• 100 Years ago: July 1918 overview - Theo Mayer, Katherine Akey & Dr. Edward Lengel | @02:10

Dr. Ed Lengel, Katherine Akey, and Theo Mayer preview the key developments and themes of July 1918.

On the Italian Front, the Allies utilize airpower to stymie an Austrian offensive. On the Western Front, as Americans continue to prove their mettle in crucial battles, Pershing becomes convinced that America must “assume the initiative” if the Allies are to win the war.  

http://greatwarproject.org/2018/07/01/summer-1918-key-battles-in-italy-and-france/

www.ww1cc.org/bells

Rob Laplander, Managing Director of Doughboy MIA, joins us to talk about ongoing efforts to research the fate and service of missing WW1 soldiers.

www.ww1cc.org/mia

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/doughboy-mia-home.html

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2016/03/09/the-lost-doughboys-the-hunt-continues-for-american-mias-from-ww1/

Authors Michael Collins and Martin King discuss their new book, The Lost Voices: The Untold Stories of America's World War I Veterans and Their Families, which looks at WW1 through the eyes of Americans who witnessed it.

https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Voices-Americas-Veterans-Families/dp/1493031643

This week on Speaking WW1, our phrase is ‘Zero-hour’, the precise start time of an operation.

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/413123#eid321052091

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/zero-hour

www.ww1cc.org/100cities

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3004-four-questions-for-karlen-morris.html

https://usabot.ecwid.com/#!/Donation-Monument-Fort-Knox-Patton-Joins-the-US-Tank-Corps/p/83940729/category=5426372

https://19seriesclothing.com/

For WW1 Tech, we take a look at the crude but effective Trench Club.

https://owlcation.com/humanities/WW1-Trench-Weapons-The-Trench-Club-and-Trench-Knife

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30003757

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30001746

https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/the-6-most-terrifying-weapons-of-world-war-i

The headlines from this week’s Dispatch newsletter: Fighting Father Duffy Remembered, Historic fireboat in NYC turned into Floating Work of WWI-inspired Art, Navy Cross Nurses: Inspiring Heroism During the Influenza Epidemic of 1918, Warriors in Khaki: Wyoming Indian Doughboys who served in World War I, and  this week’s Story of Service featuring Emmett George Hoyt. Also, check out our official merchandise!  

http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch

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

Katherine Akey highlights our recent social media activity, including two popular articles on Facebook about the short-lived WW1 Victory Arch in NYC (the Daily Beast) and a deadly fire at a New York munitions plant (Syracuse.com).

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-world-war-one-victory-arch-demolished-in-a-new-york-minute

https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2018/06/one_hundred_years_later_remembering_the_split_rock_disaster.html