HistoryInspiringCapt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.466k
HistoryInterestingDuring World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.302k
HistoryInspiringIn 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.232k
HistoryInterestingBefore it was repressed during World War I, German was the second most widely spoken language in the United States and many local governments, schools, and newspapers operated in German.113k