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The Warship That Fired The First Shots Of WWI Was Captured, Twice Scuttled, Raised, Served 4 Different Nations & Is Still In Service

Colin Fraser

Stuck into a muddy river bank, somewhere in Serbia, lies an old, derelict gravel barge. Rusted, useless, and over 100 years old it has limited…

Remembering the Battle of Jutland

Very rarely one witnesses the event like the one that is planned by the British and German Naval authorities to be held next year. Warships…

Cher Ami – The Wounded Pigeon That Saved 198 Men Of The Lost Battalion

During the Battle of the Argonne, in October 1918, ‘Cher Ami’, a female homing pigeon, which means “dear friend” in French, helped save the Lost…

Your Country Needs You – The Watery Grave Of Lord Horatio Kitchener

Jack Beckett

One of the most iconic images from the great war of 1914-18 is the recruitment poster featuring the commanding moustachioed face of the Lord Horatio…

The Dawn Of The Submarine: German U-9 Sank 3 British Cruisers in 90 Minutes, 22 September 1914

Colin Fraser

There are many unflattering labels to apply to the disastrous events in the North Sea early in the morning of September 22nd, 1914. Certainly, for…

10 Weirdest Facts From WWI

In these centennial years of the First World war, lets look back at some of the more unknown facts about WW1. Were the Generals leading the…

5 Battles Where Fighting Spirit Overcame the Odds

Battles can be lost for a hundred different reasons. Poor numbers, unwise strategy, inferior weapons, the list goes on. But just occasionally, a fighting force…

3 Wars That Paved the Way for World War I

The First World War was devastating in its scope and utterly unlike what national leaders expected. As such, it was seen by many as an…

Nicknamed the “Black Swallow of Death”, the First African-American Fighter Pilot Fought With The French in WW1

  Occasionally in history, an individual will come along whose story is almost too inexplicable to be true.  To be a runaway youth in early…

Sergeant York – Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed In WWI – Battle Scene

Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…

10 Things You May Not Know About World War I

World War I was fought from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Because many of the combatants had colonies and alliances beyond the continent, it…

The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When the Impossible Happened

WWI was most notable for trench warfare, the conditions of which were often so horrific that it’s hard to imagine what these soldiers endured, day…