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| LeoVanBergen | War, Trauma and Medicine in Germany and Central Europe (194-1939) | Books on medical care | 0 | Oct 3 2011, 7:26 AM EDT by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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The bundel of articles War, Trauma and Medicine in Germany and Central-Europe (Freiburg [Centaurus] 2011) gives a fascinating and new insight into German medicine and WWI. Mainly focusing on psychological problems, although it has one on orthopaedics as well, it for instance shows that the differentiation between neurasthenia-officers and hysteria-soldiers is anything but as clear cut as sometimes thought. It also shows the succes of quick cures was marginal and it shows that in the Austro-Hungarian army quick cures were broader and longer accepted than in Germany because of the problem of multi-linguality. Just to name a few.
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| LeoVanBergen | Mark Harrison, The Medical War | Books on medical care | 0 | Jul 6 2011, 7:48 AM EDT by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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Mark Harrison, professor of medical history at Oxford, has written an excellent book on British military medicine in the First World War, making clear the numerous influences on medical care during wartime and by doing so explaining why there was such a difference between the medical care at the western front (in the eyes of Harrison: no collapse although by times stretched to the utmost) and Dardanelles and Mesopotamia: shambles.
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| LeoVanBergen | Susanne Michl, Im Dienste des “Volkskörpers”. | Books on medical care | 0 | Feb 21 2011, 5:36 AM EST by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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The book of Susanne Michl, Im Dienste des “Volkskörpers” (In service of the peoples's body) researtches the French and German mide=ical discours during World War One and the influence the war had upon it. Michl as well points at the similarities as has a keen eye for the differences, both of which are explained thoroughly and extensively. Although she does this not in an easy to read manner, it is a great piece of work, that deserves a place in the bookshelf of everyone interested in (the history of) medicine, war and especially of course in the relationship between them.
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| Christopher_T_George | Liverpool Wartime Remembrance Site | Great War Relatives and Ancestors | 2 | Nov 16 2010, 10:46 AM EST by GPC1 | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 4 2010, 3:16 PM EST
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Hello everyone
A couple of friends from Liverpool have started a fine website that is accepting information on relatives from Liverpool who served in the war. Go to http://liverpoolremembrance.weebly.com/ - the site includes a lot of fascinating stories. I posted information on the war service of my maternal Grandfather, George T. Matchett, about which I spoke to Western Front Association members at Fort Mifflin in Spring 2010. Also although I reported that I had learned that the Great War records of my grandfather's brother, music hall comedian Billy Matchett had apparently not survived, but had apparently been destroyed in WWII German bombing except for his medals record, I recently learned that there are a number of mentions of Billy in a book by a Liverpool soldier, The Fighting Mascot: The True Story of a Boy Soldier by Thomas Joseph Kehoe, rifleman, 5th King's Regiment, see web version at http://www.archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=fightingmascottr01keho All the best Chris
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| Maginot | Fall Seminar – Baltimore, 06 Nov 10 | Discussion Forum | 0 | Sep 6 2010, 7:41 PM EDT by Maginot | ||||
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Please join the East Coast Chapter of the Western Front Association for our Fall Seminar on Saturday, 06 November at the Maryland War Memorial from 9:30 am to 5 pm. The speakers are:
Dr. Richard DiNardo, author of "Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign 1915," will discuss this decisive Eastern Front campaign which saw the rise of General August von Mackensen as one of Germany’s most capable field commanders. Dr. Jonathan Winkler, author of "Nexus: Strategic American Communications in World War I," will talk about how US officials discovered the enormous value of strategic communications during WWI. William T. Walker - Solving the Mystery of Montfaucon: research and investigation into the failure of the US 79th Division to capture Montfaucon on the first day of the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Steve Miller - Aviation Memorials on the Western Front: memorials to famous WWI aviators and the stories behind them. Paul Walsh - Ireland in the Great War: How WWI affected Irish attitudes and loyalties. More information and the seminar registration form can be found here - http://www.wfa-usa.org/new/pdf/ecfall2010.pdf - or on our website - http://wfa-eastcoast.org/WWI_Seminars.html Hope to see you there! Regards, Marc Secretary, East Coast Chapter www.wfa-eastcoast.org Join us on Facebook - The Western Front Association - East Coast Chapter http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=376448568581 |
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| LeoVanBergen | medical war pictures | Books on medical care | 0 | Jun 23 2010, 4:46 AM EDT by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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If you're interested in the history of (medical) war pictures, see: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/pwreset?id=778322135&dt=4035075704722&ck=7FCE82FF2E02CD9EE09562F3D68B32C6
Have a good read.
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| Hengist | Plagiarism. | Great War Books and Reviews | 3 | May 22 2010, 3:04 PM EDT by mjroman | ||||
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Thread started: May 18 2010, 3:05 PM EDT
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Hello from the UK. I feel I should draw this matter to your attention. I don't know if you ever visit a site called 'Landships'. It's a site devoted to many aspects of the Great War, particularly the technology, uniforms, equipment, etc. It was started by a Swedish gentleman called Peter Kempf and has contributors worldwide. Over the years, contributors have written many articles, carried out much research, and solved a number of mysteries about the War. Unfortunately, the owner of a site called patriotfiles.com has copied the entire content (over 200 articles), removed all credits and attributions, and posted the articles on his own site as his own work. He has refused requests to remove or credit the work and blocks attempts to contact him by the original authors. The owner of this site, Mr. David Bailey, is an official partner of the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project, who seem to be as yet unaware of his conduct. I thought WFA members should be aware of this and, if they visit patriotfiles.com, be mindful that the vast majority of articles on The Great War are the work of others. It says little for Mr. Bailey that his site is devoted to honour, valour, and liberty yet he practises dishonesty, cowardice, and censorship. The original site is here: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/ and Mr. Bailey's plagiarised site is here: http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=102
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Best wishes. James Reeve. Manchester, England.
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| LeoVanBergen | Healing the Nation by Jefferey S. Reznick | Books on medical care | 0 | May 7 2010, 2:51 PM EDT by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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In his Healing the Nation Jeffrey S. Reznick tells the story of ‘soldiers and the culture of caregiving in Britain during the Great War’. To do this he in depth goes into the theory and practice of rest-huts of YMCA, Church Army and Salvation Army and three military hospitals (First Eastern General Cambridge; King George London and, especially for the disabled, Sheperd’s Bush London). For instance by taking a peak into hospital magazines he makes clear that huts and hospitals were not only important for the rest and cure of the wounded or war-weary soldier, but for the war machine as well. And he makes clear that the soldier’s image of them was at best ambivalent, as they were not only seenas an escape from front and no man’s land, but as an extension of them as well. It makes Healing the Nation a fascinating and important work, recommended certainly to all those interested in how (ánd why) the sick and wounded were treated and how this fitted in, or was fitted in, a society focused on winning a war. Although for this the author is not to blame, it is only sad that again it is a book focusing solely on the British situation. This is a book screaming out for German and French equivalents.
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| henryvaughan | 14th engineers | Great War Relatives and Ancestors | 0 | May 4 2010, 2:55 PM EDT by henryvaughan | ||||
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Looking for information or history of 14th engineers a railway operating unit that went to France in May of 1917 my grandfather Sam Vaughan started his service in this unit.
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| NYMarine | Great War USMC movie? | US Marines in the Great War | 2 | Apr 26 2010, 11:54 AM EDT by NYMarine | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 23 2010, 6:52 PM EDT
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Has anyone any information on a new movie about the marines in the Great War? I recently saw something in passing on the National Museum of the Marine Corps' web pages. Haven't had a chance to get back to the site yet, but was interested in knowing if anyone had any scoop on this project?
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| NYMarine | Last Day of the War | Western Front Association East Coast Chapter | 6 | Apr 26 2010, 11:42 AM EDT by NYMarine | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 17 2010, 7:47 PM EDT
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Watching a docu on this subject earlier today is what prompted me to raise this question, wondering if anyone out there has a similar expereince.
For reasons that I probably cannot fully articulate, one of the aspects of the war that most fascinates (and saddens) me is the history of Nov. 11, 1918. I am at once morbidly fascinated, and outraged, and saddened whenever this subject comes up. The magnitude of arrogance and stupidity on the part of some senior offices, who were going to have their last pound of flesh, get their last ounce of blood, is astounding. What took place at Mons on the last day; UN-believable! Don't quote me, but I believe that the narrator of this particular program said that England's forces suffered amost 900 killed on the last day. Does anyone know that the figures are for U.S. forces on that day? I'm sure I must have read it in Joe Persico's book, but it alludes me. And lastly, as seems to have been the case with our allies, were the U.S. casualties from the final day also mostly a matter of a blatent disregard for the men in the trenches, as it were?
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| mjroman | Interest in WWI - Growing or Declining? | Western Front Association East Coast Chapter | 14 | Apr 13 2010, 7:26 PM EDT by NYMarine | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 15 2008, 10:01 AM EST
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An article recently appeared in a British media outlet (The Independent; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-killing-fields-of-the-first-world-war-979730.html) that describes how more British people visit the battlefields now than ever before. It is a good read.
In the article there is a thought provoking quote by Martin Middlebrook: "After the 80th anniversary [of the Somme] in 1996, I would have told you that two things were inevitable. We will see declining numbers of people at future commemorations. Interest in the war will gradually reduce. The opposite has been true." As we begin to approach the 100th anniversary of 1914, can we expect to see a similar phenomenon in the US? Or will our distance from the battlefields and our “lesser” experience” to that of the British dampen American interest in the Great War? Thoughts anyone?
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| may303 | New Hampshire in WW1 | Great War Relatives and Ancestors | 0 | Apr 10 2010, 3:43 PM EDT by may303 | ||||
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Just checking where I could go to find info on NH in WW1. I can't seem to find an Adutant Generals report for 1917-1919. Thanks for any help!!!
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| jstaebell | Lusitania Memorial | War Memorials | 1 | Apr 5 2010, 11:24 AM EDT by JeffreyLaMonica | ||||
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Here's a link to some photos I took of the memorial to the victims of the Lusitania sinking in Cobh, Ireland:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jonstaebell/LusitaniaMemorials# Jon
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| jbeigie | Iron Mike | US Marines in the Great War | 4 | Mar 24 2010, 10:49 AM EDT by NYMarine | ||||
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I was just at the USMC National Museum in Quantico VA, and they had a statue to Iron Mike outside of the Museum. Unfortunately their WW-1 section is not finished so there really wasn't much about Iron Mike in the museum. Does anyone know his story?
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| mjroman | Spring Seminar - Saturday, June 5th at Fort Meade, MD | Western Front Association East Coast Chapter | 0 | Mar 23 2010, 8:59 PM EDT by mjroman | ||||
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Please join us for the Spring Seminar at Fort Meade, MD. Pre-registration is required due to Fort Meade post security arrangements. Major seminar activities are:
"Beyond Incompetence: Why the AEF Lacked Fleets of Tanks in 1918." WFA member and tank scholar Patrick Osborn examines the complex reasons why American-built tanks didn’t make it to the Western Front. His presentation explores the shortcomings of the Ordnance Corps, American industry, and the AEF itself. Tour of the Ft. Meade Museum by museum staff including a special exhibition of rarely seen WWI related objects. “Ireland and the Great War: Impact and Memory.” WFA member and WWI scholar Paul Walsh explores connections between the Irish 'Home Front' and the Irishmen serving in the British armed Forces in the various theaters of war. He will examine how the war effected attitudes and loyalties, and how the memory of the war has evolved for different groups within Ireland since the conclusion of the conflict. “BODIES OF WAR” – Historian Lisa Budreau presents on her recent book from NYU Press which examines how “World War I marked the first war in which the United States government and military took full responsibility for the identification, burial and memorialization of those killed in battle.” "1919-20: When the Signal Corps Almost Died." Historian and WFA member Dr. Karl Larew recounts how The Administration and the Congress tried to reshape the Army to take into account the lessons learned in WWI--and save taxpayers' money as well. In the process, the Signal Corps was stripped of its direct combat support role and came close to being reduced to either an element of the Engineer Corps or simply a reserve branch of the Army. For information contact Chapter Chairman Paul Cora at pbcora@earthlink.net or visit the East Coast Chapter's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=376448568581 |
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| mjroman | The East Coast Chapter is now on Facebook!!! | Western Front Association East Coast Chapter | 1 | Mar 21 2010, 10:00 AM EDT by soldiersmail | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 20 2010, 10:25 PM EDT
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We now have a Facebook page. It is a great way to stay connected to the chapter between seminars. I invite you to join and get the latest information about the the chapter and its upcoming Spring seminar on June 5th. Here's the link to the page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=376448568581 I hope to see you on Facebook! Cheers, Marc Romanych
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| LeoVanBergen | John Galsworthy and the disabled | Great War Nurses and Medical Treatment | 2 | Mar 5 2010, 3:53 AM EST by LeoVanBergen | ||||
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John Galsworthy and disabled Soldiers of the Great War has three parts. Part 1 contains reprints of the non-fiction work on the disabled and part 2 of the fictional work. The third part is an outstanding essay of Jeffrey S. Reznick. It sheds a light on the work, not only in writing but also in action, of the writer of The Forsyte Saga and literature Noble Price winner to be, John Galsworthy, in favor of the men who left the trenches disabled, psychologically and (mainly) physically. Galsworthy, a humanitarian who utterly despised war but wanted to do all he could for those victimized by it, donated the money he earned with his writings on the disabled - in which he wanted to counterpart propaganda -, he went to France as a masseur, offered his family house as a hospital, financially backed up the Kitchener House for wounded British soldiers and sailors and set up a magazine (Reveille) on the disabled. And last but not least, he fought bitter battles with the Pensions Committee - perhaps not his greatest, but certainly his bravest and most frustrating achievement.
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| scgehnrich | American citizens in Europe, 1914 | Great War Relatives and Ancestors | 1 | Dec 19 2009, 2:42 PM EST by lshurtleff | ||||
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My now deceased grandmother was a 12-year old visiting Germany when the war broke out. She and her parents had to leave Germany and return to the US. Does anyone know how they might have traveled? Obviously by ship, but would it had to have been on a US ship (since a German ship would have been seized by the British), or some neutral ship that was hired to carry Americans out of Europe?
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| soldiersmail | After The Armistice | Soldier's Mail: Letters Home 1916-1919 | 0 | Nov 23 2009, 11:44 PM EST by soldiersmail | ||||
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The Armistice on November 11, 1918 brought a temporary end to the hostilities of the Great War, but the conditions set forth required regular renewal until the final signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June, 1918. In the interim, the Allied troops already on the ground maintained their training and preparedness to resume the attack should Germany fail to meet any of the "onerous" conditions required by the Allied governments. Sam Avery remained in France with the 26th Division until April, 1919, prepared to join the Expeditionary Forces in Russia if necessary while worrying about the impact of the Spanish Flu at home. Read Soldier's Mail for more...
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