"The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month"

This is an essay that my 14 year-old daughter Krystle wrote for school. She wanted me to share it here on Triond.

In this article the start WW1 is carefully described. Although there are many causes for WW1 most of them are not proven or disagreed by historians. So here are the main ones.

An essay regarding world war I trench warfare.

“The wise man, surely, seeing death as the end of his life, makes sure that the days granted him are well-spent”.

An inside look at the July 30, 1916 explosion on Black Tom Island, New York.

A report on Trench Warfare and the role the average soldier would play in an average British World War One trench.

More rare and often harder to identify than dinosaur bones, the fresh excrement of ancient animals if exposed to conditions favorable to preservation can become fossilized. The specimens can become rock-hard nodes. They are called "coprolite". High in phosphate, ground coprolite "dinosaur poop" was used for fertilizer and briefly used in munitions development during early World War I.

Could a third world war begin by accident? Could statesmen and their military advisers grossly miscalculate risks and cause the loss of millions of lives?

In December of 1915, Douglas Haig was appointed leader of the British army on the western front. Following his orders, thousands of men died and important battles were lost. On the other hand however, his instruction led to the eventual downfall of an important German strongpoint which played a crucial role in Britain’s triumph in the First World War. This considered, how vital was Haig in the equally tragic and triumphant outcomes of the battles he planned?