Fallout from 1917 Halifax explosion reached all the way to the Prairies - Winnipeg Free Press

My Dad was in San Francisco during WW2 when a similar explosion occurred at Port Chicago.  I had never heard of this one in Halifax (link at bottom).

Shortly after 9 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1917, in the midst of the First World War, the largest human-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb was set off when the munitions ship Mont Blanc and the steamer Imo collided in Halifax harbor.

It had a catastrophic effect on Halifax, leveling five square kilometers of the city and killing as many as 1,600 people instantly. But, as the Manitoba Free Press told its readers in the following days, "the calamity was a national one."

Fallout from 1917 Halifax explosion reached all the way to the Prairies - Winnipeg Free Press

The trench talk that is now entrenched in the English language - Telegraph

A review of Trench Talk in the Telegraph (link at bottom).

If you’re feeling washed out, fed up or downright lousy, World War One is to blame.

New research has shown how the conflict meant that hundreds of words and phrases came into common parlance thanks to the trenches.

Among the list of everyday terms found to have originated or spread from the conflict are cushy, snapshot, bloke, wash out, conk out, blind spot, binge drink and pushing up daisies.

The research has been conducted by Peter Doyle, a military historian, and Julian Walker, an etymologist, who have analysed thousands of documents from the period — including letters from the front, trench newspapers, diaries, books and official military records - to trace how language changed during the four years of the war.

The trench talk that is now entrenched in the English language - Telegraph

The Crucified Soldier - WWI Documentary

It wasn't exaggerated propaganda. He was a Canadian Soldier.

Lost work by renowned First World War artists come to light - Telegraph

Alex Hayter, head of modern and contemporary art at Bloomsbury, is quoted saying in an article on WW1 art,

"The market for work relating to the First World War is very buoyant at the moment. A lot of collectors have their eye on 2014 which will be the 100th anniversary of the start of it."

Lost work by renowned First World War artists come to light - Telegraph

Film reveals Canadian Sikh community’s World War I stories

A new film on Canadian Sikh’s in WW1.

Every year, Canadians participate in the Remembrance Day ceremony and pay special tribute to those compatriots who died defending their country during the wars.

Until recently, nothing much was known about handful of Sikhs who joined the Canadian army and fought during the First World War

This year on Remembrance Day another little known part of Canadian history was brought to light by the hour-long documentary “Canadian Soldier Sikhs: A Little Story in a Big War.”

Film reveals Canadian Sikh community’s World War I stories | DAWN.COM

The Indian Sepoy in the First World War | University of Oxford Podcasts - Audio and Video Lectures

An ongoing series of Podcasts on the War.  This one on the Indian Sepoy.  There are a variety of others.

The Indian Sepoy in the First World War | University of Oxford Podcasts - Audio and Video Lectures

First World War facts are a mystery to many people - Education - Scotsman.com

The Scotsman on WW1 ignorance.

YOUNG people are largely ignorant about the First World War with almost two-thirds not being able to name the year that the war ended, a poll has found.

More than half (54 per cent) of the same age group did not know when the war started (1914), according to the research from think-tank British Future.

But it is not just young people who are confused about the facts. When asked by pollsters YouGov, members of the public hazarded guesses as wildly out as 1800 and 1950 for the start of the Great War, and 1910 and 1960 for the end date (1918).

First World War facts are a mystery to many people - Education - Scotsman.com