Big Navies, Big Innovations, Big Battle...then Fizzle. Why?
In October 2016, the World War One Historical Association hosted a World War I Centennial Symposium at the MacArthur Memorial. William MacMullen, a member of the U.S. Navy League, the U.S. Naval Inst...
21 Nov 201631min
Kaiser WIlhelm II: Part II
From 1890-1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II struggled through a series of scandals and crises. His gaffes on the international stage embarrassed his government and helped create the alliances that would be arr...
12 Okt 201623min
Kaiser Wilhelm II: Part I
Kaiser Wilhelm II: Part One When the World War I ended, King George V of England wrote of his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II: “…I look upon him as the greatest criminal known for having plunged the world in...
18 Juli 201615min
The Zimmerman Telegram
On January 16, 1917, a coded German dispatch was intercepted by British Naval Intelligence. Over the next weeks, cryptographers in the innocuous sounding Room 40 began deciphering the message. What ...
4 Apr 201617min
African American Doctors of World War I
In this podcast, W. Douglas Fisher and Joann H. Buckley, authors of the book: African American Doctors of World War I, shed light on the little known story of African American doctors who served durin...
2 Feb 201624min
The Occupation of Germany
When World War I ended, parts of the American Expeditionary Force were sent into Germany to serve as an occupation force. The Occupation of Germany (1918-1923) would be regarded as the most successfu...
14 Jan 201637min
Allenby Captures Jerusalem
While sometimes considered a “sideshow” in histories of World War I, the Middle East was a region of considerable value to both the Allied and Central powers. As stalemate mired the Western front, bo...
11 Dec 201520min
The Road to Armistice
By late September 1918, Germany’s military leaders were aware that victory was completely out of reach. General Erich Ludendorff and Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg began to call for an immediate ...
11 Nov 201520min
