The winds and words of war : World War I posters and prints from the San Antonio Public Library collection by In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2023)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Lawrence of Arabia
Sergeant York
The African Queen1914
June 28 - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian assailant
July 28 - Austria declares war on Serbia
August 1 - Germany declares war on Russia
August 3 - Germany declares war on France
August 4 - British declares war on Germany
August 14-24 - Battle of the Frontiers
1915
May 7 - Sinking of the SS Lusitania
May 23 - Italy enters the war on the sides of the allies
1916
February-November - Battle of Verdun
September 15 - Introduction of tank warfare
1917
March 8-11 - British capture Baghdad
April 6 - United States enters the war
December 9 - British capture Jerusalem
1918
January 8 - Announcement of President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points"
March 26 - General Foch named Allied Supreme Commander
May-July - Battle of Chateau, Thierry, and Belleau Wood
August 8-12 - Battle of Amiens
September 26-November 11 - Battle of the Meuse Argonne
October 3 - Hindenburg line breached
November - Kaiser Wilhelm flees to Holland
November 11 - Armistice signed ending the war
