World War I – Combat Rated

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
1:18 pm

How World War I dazzle camouflage worked: bright, asymmetric patterns created optical illusions meant to hide a ship’s speed and direction, and over 2,000 British ships were painted in it

In April 1917, nearly one in every five ships coming to Britain was sunk, according

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
2:41 pm

How Britain fought the Zeppelins: guns, searchlights and fighters had shot down or disabled 77 of Germany’s 115 airships by the time the raids ended, the National Archives says

When German airships first crossed the North Sea to bomb England in January 1915, Britain’s

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
11:39 am

Australian light horsemen charged Turkish trenches at Beersheba on Oct. 31, 1917, capturing more than 700 men and the town’s wells, with 31 killed in the two charging regiments, the Australian War Memorial says

With the light failing on Oct. 31, 1917, two regiments of Australian light horsemen went

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
9:00 am

About 1.2 million American troops fought in the 47-day Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918, which the National Park Service calls the largest battle in American history

At 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 26, 1918, after a three-hour artillery bombardment, three corps of

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
10:30 am

How Capt. Harold Mortimore took the tank Daredevil across no man’s land on Sept. 15, 1916, the first tank in history to see action on a battlefield

Harold Mortimore was 23 years old when he commanded a British Mark I tank named

Battles & Campaigns, World War I

David Lynn
1:00 pm

The first official air-to-air victory came on Oct. 5, 1914, when a French Voisin crew brought down a German Aviatik with a Hotchkiss machine gun

An 8-millimeter Hotchkiss machine gun fixed to the front of a two-seat French Voisin biplane

Combat Rated Spotlight, Profiles On Innovators, Engineers, Or Veterans, U.S. Air Force, World War I

David Lynn
5:00 am

Frank Luke destroyed 14 German observation balloons in 17 days — then died near Murvaux after being shot down on his final mission

Frank Luke Jr.’s combat record is one of World War I’s most concentrated bursts of