http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_War_IFind stories, videos, and photos about World War I from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:16:31 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_War_I14433Find stories, videos, and photos about World War I from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/armistice.day/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/11/armistice.day/index.html#cnnSTCTextNations honored those who sacrificed their lives in wars on Wednesday, in many cases for the first time without any surviving veterans of World War I.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/mojave.cross.caretakers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/mojave.cross.caretakers/index.html#cnnSTCTextHenry and Wanda Sandoz greet their visitors with a little warning: watch out for the "Mojave Greens," their name for "Crotalus scutulatus," the local rattlesnakes that inhabit the area around Sunrise Rock.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/10/graves.wwone/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/10/graves.wwone/index.html#cnnSTCTextDNA testing to try to identify hundreds of bodies buried in a mass grave during World War I will start this week, the British and Australian ministries of defense announced Monday.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/06/ww1.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/06/ww1.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe last British soldier to serve in World War I was buried Thursday, marking "the passing of a generation," the British veterans minister said.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/25/uk.last.veteran.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/25/uk.last.veteran.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextHarry Patch -- the last surviving British soldier from World War I -- died Saturday at the age of 111, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/18/oldest.vet.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/18/oldest.vet.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextHenry Allingham, the world's oldest man and the oldest surviving British veteran from World War I, has died at the age of 113, his care home said Saturday.Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/08/mf.jobs.of.politicians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/08/mf.jobs.of.politicians/index.html#cnnSTCTextAre great leaders born, or are they made through offbeat jobs? Let's have a look.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/04/wwi.graves/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/04/wwi.graves/index.html#cnnSTCTextWide green expanses of farmland outside a picturesque northern French village hide memories of a World War I battle in which thousands of British and Australian troops were killed or wounded on a single night.Tue, 05 May 2009 10:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/last.WWI.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/last.WWI.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrank Buckles considered it his duty to represent his fellow soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/12/poppy.factory/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/12/poppy.factory/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe bright red flowers started as a simple idea in 1922 and have grown into a sight that cannot be missed at this time of year in the UK.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/war.vets.photos/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/war.vets.photos/index.html#cnnSTCTextPhotographer David DeJonge plans to capture a vanishing bit of history Tuesday on a trip to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:42:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/11/world.war.one.armistice/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/11/world.war.one.armistice/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe handful of surviving World War I veterans were celebrated Tuesday as part of 90th anniversary commemorations of the conflict that was meant to "end all wars."Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/09/world.war.one.memorial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/09/09/world.war.one.memorial/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt 107, Frank Buckles must know there is not much time for him to honor the memory of his comrades who served the United States during the first World War. He's the last surviving U.S. veteran of what then was called the Great War.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/vet.buckles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/vet.buckles/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday honored 107-year-old Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last living American World War I veteran.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/06/oldest.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/06/oldest.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTextBritain's oldest man and the oldest living veteran of World War I was celebrating his 112th birthday Friday with a party and a fly-past at an air force base.Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728131,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728131,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFor decades, German pacifism has prevented celebrating war heroes. But a new biopic represents a change for the World War I flying aceFri, 04 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/07/war.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/07/war.veteran/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrank Woodruff Buckles was just 15 years old when he joined the U.S. Army. Soon, he was deployed to war and headed overseas on the Carpathia -- the same ship used in the rescue mission of the Titanic.Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/oldest.american.vet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/oldest.american.vet/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush met the last known surviving veteran of the first world war on Thursday, thanking the 107-year-old for his service and his "love for America."Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/25/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/25/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextSupporters of a congressional resolution that would have declared the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians "genocide" dropped their call for a vote on the measure Thursday.Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/17/mf.uncle.sam/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/17/mf.uncle.sam/index.html#cnnSTCTextMascots. You gotta love 'em. They can make an intimidating team seem cuddly (Miami and its adorable dolphins), turn losers into lovable underdogs (Chicago Cubbies, anyone?), or make backwater minor-leaguers memorable (we've never seen the Montgomery Biscuits play, but we're fans on principle).Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/bush/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/bush/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush attacked Congress on Wednesday, ripping the new Democratic leadership for failing to achieve much in their first nine months of power.Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/us.base.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/us.base.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome Democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious House resolution labeling Turkey's treatment of Armenians in World War I as genocide.Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/12/rs.fashion.truths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/homestyle/10/12/rs.fashion.truths/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhy shoes are called "pumps" and other strange-but-true stories behind the clothes and accessories you know and love.Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/14/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/14/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she intends to move ahead with a vote on a resolution that labels the deaths of more than a million Armenians during World War I as genocide.Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:45:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/12/markets/oil_record/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/12/markets/oil_record/index.htmOil prices settled at a record high Friday on news of dwindling stockpiles, potential trouble with Turkey and projections for a colder winter.Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/11/turkey.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/11/turkey.protests/index.html#cnnSTCTextTurkey's government on Thursday warned the U.S. that a congressional bill recognizing the mass killings of Armenians during World War One as genocide could jeopardize relations between the two countries.Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/us.turkey.armenians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/us.turkey.armenians/index.html#cnnSTCTextTop Bush administration officials are shifting into damage-control mode after a House committee narrowly approved a resolution that labels the killings of Armenians in Turkey during World War I as "genocide."Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/28/forgotten.presidents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/28/forgotten.presidents/index.html#cnnSTCTextWe don't recall ever seeing them on our coins, stamps, or monuments, but we're told the following seven men were once president of the United States. Go figure!Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/un.gas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/un.gas/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorkers found vials believed to contain the poison gas phosgene at a U.N. office building in New York, U.N. officials said Thursday.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.htmlBombers detonated three chlorine-filled trucks in Anbar province, the U.S. military said Saturday.Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/22/iraq.main/index.htmlA U.S. military commander Thursday said a raid outside Falluja two days ago discovered a home-grown factory for car bombs that included a metal shop, explosives and cylinders of toxic chlorine gas and other chemicals.Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/04/shortcutfrenchcinema/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/04/shortcutfrenchcinema/index.htmlFor some experts in French film criticism, a brief overview of French cinema is akin to a, er, a Hollywood action film starring a glistening Bruce Willis. C'est la vie.Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/20/greenfields.ads/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/20/greenfields.ads/index.htmlIf President Roosevelt were around today, he might amend that famous line from his first inaugural address.Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/12/nobel.literature/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/12/nobel.literature/index.htmlTurkish author Orhan Pamuk -- recently facing prosecution in a Turkish court for remarks he made about the killings of Armenians nearly a century ago -- won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/news/companies/mergers/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/news/companies/mergers/index.htmQuestion: You are a big, behemoth drug company with a maturing set of products, little in the way of new research horizons, and generic competition nipping at your heals. What do you do?Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/anzac.day/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/anzac.day/index.htmlThousands of Australians and New Zealanders have gathered across the globe to commemorate their war dead in annual ANZAC Day memorial services and marches.Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/10/greenfield.immigration/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/10/greenfield.immigration/index.htmlThere's no doubt that the recent immigration rallies attract very big numbers. But if you're trying to measure the political impact of such protests, history teaches us that...size isn't everything.Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/14/morton.victory/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/14/morton.victory/index.htmlWe will stay in Iraq, the president and his aides keep saying, until we have achieved victory. But how will we know when that is? What does victory look like these days?Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/11/10/extra.veterans.day/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/11/10/extra.veterans.day/index.htmlOn November 11, Americans pay tribute to everyone who has served in the U.S. military. But why was this particular date chosen, and how does this holiday differ from Memorial Day?Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/07/1918.flu.witness/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/07/1918.flu.witness/index.htmlKenneth Crotty was 11 years old when the "great flu" hit his neighborhood in Framingham, outside Boston.Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/19/ew.dvd.engagement/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/19/ew.dvd.engagement/index.htmlThe talented minds behind "Amelie," the quirky 2001 French film that introduced doll-eyed Audrey Tautou to American audiences, focus their vibrant visual sensibility upon a darker tale.Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/24/turkey.gallipoli.australia/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/24/turkey.gallipoli.australia/index.htmlThousands of people have taken part in a somber ceremony in Turkey to remember the start of a World War I battle in which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives.Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/20/turkey.pope/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/20/turkey.pope/index.htmlIn Istanbul and Ankara, on newsstands and on the Internet, headlines scream displeasure over Joseph Ratzinger's ascendance to the papacy.Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/17/inaugural.prep/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/17/inaugural.prep/index.htmlAs the first presidential inauguration since September 11, 2001 approaches, organizers are preparing a four-day wartime salute to the U.S. armed forces -- including concerts for troops, black-tie dinners and a special inaugural ball for military personnel.Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/20/spanishflu.pandemics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/20/spanishflu.pandemics/index.htmlA new study of Spanish flu, which killed millions of people in the aftermath of World War One, has provided fresh hope that the spread of a similarly deadly virus could be stopped if it occurred today.Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.newwaranimals/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.newwaranimals/index.htmlBritain's most unusual war heroes -- including glow worms, elephants and monkeys -- have been honored for their devotion to duty under fire.Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/28/patriotism/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/28/patriotism/index.htmlThere was no official announcement, no press release. But make no mistake about it. As demonstrated daily in the language used by those who wage and those who analyze this uninspiring presidential campaign, the historic meaning of the word "patriotism" has been totally rewritten.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/pf/goodlife/oktoberfests/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/pf/goodlife/oktoberfests/index.htmAh, autumn, when a man's thoughts turn to drink.Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/04/britain.war.memorial/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/04/britain.war.memorial/index.htmlFrail veterans of World War I have gathered in London to remember the 90th anniversary of the start of the conflict.Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/06/21/review.wwi/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/06/21/review.wwi/index.htmlHistorians still disagree about the reasons that led to the First World War, even if they roughly concur on the war's causes.Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:16:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/25/332586/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/11/25/332586/index.htmThe victors gathered on the northwestern coast of the Italian Riviera in a town called San Remo, then as now a place of respite for Europe's wealthy. It was April 1920, a moment that in the argot o...Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311529/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/10/15/311529/index.htmIf you're worried about the fate of the world economy, here's a story that won't cheer you up. It's called the Parable of the First Global Economy. Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/12/01/293998/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/12/01/293998/index.htmSometime this Christmas season, the umpteen billionth set of Lincoln Logs--those miniature, walnut-colored logs with their signature flat-notched ends--will leave a toy shop shelf. So it has been, ...Fri, 01 Dec 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269127/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269127/index.htmWhatever baggage we are dragging with us into the new millennium, at least we have had the good sense to leave some of the century's most poisonous economic ideas behind. Communism is buried. Begga...Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260287/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260287/index.htmThe First World War By John Keegan Knopf, 512 pages Mon, 24 May 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/06/01/87330/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/06/01/87330/index.htmQ My daughter, who has asthma, is covered under our health maintenance organization and receives treatment at a local HMO near the University of Vermont, where she's in graduate school. She ''aged ...Mon, 01 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/30/75908/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/30/75908/index.htmThe figgy pudding is steaming on the boiler, or whatever figgy pudding is supposed to do. The goose, poor thing, has gone to that great migration in the sky, its mortal remains soon to lie burbling...Mon, 30 Dec 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69460/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69460/index.htmWhen I was a summer intern with the Council of Economic Advisers in 1973, I worked in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House. Being a curious type, I looked into the building's h...Mon, 31 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDT