BBC6 年
World War One: Painted postcards sent from the trenches
A series of hand-painted postcards sent from the trenches reveal one German soldier's intimate view of World War One. Art student Otto Schubert (1892-1970) was 22 years old when he was drafted ...
With Their Lives Upended, They Practiced the Art of Resilience
Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment ...
National Geographic news4 年
World War I soldiers created underground art in the trenches.
National Geographic Nearby, on one of the tunnel walls ... This underground art is relatively unknown beyond a circle of World War I scholars and enthusiasts, as well as village mayors and ...
BBC11 天
World War One
Why did World War One start? What were the causes of World War One and how did the war develop? Find out in our guide. What role did the British Empire play in the war? What role did the British ...
BBC5 年
World War One hymn is nation's favourite
The hymn, which takes an 1803 poem by William Blake and sets it to music written by Sir Hubert Parry, beat How Great Thou Art to the top ... at the height of World War One. The song was ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty6 年
The spectacular posters that tsarist Russia used to drum up support for its war effort.
A poster portraying the “Second Patriotic War” as World War I was known in Russia ... Soviets as an “imperialist” battle. Around 1.7 million soldiers fighting for the Russian Empire ...