINALLY! The drawing was made in collaboration with @/glukperwwi, who took care of the color and shading part! I worked on the idea and the sketch~

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2022-02-01

Troughton’s Doctor was probably a subconscious influence on Ducky’s smuggler uncle Salazar in the latest season of LAVENDER JACK — he even ends up leading his younger charges through the trenches of WWI, like the Doctor does in THE WAR GAMES

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2021-11-24

PURPLE HYACINTH EP 105 S2 FINALE SPOILERS

hhnnggg..hh....hhhhhnbbb,,,,.... will.,,, william,,,.. w,,, wwi,,, william hawkes

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2021-08-17

THE WAR — S3 takes us through this alternate timeline’s equivalent of WWI, heavy iron mechs and all. A lot of thought went into how to depict the war in a way that didn’t make us feel like we were wearing a costume to a wake; My friend was a big help there.

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2021-07-20

I realized that today’s cartoon kinda works for Biden’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide in WWI, too.

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2021-04-25

Naib Deduction Star Skin: "Colonel Dax"

Movie: Path of Glory (1957)

Set during WWI, the film follows Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them in a court-martial

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2021-01-22

If we're talking WWI, I'm bringing up Ornitologia da Grande Guerra (Ornithology of the Great War), a set of caricatures where portuguese Lieutenant Colonel José Rodrigues Brusco Júnior compares military men... to birds.

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2020-11-11

I am thrilled to share the cover of my first book on a reassessment of & grand strategies in 1914-1920, to be published by and expected in Dec. 2020 💪
Stay tuned!

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2020-08-30

🎵 Jacqueline du Pré—Elgar Cello Concerto (Adagio) Composed in response to WWI, this elegiac feels just as relevant today.

https://t.co/m75jKDbvf0

Nikkolas Smith

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2020-06-02

Though once described as a 'lovely Easter egg with nothing inside', Lady Helen Vincent proved herself a woman of great worth. She worked as an assistant anaesthetist and nurse during WWI, and wrote a book chronicling the Red Cross efforts in Germany (pub 1946).

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2020-03-25

Growing up in WWI, and women still without the right to vote, May Sinclair writes the story of Dorothy, who ends up joining a version of the Women's Social and Political Union. 🙌

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2020-03-24

This is 'The Seine' by Henry O. Tanner (1859–1937). He studied under Thomas Eakins in the US and studied in France, where he exhibited at the 1896 Salon. He later worked for the Red Cross during WWI, painting images of African American troops in the war.

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2020-02-05