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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 World War II.
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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
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Read more about the USS Sampson during World War I #WWI #WorldWarI #USSSampson #USNavyHistory #NavyHistory #MaritimeHistory #History #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PGM #premiereguerremondiale #WaratSea #WW1
USS Sampson during World War I
The War at Sea during World War I
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December 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Learn more about how families were told to address envelopes during WWI. #WWI #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Letters #History #HistoricalNewspapers #BritishHistory #BritishArmyHistory
How to Address an Envelope to a British Soldier During World War I
Newspapers told families how to correctly write to their soldiers
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December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Read more about the Floating Post Office that was the HMS Imperieuse during World War I. #RoyalNavyHistory #NavyHistory #History #MaritimeHistory #FirstWorldWar #FWW #PremierGuerreMondiale #PGM #WWI #WorldWarI
The Floating Post Office
HMS Imperieuse During World War I
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December 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Read my post about French Refugees during the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. #WW1 #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #GrandeGuerre #France #FrenchHistory #History #Refugees
French Refugees Enter Marcoing
Refugees During the Battle of Cambrai November 1917
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December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Read my latest post! #Spahis #WorldWarI #WWI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #AlgerianHistory #History #GrandeGuerre #Photograph #1914
North African Spahis Crossing Bridge in 1914
Often overlooked during World War I was the global aspect of the war, with the vast majority of the attention of the war centered on the Western Front especially today.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Happy St Andrews Day! #Standrewsday #Scotland #WWI #HighlandDance #SwordDance #ScottishHistory #GordonHighlanders #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #GrandeGuerre
Sword Dance Behind the Lines
Happy St. Andrews Day
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November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#WorldWar1 #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #FWW #GrandeGuerre #Tirailleurs #1920 #History #HistoricalPhotograph
Wounded African Tirailleurs in 1920
Even with World War I over the effects of the war continued to be felt in a variety of ways.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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World War I Comic about wrapping Puttees. #WW1 #WorldWar1 #WWI #World War I #GreatWar #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Comic #historiccomic #humor #History
Puttee Wrapping Comic
One of the most iconic pieces of uniform during the World War I era was the leg wraps known as puttees.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Read more about the events of Armistice Day in 1918. #armisticeday #History #OTD #FWW #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #WorldWarI #1918
Armistice Day
Lest We Forget
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Read more about the Women's Suffrage March on 5th OTD in 1915. #History #WomensHistory #Womenssuffrage #1915 #OnThisDay #OTD #OnThisDayinHistory
25,000 Women March on 5th Avenue in Suffrage March
On this day in 1915
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October 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Read more about a cheat sheet for Doughboys during WW1. #WW1 #FWW #history #worldwar1 #1918 #armyhistory
British Rank Insignia Cheat Sheet for Doughboys
During World War I, the American Army was a mostly volunteer force with a very small professional military.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Caturday! Cats in history the mascot of the Liner Philadelphia. #caturday #catsinhistory #cat #cats #mascot #catmascot #shipmascot #history #maritimehistory #maritime #1910s #photograph #historicalphotograph
Mascot of the S.S. Philadelphia
Caturday: Cats in History
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September 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Read about this political cartoon from April 19, 1916. #politicalcartoon #1910s #1916 #History #USHistory #WW1 #FWW
Foreign Relation Crisis Political Cartoon
Early 1916 was a very chaotic period for US foreign relations as the American government dealt with two major crisis.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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US Navy Chief works on program. #WW1 #WW1history #History #FWW #FirstWorldWar #Navy #Navyhistory #Maritime #MaritimeHistory
Chief Works on Program
USS Melville Chief works in the printing room
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September 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Read more about the attempts to Ban Child Labor in the 1910s. #OTD #Onthisday #1910s #History #LaborDay #LaborHistory #LaborMovement
Labor Day and the Anniversary of the Keating-Owen Act
On this Day in 1916 Ban to Child Labor was signed into Law
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September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#WWI #WW1 #FWW #WorldWar1 #France #Photograph #1914 #History
French Poilus Take a Rest
The first two months of World War I were extremely chaotic as most nations were not truly prepared for war and rushed to try and catch up to the ever changing situations on the battlefields of August ...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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#WW2 #WW2History #RAF #RAFHistory #History #BomberCommand
New Flight Engineer Sews on Stripes and Brevet
Passing tests and graduating is a moment many of us have felt before and the pride that comes with the accomplishment of finishing our studies.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Cat Stares Down Pilot During the World War I Era. #catsinhistory #cat #history #caturday #WWI #WWIHistory #history #FirstWorldWar #FWW #Aviation #plane #historicalphotograph
Cat Stares Down Pilot
This picture is familiar to all cat owners, a cat causing trouble and keeping you from doing what you need to do.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Read more about La Fete Nationale in World War I in 1915! #FeteNationale #BastilleDay #WW1 #France #FrenchHistory #WorldWarI #OTD #OnThisDay #History #LaMarseillaise
La Fete Nationale(Bastille Day) 1915
Rouget De Lisle entombed in Les Invalides
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July 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Read more about the commissioning of the USS Mason at the link below. #USSMASON #Blackhistory #AfricanAmericanhistory #history #WW2 #WW2History #navyhistory #maritimehistory
USS Mason Commissioning and Pre-Shakedown
March and April 1944
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July 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM