World War I

Tag details

Welcome to the 'World War I' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'World War I'.

Look up Offsite Link "World", Offsite Link "War", Offsite Link "I" at The Free Dictionary

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “World War I”

  • French and German Leaders Mark Armistice Day


    NYT > TheaterAuthority Authority: 913
    In a first since World War I ended in 1918, a German leader joined French officials to mark the day in Paris.
    7 hours ago
  • Why Do So Few Immigrants Wear Poppies for UK’s Remembrance Day?


    Pajamas MediaAuthority Authority: 780
    If part of the British population rejects one of the country’s most sacred traditions, how can we ever “integrate”?
    9 hours ago
  • World War I Rat Hunters in the Trenches


    Terrierman's Daily DoseAuthority Authority: 561
    World War I Trench Hunters: Photo from a German newsmagazine with a not too-subtle remark on sanitary conditions: "The result of 15 minutes rat-hunting in a British trench." Note the Jack Russell Terrier in the gentlemans arms at left. Click on picture to enlarge. Photo from Great War in a Different Light . ...
    9 hours ago
  • Veterans Day History is Interesting But it Doesn’t Take a Scholar to Say Thank You.


    Symon SezAuthority Authority: 428
    Thank You On This Day, Thank a Veteran: Original "Armistice Day" Honoree Prior to noon on November 7, 1918 United Press president Roy Howard sent a cable to the New York headquarters: “Urgent. Armistice allies Germans signed 11 smorning hostilities ceased 2 safternoon.”  Midday papers blared the ...
    11 hours ago
  • Your World in Focus 4: Veteran’s Day


    Blast: Boston's Online MagazineAuthority Authority: 608
    Blast takes time to remember Veteran’s Day — or Remembrance Day as it’s called in Sachin Seth’s home country Canada. The Terra Blog reporter remembers the Christmas Eve truce during WWI. It’s a story that should be told as often as possible.
    14 hours ago
  • Ramming War Propaganda Down Your Throat


    Apartheid New ZealandAuthority Authority: 132
    sent by a reader in the UK [Edited by TEAA]The war mechanics have it in for you!Ramming the War Dildo Down Your Throat and Up Your TushiWhether they are selling you war with boobs on tanks gimmicks, the ANZAC Day way, or the Armistice nostalgia crap, the war mechanics have you hooked by your private [...]
    16 hours ago
  • Lest we forget


    HomepaddockAuthority Authority: 580
    When I was at school everything stopped for a minute at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month while we observed a minute’s silence in commemoration of the end of World War I. It’s called Remembrance Day in Britain. Our remembrance day is Anzac Day but it is still important to acknowledge Armistice Day, to ...
    20 hours ago
  • LOC 11/10/2009: Memes And Blog Welfare Queens


    Left Of Center PodcastsAuthority Authority: 136
    Didja Know Glenn Beck as a hypocrite? I mean, besides the fact that he’s a talk show host. I have story about a guy that took on Glenn Beck, and won. I bet Beck doesn’t bring it up. We will. Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs (The Blogosphere’s First Welfare Queen) has a thing about Islam, that much is pretty ...
    20 hours ago
  • Our ‘Reassured’ Allies


    Cato @ LibertyAuthority Authority: 744
    Justin Logan beat me to the punch , but Robert Kagan and Dan Blumenthal’s op-ed in the Washington Post warrants more than just one comment. Kagan and Blumenthal fret that the Obama administration’s policy of “strategic reassurance” is sure to fail. Aimed at encouraging Russia and China, especially, to ...
    21 hours ago
  • Norman Buys a Box of Kleenex


    An American LionAuthority Authority: 480
    Kleenex anyone? I love marketing. I love marketing almost as much as I love my guns, and I love my guns more than I love my children. The only thing that keeps us from oblivion and lower phone bills is marketing. Without it, we’d be cavemen living in substandard caves without carpeting or decent furniture. ...
    22 hours ago
  • The Melancholy Daze, Satterfield cartoon


    Photos from the VaultAuthority Authority: 112
    November 8, 1918 This was the other comic on the Daily Telegram’s page two that day . As fall swept in the end of World War I was near at hand. This cartoon by Bob Satterfield shows a downcast Kaiser Wilhelm II with a can labled defeat, tied to a leg and leaves falling with the same label. A jaunty teddy bear ...
    23 hours ago
  • World War I audio archive


    PRI's The WorldAuthority Authority: 625
    The British Library has acquired an audio archive of British prisoners recorded at POW camps in Germany during World War I. The World’s Patrick Cox will have more details in today’s show. (Audio available after 5PM Eastern) The World in Words podcast The British Library
    1 day ago
  • ‘Blackadder goes forth’ or ‘How I learned to enjoy ‘rat au van’


    Vulpes LibrisAuthority Authority: 469
    ">"> It is 7 November 2009, I’m enjoying a glass of Pedro Ximinez sherry after a delightful dinner while listening to the ticking of an early trench watch (dated from 1919). I am pondering Armistice Day and today’s subject, Blackadder Goes Forth. The First World War was ‘The Great War’ and ‘The War to ...
    1 day ago
  • 64% of public feel that the war in Afghanistan is “unwinnable”, ComRes poll finds


    Net News DailyAuthority Authority: 572
    A new ComRes poll, commissioned for the BBC’s Politics Show, has found that 64% (nearly two-thirds) find that the Afghanistan War is “unwinnable” as more and more criticism hits Westminster over the controversial war. These new findings are up from 57% of the public last year on the same issue. The poll also ...
    3 days ago
  • Did You Know? Countdown to Veterans Day 2009 (11/08)


    Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday BlogAuthority Authority: 143
    Did You Know? Facts & Figures About America’s Veterans Day Nov 08 : 03 days till Veterans Day Did you know that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day? The first Armistice Day was held on November 11, 1918 to commemorate the end of World War I. (Major hostilities of WWI were formally ended ...
    3 days ago
  • Photos from the Vault 2009-11-07 22:49:30


    Blog ObispoAuthority Authority: 136
    November 8, 1918Let the blames begin.The Daily Telegram crashed back to reality after the giddy extra edition. Advertising was back on the front page and three headlines tried to explain what went wrong. In today’s era of rapid communication the premature peace announcement would be truth tested as soon as it was ...
    3 days ago
  • Back To The Drawing Board


    The Friggin LoonAuthority Authority: 151
    When would I have time to manage a football team? This is just one good reason why you should never give youngsters a survey about World War I & II. Hmm, this is the findings after 2,000 kids aged from 9 to 11 were polled by the veterans’ charity Erskine.1 in 20 thought Hitler was a German football manager, 1 ...
    4 days ago
  • Did You Know? Countdown to Veterans Day 2009 (11/07)


    Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday BlogAuthority Authority: 143
    Did You Know? Facts & Figures About America’s Veterans Day Nov 07 : 04 days till Veterans Day Did you know that Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans? Veterans Day is both a federal holiday as well as a state holiday in all 50 states, and is usually observed on ...
    4 days ago
  • St. Kitts - Nevis Remembers The Dead of World Wars


    Nevis Island Tourism Information Blog.Authority Authority: 140
    The War Memorial In St. Kitts - Lest We Forget Photo By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, St. Kitts - Nevis November 2009 (CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis will remember its nationals who fought and died in the two World Wars on Sunday (Remembrance Sunday). The traditional National Day of Remembrance to those who gave ...
    4 days ago
  • Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial


    Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far RightAuthority Authority: 143
    BNP leader argues with a 13-year-old at WWI monument to Indian troops Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has paid a secret visit to a First World War memorial in Belgium - only to become embroiled in an angry confrontation with a 13-year-old schoolboy, The Independent has learnt. On Wednesday ...
    4 days ago

Comments about World War I

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy