Rags: Hero Dog of WWI

Rags: Hero Dog of WWIDescription During World War I, while stationed overseas in France with the United States Army, Private James Donovan literally stumbles upon a small dog cowering on the streets of Paris. Named Rags for his disheveled appearance, the little stray quickly finds a home with Donovan and a place in his heart. Although the Army did not have an official canine division, Rags accompanies Donovan to the battlefield, making himself a useful companion

From that point forward

natural disasters

in campaigns of limited value to the overall war effort

not least the devastating explosions which claimed five major British warships

"the great Amphibian" in Churchill's words

by Stephen Bourne

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which fuelled wartime propaganda that was often based on accurate prisoner testimony

Nineteenth-century officers believed that generalship and battlefield command were more a matter of innate ability than anything institutions could teach

and one which needs no embellishment

It was the first and only time these five Allied commanders gathered together in one place

The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches