Witchflower Days: World War I, the Holocaust, and the First King of Media

Friday, November 4, 2005

World War I, the Holocaust, and the First King of Media

On this day in 1918 British war poet Wilfred Owen was killed in World War I at the age of 25. Owen was trying to get his men across a canal in the early morning hours when they were attacked by enemy fire, and he was fatally hit. It was one week before the war ended. On this day in 1922 Englishman... Sign in to see full entry.

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