Washington, D.C. and New Orleans: 1942–1948

2019 ◽  
pp. 148-215
Author(s):  
Craig A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World War ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
Red Tape

DeBakey is made Consultant in the Surgeon General’s Office, participating in personnel assignments, modernization of equipment, and much writing. Military red tape vexes his efforts to prevent a repeat of the medical lessons learned during World War I, and the soldiers suffer as trench foot reappears. Auxiliary Surgical Groups are formed for front-line surgery. DeBakey tours the armies in Europe, compiling data for scientific analysis. After the war, DeBakey remains in uniform for a year, is appointed to a full Colonel and other positions of importance, and returns to New Orleans a figure well-known to leaders in American medicine and politics.

scholarly journals I Brygada Legionów Polskich w bitwie pod Kostiuchnówką w lipcu 1916 r.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dudek
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
World War ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Russian Army

W prezentowanym artykule autor starał się przedstawić walki I Brygady Legionów podczas bitwy pod Kostiuchnówką. Był to najkrwawszy bój stoczony przez polskich legionistów podczas I wojny światowej. Główny ciężar walki wzięła na siebie brygada Piłsudskiego, na którą dnia 4 lipca 1916 r. ruszyło główne uderzenie rosyjskie. Poszczególne pułki toczyły zaciekłe walki w obronie każdej pozycji. Do najtrudniejszych epizodów należała obrona Reduty Piłsudskiego przez żołnierzy 7 Pułku Piechoty, czy też zajadłe walki 5 Pułku Piechoty nad Garbachem i w rejonie Polskiego Lasku. Chociaż w efekcie morderczych walk I Brygada oraz pozostałe jednostki legionowe zostały zmuszone do wycofania się za Stochód, to jednak sama bitwa zakończyła się taktycznym zwycięstwem strony polskiej. Legioniści zadali armii rosyjskiej ogromne straty, nie dopuszczając przy tym do przerwania frontu i dając czas dowództwu C.K. armii na ściągnięcie posiłków. Krew przelana przez legionowego żołnierza w bitwie pod Kostiuchnówką nie poszła na marne. Na europejskich salonach coraz częściej zaczęto mówić o konieczności utworzenia niepodległego państwa polskiego. The I Brigade of the Polish Legions in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka in July 1916 In the article, the author tries to present the fight of the I Brigade of the Polish Legions during the Battle of Kostiuchnówka. This was the bloodiest battle entered into by the Polish legionnaires during World War I. The main burden of the fighting was taken upon itself by Piłsudski’s brigade, which, on 4 July 1916, was attacked by the Russian forces. Particular corps were engaged in fierce fighting in the defence of specific positions. The most difficult episodes included the defence of the Piłsudski Redoubt by soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division, as well as the fierce fighting of the 5th Infantry Division by the River Garbach and in the Polish Forest. Although the result of the murderous fighting of the I Brigade and other units of the legions was their forced retreat across the River Stochód, the Battle ended in a tactical victory for the Polish forces. The legionnaires inflicted huge losses on the Russian army, not allowing them to break through the front-line and buying time for the leadership of the C.K. Army to call up reinforcements. The blood lost by the soldiers in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka was not in vain. Throughout Europe, the necessity to create an independent Polish state was discussed more frequently.

scholarly journals WOMEN OF SMOLENSK PROVINCE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WORLD WAR I FRONT-LINE SOLDIERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Natalia L. Pushkareva ◽  
◽  
Natalia A. Mitsyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
World War ◽  
Front Line

scholarly journals WORLD WAR I AND ITS REFLECTION IN SIMBIRSK AND SAMARA EPARCHIAL JOURNALS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

2020 ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Alexey N. Rukhlin
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
World War ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Publishing Policy ◽  
Historical Methods

The article examines the publishing activities of the provincial journals «Simbirsk Eparchial Bulletin and «Samara Eparchial Bulletin» during the world war of 1914–1917. In their periodicals, Church editors and journalists tried to support the sense of patriotism in the society and to justify Russia’s role and mission in the war against the «Teutonic hordes». Also by 1916, social problems and ideological decline of the Russian monarchy are traced the journals. The author has implemented a detailed scientific analysis of previously formed knowledge and scientific approach in order to identify knowledge about the editorial and publishing policy of the Russian Orthodox Church during the war. In his scientific research, the author was guided by the historical method or, as it is formulated in another way, the principle of historicism. When conducting this research, the author relied primarily on special historical and general historical methods. The reliability of the research is conditioned by the use of real archival periodicals published in 1914–1917. The article is highly topical because using specific examples the author shows the information capabilities of the Church periodical press in war conditions.

Crisis, 1919–1920

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas I. Faith
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Chemical Warfare ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Chemical Weapons ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
World War ◽  
The Face ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses the Chemical Warfare Service's (CWS) struggle to continue chemical weapons work in the face of a hostile political environment as the U.S. Army sought to digest the lessons learned from World War I under the budget constraints of the postwar period. It considers the uncertain future of the CWS and chemical weapons after the war as the American public reacted against modern weapons in general and poison gas in particular because of the battlefield suffering it had caused. It also discusses the attempts of policymakers in the Department of War and the U.S. Army to limit all chemical warfare activities in the armed forces after the armistice. Finally, it examines how the CWS, primarily under the leadership of Amos A. Fries, tried to counter anti-gas sentiment and promote chemical weapons and manage to lay a foundation that would allow them to continue improve their reputation through the 1920s.

Remasculinizing the Shirker: The JewishFrontkämpferunder Hitler

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-465
Author(s):  
Michael J. Geheran
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
High Status ◽  
World War ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Nazi Persecution ◽  
German Jewish ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Great War

AbstractThis article examines the impact of Nazi persecution on the gender identity of German-Jewish veterans of World War I. National Socialism threatened to erase everything these Jewish men had achieved and sacrificed. It sought to destroy the identity they had constructed as soldiers in the service of the Fatherland, as well as the high status they had earned asFrontkämpfer(front-line fighters) in the Great War, upon which their sense of masculinity identity rested. Although diminished and disempowered by Nazi terror, Jewish veterans were able to orient themselves toward hegemonic ideals of martial masculinity, which elevated military values as the highest expression of manhood, giving them a space to assert themselves and defy the Nazi classificationJew. For the Jewish men who fought in World War I, the Nazi years became a battle to reclaim their status and masculine honor. They believed that the manner in which they handled themselves under the Nazis was a reflection of their character: as men who had been tried and tested in the trenches, their responses to persecution communicated their identity as soldiers, as Jews, and as Germans.

scholarly journals Activities of Local Government Bodies to Ensure the Liveliness of the Volyn Population During the World War I

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Tsetsyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
World War ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Military Units

The aim of the article is clarification of the role of local self-government bodies of Volyn in providing the population of the region with basic necessities and fuel during the World War I. The author analyzes a set of measures taken by Zemstvos and municipal authorities to address vital issues. Methodology of the research is based on the use of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, and generalization), statistical method, special historical (chronological and historical and systemic) in combination with the principles of historicism, objectivity, and multifactorial. The scientific novelty of the work is that the author finds out the different directions of activity of the local authorities of Volyn to provide the population of the region with food, fuel, and basic necessities during the World War І. Particular attention is paid to highlighting their role in rebuilding the infrastructure of the frontline settlements of the region liberated in 1916. Conclusions. During the World War I the city self-government bodies and Zemstva solved many tasks not inherent in them. The front-line and later front-line status of the Volyn province forced them to become actively involved in providing food to the townspeople to oppose the export of food from the front-line counties in order to purchase and deliver fuel to the cities, and to provide assistance to evacuees and refugees. In the settlements liberated in 1916 from the Austro-Hungarian and German troops they faced with a difficult epidemiological situation, lack of funds to address important issues. The fact that a huge number of military units were stationed in the region the implementation of the tasks became much more difficult. The most local authorities could count on from the imperial authorities was to obtain loans to support the livelihoods of the region’s cities. The above circumstances together have led to a deterioration in the living standards of the population, especially the poor. Despite the active work of local governments at the end of 1916 in Volhyn, the socio-economic situation deteriorated sharply. In 1916, the frontline settlements of the region.

Real Democracy is Found on the Links

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lane Demas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
African American ◽  
World War I ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Black People ◽  
World War ◽  
Northern Cities ◽  
Professional Golfers

This chapter charts the earliest examples of African American involvement with golf, ranging from the eighteenth century to World War I. It argues that black people shaped the American game from its very beginning as caddies, players, and course designers in the South (like Joseph Bartholomew in New Orleans). It also explores how middle-class black players became some of the first golf enthusiasts of any race in northern cities, like George Franklin Grant (Boston) and Walter Speedy (Chicago). It concludes by introducing some of the first black professional players, including John Shippen, and analyzing their relationship with the early United States Golf Association (USGA) and Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA).

Recessional

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Dominy
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
World War I ◽  
British Empire ◽  
World War ◽  
The South ◽  
Internment Camp ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Western Front ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
Economic Influence

This chapter examines the last few years of the garrison, the fate of the last regiment on the Western Front after the outbreak of World War I, the fate of Fort Napier, and its place in folk memories. From May 31, 1910, Natal was no longer a separate colony within the British Empire, and Pietermaritzburg ceased to be a colonial capital. Pietermaritzburg in particular suffered a loss of political status and economic influence. This chapter first recounts the Battle of Ypres that saw the South Staffordshire Regiment and the British Army's 7th Division suffer heavily at the hands of the German troops. It then considers the closure of the internment camp at Fort Napier in early 1919, along with the red tape involved in dealing with ex-servicemen returning after World War I. It also discusses the passage of the Union Defence Act and the eventual withdrawal of British troops from Natal and concludes with an overview of the absorption of the garrison's military traditions into popular culture.

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