{"id":23221,"date":"2017-01-08T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23221"},"modified":"2017-01-08T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T16:59:58","slug":"the-great-war-a-look-at-wwi-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-great-war-a-look-at-wwi-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great War: A look at WWI communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WWI-Communications.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23234\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WWI-Communications.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WWI-Communications.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WWI-Communications-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/WWI-Communications-624x300.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Pos<\/em>t contributor, Mike, who shares the following from the YouTube channel <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A\" target=\"_blank\">The Great War<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This short video gives an excellent overview of communications methods and equipment used throughout World War I. I&#8217;ve included the video&#8217;s description below:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aG7UzEgH4Co?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aG7UzEgH4Co\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If one thing was vital to the the new kind of modern warfare in the First World War, it was communications. The Industrial Revolution had brought wireless transmission of signals with it and the huge armies of World War 1 needed to be in contact constantly to be successful in the field. In this special episode we introduce you to the birth hour of modern military communication and signals.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks again, Mike! I&#8217;ll subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A\" target=\"_blank\">The Great War<\/a> channel on YouTube.<\/p>\n<h2>The Great War Project<\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoy reading about WWI history, I would also <em>highly<\/em> recommend following\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/greatwarproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Great War Project <\/a><\/strong>blog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Great-War-Project-Banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23236\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Great-War-Project-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Great-War-Project-Banner.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Great-War-Project-Banner-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Great-War-Project-Banner-624x174.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greatwarproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Great War Project<\/a>\u00a0follows WWI as it unfolded 100 years ago. It&#8217;s an absolute treasure trove of information and brilliantly written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike, who shares the following from the YouTube channel The Great War. This short video gives an excellent overview of communications methods and equipment used throughout World War I. I&#8217;ve included the video&#8217;s description below: Click here to view on YouTube. &#8220;If one thing was vital to the the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[4091,5796,4093,3202,4508],"class_list":["post-23221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-radio-history","tag-the-great-war","tag-videos","tag-wwi","tag-wwi-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-62x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16133,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/kcur-interview-us-amateur-radio-during-the-great-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":23221,"position":0},"title":"KCUR Interview: US Amateur Radio during The Great War","author":"Thomas","date":"December 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: KCUR via the Southgate ARC) When America declared\u00a0war on Germany in 1917, most radio stations came under government control, reserved for war efforts. 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