World War I Podcast
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World War I Podcast
World War I created many of the political, cultural, and economic fault lines of the world today. Produced by the MacArthur Memorial, this podcast explores a wide variety of topics related to World War I.
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139 episode
Douglas MacArthur's World War I Decorations
General Douglas MacArthur is arguably the most decorated American military officer in American history. For a career that spanned five conflicts and a...
The National World War I Memorial in D.C.
From massive national memorials to simple plaques in tiny villages, the need to remember and try to make sense of World War I was universal. Though Wo...
Captain von Trapp's World War I Service
2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the release of The Sound of Music, an enormously successful Hollywood film with fans all over the world. As with an...
Colonel House - Part II
Edward Mandell House, better known as Colonel House, was a pivotal figure in American politics and diplomacy during World War I, serving as President...
Colonel House - Part I
Edward Mandell House, better known as Colonel House, was a pivotal figure in American politics and diplomacy during World War I, serving as President...
California and World War I
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, all 48 states played a role in war mobilization and made unique contributions shaped by thei...
John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur
John J. Pershing and Douglas MacArthur are both towering figures in American military history—Pershing as the commander of the American Expeditionary...
Thomas Neibaur: WWI Medal of Honor Recipient
There are 125 WWI recipients of the Medal of Honor. One of those recipients was Private Thomas Croft Neibaur of the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd “Rai...
Kansas and World War I
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, all 48 states played a role in war mobilization and made unique contributions that reflected...
The French Army's Wine Ration
As stalemate ensued on the Western Front in the fall of 1914, the French Army began providing a daily wine ration for its soldiers stationed there. As...
Mississippi and World War I
When the United States declared war in April 1917, the 48 states that made up the nation at that time played an important role in mobilization – both...
Kiffin Rockwell and the Boys Who Remembered Lafayette
Kiffin Rockwell believed that America owed France a debt for its support during the American Revolutionary War. He was 21 years old when World War I b...
Parker Hitt and American Cryptology in WWI
Between 1914-1917, communications technology, and the way to secure or intercept this kind of traffic, progressed dramatically. When the United States...
North Carolina and World War I
When the United States declared war in April 1917, it was unprepared to actually fight a war in Europe. The regular army was small and American indust...
Hitler's World War I Service
Like many leaders during WWII, Adolf Hitler served in World War I. It was an important part of his identity, and, prior to his rise to power in German...
Agent of the Iron Cross
In 1918, German secret agent, Lothar Witzke, entered the United States via the southern border. His mission was to conduct a campaign of terror and sa...
Environmental Impact of World War I on North Sea Fishing
The North Sea was one of the most relevant naval theatres of the war. It was also home to important fishing grounds. By 1914 a combination of technolo...
World War I Poetry: Lost Voices and New Voices
How does World War I poetry help us understand the complexity of the experience of the war? Why was poetry so important then? Why does the poetry of W...
The Trenches: Reality vs Movies
When most people think of World War I on the Western Front, they probably think of trenches. Trench systems were present along most of the 475 miles f...
The Lost Battalion - Part II
Part II
In early October 1918, several companies of the US 77th Division found themselves surrounded in the Argonne Forest during the Meuse-Argo...
The Lost Battalion - Part I
Part I
In early October 1918, several companies of the US 77th Division found themselves surrounded in the Argonne Forest during the Meuse-Argon...
The Congress of Vienna and the Roots of World War I
Between September 1814 and June 1815, against the backdrop of Napoleon’s exile to Elba and his brief return, the Congress of Vienna worked out a new w...
Learning from the Circus: Transportation and Logistics in WWI
In 1914, as German forces quickly outmaneuvered Allied armies in the opening days of the war, there was some suspicion among the Allies that the circu...
W.E.B. Du Bois and World War I
When World War I began, the famed historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois was at the height of his influence. When the United...
Douglas MacArthur's 2nd Distinguished Service Cross and the Côte de Châtillon
In the winter of 1918, General John J. Pershing presented then Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur with his second Distinguished Service Cross. The aw...
The US Army and the Rehabilitation of Wounded Soldiers
In 1890, half of the US Government’s budget was devoted to disability pensions for Civil War veterans. This enormous financial burden combined with me...
Portugal and the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in WWI
Between 1914-1916, Portugal walked a delicate line. While actively engaged in an undeclared war with Germany in Africa, Portugal was not a combatant i...
Patriot Priests: French Priests in the French Army
When WWI began in 1914, Catholic priests were virtual pariahs in France. This was the result of a trend towards anti-clericalism that began with the F...
Identifying a World War I Unknown Soldier
On Feb. 8, 2022, a local undertaker was digging a grave in the cemetery at Villers-sur-Fère, a small village in northeastern France near the Ourcq Riv...
Sgt. York and the Other Sixteen
On October 8, 1918, seventeen American soldiers of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry, 82nd Division flanked a German machine gun nest, surprisi...
The Order of Prince Danilo I
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby tells the novel’s narrator about his World War I military service and a particularly heroic enga...
Ottoman and Turkish Perspectives on Gallipoli
The Battle of Gallipoli was fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula from February 19, 1915 to January 9, 1916. The Entente Powers hoped to knock the Ottoman...
Woodrow Wilson and Women's Suffrage
When WWI broke out in 1914, women in eight states – mostly in the west – had the right to vote. Women in the other 40 states that made up the US at th...
Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?
The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 removed obstacles to American women exercising their right to vote, but it didn’t happen without a figh...
Charles Young: For Race and Country
In 2022, US Army COL Charles Young was posthumously promoted to brigadier general – a rank he likely would have advanced to during World War I. In 191...
Woodrow Wilson After World War I
Part 3 of 3. Andrew Phillps, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA returns to the World War I Podcast to discuss Wilson a...
Woodrow Wilson During World War I
Part 2 of 3. Andrew Phillps, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA returns to the World War I Podcast to discuss Wilson’s...
Woodrow Wilson Before World War I
Part 1 of 3. Woodrow Wilson - the professor turned president and a very complicated figure in American history. He campaigned to be a domestic policy...
Princess Mary's Christmas Gift
In 1899, Queen Victoria decided to send a small brass box containing chocolate to her soldiers fighting in the Boer War. Approximately 123,000 of thes...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
During WWI, efforts were made on all sides to provide servicemen with identity tags to assist with identifying remains. This helped in some cases, but...