John W. Osborn, Jr.

Dec 12, 2025

The Death Penalty for Desertion in WWI

WWI deserters faced summary execution, but T.E. Lawrence and others found the practice a “damnable judgment on our flesh and blood.”
Aug 25, 2025

Gardening in Salonika: WWI in the Balkans

While their comrades manned the trenches of the Western Front, a force of one million Allied troops languished in the dreary Greek port of Salonika.