World War I Archives

WWI: Gone to the Dogs

Dogs, of course, played a significant role in World War I. The Army used dogs for all sorts of jobs,…
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Who would have guessed that A.A. Milne‘s famous Winnie the Pooh was the result of World War I? Oh, I know…
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The first homing pigeons were used by the Egyptians 3000 years ago. The idea of using a pigeon to send…
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The fascinating uses of animals during WWI.

Imagine, elephants played a role in Britain during World War I. At the start of the war, the British army had…
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The book and movie War Horse immortalized World War I horses. A tear-jerker of a film, it told the story of a…
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