Silence to violence: What the bridge scene in ‘1917′ says about war
A re-watch of "1917" reveals much about duty and sacrifice, but the bridge scene is its violent awakening. It tells us that war doesn’t wait for clarity.
By Clay Beyersdorfer
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Black soldiers wrongly executed for 1917 riot get new headstones
The men's convictions were set aside by an Army review panel in November.
How this one scene in ‘1917′ set me on the trail of my grandfather
"Mendes based the movie on the wartime exploits of his grandfather. In doing so, he set me on a path to find out more about mine."
By Brendan Sainsbury
Book excerpt: ‘The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917′
"The Road Less Traveled" describes how tantalizingly close far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war near the end of 1916, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world.
By Philip Zelikow
Trump says 1918 flu pandemic ‘probably ended the Second World War,’ which ended in 1945
The pandemic traced its early cases to the beginning of 1918 and lasted into 1920, nearly two decades before World War II began.
By J.D. Simkins