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Right Now? 07 of 09 The Royal Air Force Museum, London and Cosford, United Kingdom
Split between locations in London and The Midlands, the Royal Air Force Museum is a testament to the air power of the U.K. from World War I to the current day.
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
The Russian Empire, which included most of modern Ukraine, created its first female combat units toward the end of World War I, after years of heavy losses.
—Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Electronic warfare is not new to battlefields around the world and has been used in wars dating back to before World War I, Benjamin Jensen, a senior fellow at the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told ABC News.
—Kerem Inal, ABC News, 4 May 2024
The duology, per a release shared with PEOPLE, combines the author’s love of period dramas, magic systems and World War I history.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
This enabled him to put together a hitherto unknown story about how Bell, who had been interned in Germany during World War I, used his excellent German and many connections to describe the country’s turmoil after the war for the benefit of the British secret services and government.
—Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The roots of the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict stretch back over a century to World War I when Britain's government assigned the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to Jews aiming to reclaim their ancestral homeland.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
After World War I, Black social clubs like the Beau Brummel Club produced minstrel shows for Black audiences in Kansas City.
—Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
German citizens in the Polish corridor, another legacy of World War I, would provide the excuse to attack Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, launching World War II in Europe.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
The Russian Empire, which included most of modern Ukraine, created its first female combat units toward the end of World War I, after years of heavy losses.
—Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Electronic warfare is not new to battlefields around the world and has been used in wars dating back to before World War I, Benjamin Jensen, a senior fellow at the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told ABC News.
—Kerem Inal, ABC News, 4 May 2024
The duology, per a release shared with PEOPLE, combines the author’s love of period dramas, magic systems and World War I history.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
This enabled him to put together a hitherto unknown story about how Bell, who had been interned in Germany during World War I, used his excellent German and many connections to describe the country’s turmoil after the war for the benefit of the British secret services and government.
—Jason Bell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The roots of the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict stretch back over a century to World War I when Britain's government assigned the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to Jews aiming to reclaim their ancestral homeland.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
After World War I, Black social clubs like the Beau Brummel Club produced minstrel shows for Black audiences in Kansas City.
—Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
German citizens in the Polish corridor, another legacy of World War I, would provide the excuse to attack Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, launching World War II in Europe.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
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