Tag: World War I
In the News: Christmas celebrated in Western time in Ukraine
Christmas in kyiv on December 25 was not always obvious… In fact, it has only been a year since Christmas was officially celebrated on this date in Ukraine. So far…
More than a century after the outbreak of the Great War, French soil still marked by conflict
Near Verdun, the Spincourt forest is home to a 1,000 m2 clearing where nothing has grown for a century. Often overlooked, the environmental consequences of armed conflicts remain colossal. And…
Childhoods in war territory, from 1914 to the present day
Historically, in Europe, children’s rights first focused on work, when the industrial revolution pushed their exploitation to a paroxysm. It expanded to education and intra-family relations at the end of…
Forget antibiotics: the method applied to wounded soldiers in the First World War! Users are increasing
Various methods were tried to treat wounded soldiers during the First World War. Among the most common treatments used by healthcare professionals at the time were fly larvae embedded in…