Highlights: August 1918 Overview
Dr. Edward Lengel, Host Theo Mayer, and Katherine Akey discuss the key events and themes of August 1918, including the pivotal Battle of Amiens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1918
As the Allied offensive barrels forward and German casualties mount, Berlin begins to recognize that the war is unwinnable.
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/29/the-allied-offensive-gains-strength/
Commemoration season kicks into high gear in Europe, with events and reenactments scheduled in Britain and France
http://ww1cc.org/international
http://www.centenarynews.com/article/battle-of-amiens-centenary-commemorations-in-france
http://www.centenarynews.com/article/shropshire-remembers-wilfred-owen-august-november-2018
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HvnP1_ymAKYYkTES2BFt3hcTh8cDGFdw/view
https://www.facebook.com/armyhistory/videos/10156654988097853/
Tracy Robinson joins us from the Daughters of the American Revolution to discuss the contributions of the DAR during the Great War.
https://www.dar.org/archives/women-resilience-dar-service-world-war-i
https://www.dar.org/sites/default/files/QuasquiFlashbackMJ15.pdf
https://blog.dar.org/celebrate-125-monday-daughters-aid-war-recovery
Bill Jackson, an archivist for Harley Davidson, joins us to tell the story of this iconic company and its motorcycles in the Great War.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum/explore/archives.html
http://www.ridingvintage.com/2012/12/war-machines-american-motorcycles-of-wwi.html
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/history-of-u-s-military-motorcycles
Jim Davenport, past president of the Rotary Club of Dunmore and owner of Dunmore Properties, and Louise McLafferty, retired director of the YMCA, join us to promote the new WW1 memorial in Lackawanna County, PA.
Our word for this week is Stormtrooper- no, George Lucas did not coin it!
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/stormtrooper
http://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-stormtroopers
The subject for this week’s installment of War Tech is something we use everyday: Stainless Steel.
http://online.wsj.com/ww1/stainless-steel
http://www.portlandworks.co.uk/portland-works-and-the-invention-of-stainless-steel/
The highlights of this week’s weekly dispatch include: the American Society of Landscape Architecture on the approval of the Memorial design, a new Suffragettes-themed walking tour in DC, Humphrey Bogart in WW1, honoring Choctaw veterans in OK, and Doughboy MIA Corporal Clarence Hawkins. Also, check out our official merchandise!
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html
Katherine Akey highlights our recent social media activity, including photos and articles of memorial dedications and re-dedications across America, and a WW1-themed Tuesday Trivia video from the US Army Center of Military History.
http://www.salina.com/news/20180531/solomon-veterans-memorial-to-be-dedicated-saturday
