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After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
While South Africa has several memorials dedicated to white soldiers who died in the world wars, Black servicemen's ...
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
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Cape Town Memorial Honors 1,772 Black South African Servicemen Who Died in WWI
Cape Town honors 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in World War I without known graves. A new memorial preserves ...
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Echoes of the Unsung: Honoring Black South African Servicemen of WWI
A newly unveiled memorial in Cape Town commemorates over 1,700 Black South African servicemen who served in non-combat roles ...
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Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
Despite being the sons of Africa, the hundreds of soldiers who served in non-combat roles between 1914 and 1918 have been ...
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World War I Training Camp Excavated in Southern England
BBC News reports that the site of Cooden Camp, a World War I training camp that opened in 1914, is being investigated ahead ...
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Patriarch of Russian Orthodoxy preaches ‘biblical battle’ between West, Russia, lies about WWI
The claim is false. The Soviet Union played a pivotal role in the Allied victory in World War II (WWII), but Russia lost in World War I (WWI). Both wars were devastating for Russia. As a result of ...
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Indians Were At X'mas WWI Truce!
Photograph: Kind courtesy John Warwick Brooke/Wikimedia Commons Unlike the brutal combat we see today in war zones, in World War I, there were wonderful and elegant Christmas truces in the ...
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Congressman Cleaver's Bill to honor WWI "Hello Girls" signed into law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Congressman Emanuel Cleaver's bill to honor the WWI "Hello Girls" has been signed into law. This week President Biden signed into law the Service member Quality of Life ...