WW1 Centennial News: Devil’s Rope

Highlights: 1.5 Million “Over There”

• 100 years ago: Ready to increase US forces to 4 million | @ 02:10
• German perspective on the turn around – Mike Shuster | @ 12:25
• Part 2: 28th division – the Pennsylvania Doughboys – Dr. Edward Lengel | @ 16:30
• Announcing resources for local Armistice Centennial Events – YourACE | @ 23:15
• Spotlight on the media: The Hello Girls – Jim Theres | @ 29:50
• Update from the States: Wyoming and Indian Doughboys – Douglas R. Cubbison | @ 37:00
• WWI WarTech – Devil’s Rope | @ 44:45
• Dispatch Newsletter Highlights | @ 47:50
• BUZZ – Commemoration in Social Media – Katherine Akey | @ 49:55

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PODCAST NOTES: Guest links and our research

World War One Then

100 Years Ago

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/20/97019005.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/21/97019317.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/21/97019459.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/22/97019708.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/23/97020009.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/24/97020331.pdf

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/09/world-war-i-conscription-laws/

https://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/MilitaryClassifications.htm

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/27/102727379.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/06/22/102712419.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/10/97015719.pdf

https://library.ccsu.edu/dighistFall16/exhibits/show/industry-ct-ww1/women-in-the-factories

http://www.nber.org/chapters/c6304.pdf

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/american-labor-in-the-20th-century.pdf

http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2002/3/02.03.09.x.html

http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/kim.shtml

https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2017/10/labor-problems-under-war-conditions-women-in-the-workforce-in-wwi/

Great War Project

http://greatwarproject.org/2018/08/12/huge-american-presence-on-western-front/

America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1

The U.S. 28th Division engages the Germans in heavy street fighting for the towns of Fismes and Fismette.

http://www.edwardlengel.com/stories-of-combat-1918-pennsylvanias-28th-division-in-fismette/

https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/

http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/

World War One Now

Updates from the States

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/4727-warriors-in-khaki-wyoming-indian-doughboys-in-the-great-war.html

Spotlight on the Media

https://www.military.com/off-duty/2018/02/12/hello-girls-documentary-celebrates-wwi-female-telephone-operators.html

https://www.npr.org/2017/04/06/522596006/the-hello-girls-chronicles-the-women-who-fought-for-america-and-for-recognition

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/07/05/ignored-for-decades-wwi-heroines-could-be-recognized-with-congressional-gold-medal/

WW1 War Tech

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2014/01/08/barbed-wire-war-how-one-farmers-innovation-changed-the-battlefield/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/03/23/_99_invisible_roman_mars_the_history_of_barbed_wire.html

https://www.nps.gov/home/planyourvisit/upload/Barbed%20Wire%20Brochure,%20final.pdf

https://www.rushcounty.org/BarbedWireMuseum/BWhistory.htm

Speaking WW1

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/keegan-first.html

https://www.weather.gov/media/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/Miscellaneous/fronts/fronts.pdf

Articles and Posts

http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch

http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html

The Buzz

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=558465584556136&id=259804527755578

https://www.facebook.com/theworldwar/posts/10156542633006241

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OTOSB?promotionno=304296

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