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Review: War is hell (again) in Netflix's new adaptation of 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

"All Quiet on the Western Front," directed by Edward Berger, is hardly the first movie to argue — quite persuasively — that war is hell. It is, however, the first filmed adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's seminal World War I novel in which the Germans actually speak German. The book's…

Los Angeles Times

Government tells Hunter historians WWI service medals were 'likely destroyed'

"Nobody wants to look and it's because they're fearful of what they will find."

Newcastle Herald

What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers are central to Catholic faith

It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was engulfed in World War I. Over a series of six appearances, Mary emphasized to these young…

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‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ starkly depicts the horrors faced by young warriors

Netflix’s visually sweeping adaptation of the great antiwar novel focuses on the German teens doomed on the battlefield.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vahe Gregorian: How the brilliant tale of the KC Current team stands for a Kansas City on the move

Whenever friends from around the country ask me about Kansas City, I tell them it’s a welcoming and eclectic place with world-class attractions, such as the National World War I Museum and Memorial, the Nelson-Atkins, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and BBQ-mania.

Tribune News Service

Pit bulls went from America's best friend to public enemy – now they're slowly coming full circle

As recently as 50 years ago, the pit bull was America’s favorite dog. Pit bulls were everywhere. They were popular in advertising and used to promote the joys of pet-and-human friendship. Nipper on the RCA Victor label, Pete the Pup in the “Our Gang” comedy short films, and the flag-wrapped…

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France honors hero dogs, highlighting their achievements

France has inaugurated a memorial paying tribute to all “civilian and military hero dogs.”

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Exploring Thai history and culture

The cloudburst dissipates as we stroll through the neighbourhood of Phra Nakhon and the Sun now shines brightly in the clear sky. Despite the upcoming change in weather, this is a wonderful time to get outside and go sightseeing.

Bangkok Post

Barber, 75, pleads guilty in 1976 killing of WWI veteran

A 75-year-old New York City man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1976 killing of a World War I veteran

The Independent UK

Movie review: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ a searing indictment of war

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” a 1928 World War I novel by war veteran Erich Maria Remarque, was banned and burned in Nazi Germany. When the Academy Award-winning 1930 film version from Universal Pictures opened in Berlin, Joseph Goebbels himself entered the theater and started a riot. In 1979,…

Boston Herald

In a rare rebuke, 2 retired War College professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit to be governor

PHILADELPHIA — Tami Davis Biddle, the former chair of the faculty council at the U.S. Army War College, wrote in a Harrisburg newspaper recently that Doug Mastriano doesn't "deserve our trust or support."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bomb squad rush to Irish museum after couple drop off 'gift' from World War I

The Irish Military Museum, outside Collon, Co. Louth was cordoned off by gardai

Irish Mirror

WWII pilot Richard Hillary's RAF Spitfire tales still a combat classic 80 years after publication

Moments after his Spitfire aircraft became engulfed by flames in 1940, Richard Hillary was in freefall above the North Sea. After recovering from horrific burns, he produced a memoir that is still regarded as a combat classic.

ABC News

Christian Bale, Robert De Niro on reuniting for ‘Amsterdam’ in film highlighting the Harlem Hellfighters

NEW YORK — Christian Bale and Robert De Niro’s new movie shines a spotlight on little-known American history — including the unsung heroes of a New York regiment who served during World War I.

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Foreign Affairs

The Downside of Imperial Collapse

When empires or great powers fall, chaos and war rise.

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Russia has mobilized for war many times before – sometimes it unified the nation, other times it ended in disaster

Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of 300,000 additional Russian soldiers to fight in Ukraine has gotten off to a rocky start.

Inverse

Christian Bale on the secrets of his “weird” transformation in 'Amsterdam'

Christian Bale has taken on plenty of physically demanding roles throughout his acting career, and 'Amsterdam' is no exception.

The Hindu

Tales of war: Family members share stories of Mysore Lancers from Battle of Haifa

The Mysore Lancers, which were a personal force of the then Maharaja of Mysuru, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, played a key role in the liberation of Haifa

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The Independent UK

Queen's death is reminder of disappearing WWII generation

The long good-bye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little fanfare across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II

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Queen's death is reminder of disappearing WW II generation

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Amid campaign, Mastriano's disputed dissertation made public

A Canadian university is making public Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s 2013 doctoral thesis about American World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York

ABC News

Meet the woman who gave up her life in Australia to start a horse hospital in Egypt

Jill Barton's charity has helped thousands of horses and donkeys from her base in Cairo, including some that are likely descended from Australian horses from World War I.

ABC News

Harry's life was supposed to be a secret but his sisters were determined to find him

The two Sydney sisters were looking through their late father's papers when they uncovered his hidden life. It made them see him very differently.

Mic

Block Parties Are More Essential Than Ever

Summertime treats, booming sound systems, and good vibes are tools of survival in a joy-starved world.

The Independent UK

‘Absolutely incredible’: British divers solve 105-year-old mystery

The USS Jacob Jones was the first American destroyer sunk by enemy action, after it was torpedoed off the Isles of Scilly by a German submarine

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