Echoes of a Night Battle
Naval gunfire illuminate the darkness, a testament to the chaos and grandeur of a battle under stars.
Shelle Altieri
- 24 Aug 2025
- 10 mins read
Echoes of a Night Battle
Naval gunfire illuminate the darkness, a testament to the chaos and grandeur of a battle under stars.
Shelle Altieri
- 24 Aug 2025
- 10 mins read
Echoes of a Night Battle
Naval gunfire illuminate the darkness, a testament to the chaos and grandeur of a battle under stars.
Shelle Altieri
- 24 Aug 2025
- 10 mins read
Echoes of a Night Battle
Naval gunfire illuminate the darkness, a testament to the chaos and grandeur of a battle under stars.
Shelle Altieri
- 24 Aug 2025
- 10 mins read
Magazine
World War One Illustrated
magazine is published triannual (three times a year)
Our exclusive triannual magazine features original research, rare photographs, and compelling stories from the Great War. Each issue of World War One Illustrated dives into the people, battles, and innovations that shaped the war. Discover in-depth research, thought-provoking essays, and vivid illustrations.
- Rare archival photographs.
- In-depth essays from historians.
- Illustrated maps & battle studies.
Events
Calendar of Events
Discover upcoming lectures, webinars, and chapter gatherings from WW1HA.
14-18 Book Club
Topic: The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers
Description: Elizabeth Cobbs, Ph.D., will discuss her book The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT. She is the former Melbern G. Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University. Her scholarship emphasizes women’s service to the nation. While at A&M, she won Emmy and Telly awards for documentary on public television. Her novels include Broken Promises: A Novel of the Civil War (2011), The Tubman Command: A Novel (2020), and The Hamilton Affair: A Novel (2016), and Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyonce (2025). David M. Kennedy, author of Over Here: The First World War and American Society (2004), commented, “Writing with panache and acumen, Cobbs tells the colorful story of the women who served in the Army’s Signal Corps in World War I, while opening fresh perspectives on communications technology, the nature of modern warfare, the nation’s treatment of veterans, and the never-ending struggle of women for their full rights as citizens.” The presentation will be in acknowledgement of Women’s History Month.
Date: 19 March 2026
Time: 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT
Eastern Chapter
Topic: Beyond the Easter Rising: Ireland in World War I
Description: Kevin Matthews, Ph.D., is a professor of history at George Mason University. He earned his undergraduate degree at Northern Kentucky University and master’s degrees in international relations and international journalism at the University of Kentucky and American University, respectively. Afterward, he worked for several newspapers in the United States and in Rome before joining Vatical Radio as its North American correspondent based in Washington, DC. He later earned a doctorate in international history at the London School of Economics where he studied under the noted historian of the Great War, David Stevenson. His book Fatal Influence: The Impact of Ireland on British Politics, 1920-1925, examines the splitting apart of a nation that continues to this day.
Date: 18 April 2026
Time: 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT/1 p.m. MT/12 p.m. PT
Fireside Chat
Topic: More than Just a Name on a Cross: Stories of Nine Soldiers Buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Description: Randy Gaulke will discuss "More than Just a Name on a Cross: Stories of Nine Soldiers Buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery." The presentation highlights the wide range of AEF soldier experiences, including a Medal of Honor recipient and a Distinguished Service Cross winner. But it also includes soldiers who died from disease and a Captain who committed suicide. It includes African American soldier, an Italian immigrant who applied for naturalization and a soldier who died in a POW camp in Germany. Finally, it talks a bit about the formation of the cemeteries and the burial of the dead. Few people realize that most soldiers were buried at least three times.
Date: 25 April 2026
Time: 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT/11 a.m. PT
Channel
History in Motion
Discover pivotal stories from the Great War aviation, submarines, tanks, and more that reshaped the course of history.
Bay Area Meeting 5-10-25 Thomas Hart Benton: U.S. Navy Camoufleur" by Timothy C. Westcott, Ph.D.
Bay Area Meeting 5-10-25 Thomas Hart Benton: U.S. Navy Camoufleur" by Timothy C. Westcott, Ph.D.
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