The Christmas of 1917 was the fourth during the war—and would also be the last.

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The Bolsheviks had to move swiftly to appease rank-and-file Russian soldiers, and that meant meeting their main demand: peace.
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London's housing developments often feature a unique form of fencing: stretchers reused after World War II.
The massive explosion on December 6, 1917 was one of the worst accidents of the entire war.
Could the British forces' new tactics, with massed tanks and no preparatory bombardment, deliver a breakthrough and end the stasis of trench warfare?
"To destroy the old government and to establish the new required only a bare 24 hours."
First, Marie Curie tried to donate her Nobel Prize medals. When bank officials refused to melt them down, she donated her prize money to purchase war bonds instead.
The victory in Palestine would give Great Britain a central role in the formation of a Jewish homeland in the modern era.
In the spring and summer of 1917, the momentum of events in the First World War seemed to favor the Allies. Then, on October 24-27, 1917, the other shoe dropped.
Without Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, World War III might have happened in 1962.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 290th installment in the series.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 289th installment in the series.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 288th installment in the series.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 287th installment in the series.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 286th installment in the series.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 285th installment in the series.
Though the colonies were defeated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, American forces performed so impressively and inflicted so many casualties on their powerful opponent that most rebels took it as a moral victory.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 284th installment in the series.
"War and Pieced" is billed as the first U.S. exhibition highlighting quilts made by men during times of war.
The agreement transformed the political geography of North America.
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 283rd installment in the series.