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Lest we forget… the handbrake: British vets crash armored vehicle into village memorial on Armistice Day
What was meant to be a somber day of reflection and remembrance in Cheshire, England was shattered — literally — for the wont of a handbrake.
Trump torches allies, threatens NATO pullout after tense WWI memorial trip to Paris
President Donald Trump on Monday unloaded on the U.S.’s European allies, and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO
By Alex Lockie, Business Insider
Veterans have fought in wars — and fought against them
Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
By Micheal Messner, University of Southern California
From first shot to the silence of peace: Timeline of World War I
Unleashed by an archduke’s assassination, World War I gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.
Hitler in war, Merkel in peace: A train car for history
Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Angela Merkel plans a pilgrimage in the name of peace. Two German chancellors, with opposite aims and the same destination: a train car in a French forest.
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press
Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing
On the final morning of World War I, U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing was not eager to stop fighting. After all, if one nation had momentum after the first global war’s four years of unprecedented slaughter, it was the United States.
Remains of fallen American troops headed back from North Korea
North Korean officials handed the remains over to U.S. military experts on the 65th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.
US forces in Korea aren’t packing up just yet. Here’s why.
Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.
By Kyle Rempfer
Nov. 11, 1918: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day
An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly.
By Joseph E. Persico, MHQ
How Veterans Day became part of American culture
A special episode of the All-American Legacy Podcast premiers Nov. 11 to celebrate Veterans Day and explore the evolution of the holiday through the 20th century.
By Kyle Rempfer