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Maria Bochkareva: WWI Founder of the Battalion of Death

Sanctioned by the Tsar, Maria Bochkareva was a female soldier during the First World War. She was later selected to head an all-women battalion on the front line.

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The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine

In November 1917, the British government announced to the world that it supported the Zionist creation of Israel; and it was willing to locate this homeland in Palestine.

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World War 1 Letters

During WWI, from the years 1914, to 1918 when the war ended, millions of letters were written. Those letters are now very collectible.

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The Angels of Mons: A Perfect Hoax from World War One

Did ghostly Welsh bowmen, from the Battle of Agincourt, rise up to cover the retreat of beleaguered British soldiers in World War One? No, but many believe that they did.

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Halifax Explosion: The Largest Man-Made Explosion Before Atomic Bombs

1600 dead. Over 9000 injured. 400 permanently blinded. One of the greatest single day disasters of the First World War didn't happen on the front line, but in Canada.

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Flora Sandes: A Female Soldier in the First World War

Back home in England, the Suffragettes were demanding votes for women. Flora Sandes was already in uniform fighting, as a British woman on the front line of World War One.

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Halifax Explosion Pt 2: Nineteen and a Half Minutes to Disaster

Could the Canadian port of Halifax have been saved, if more had been done in those desperate last minutes before the catastrophic explosion of 1917?

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Halifax Explosion Pt 3: WWI Disaster that Devastated Canada

The Halifax Disaster was a blast of apocalyptic proportions. At 2.9 kilotons, it was the largest explosion in the world before the advent of nuclear weapons.

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