THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN COLOUR: 320 Rare Colored Photos of the “War to End All Wars”
The First World War in Colour…get to see the unfolding of the ‘war to end all wars’ in full-colored photographs. Black-and-white photos of the First…
CENTRAL POWERS – RUSSIAN FRONT 14-18 – Review by Mark Barnes
A lot of the focus of the centenary of the Great War in recent weeks has been on the Western Front, the cockpit of the…
WWI Stories of Survival: How Three Soldiers Cheated Death with Unexpected Objects
From the countless other stories of survival throughout WWI history, these three stories of survival stand out. Three British soldiers cheated death with the most unlikely items…
HMS WARSPITE – Review by Mark Barnes
You know how it is. After days of sunshine there is a rare public holiday to enjoy and when the appointed twenty-four hours is here…
Campaign to Commemorate UK’s Chinese Labour Corps in WWI Launched
Eight leading Chinese organizations in UK have launched Ensuring We Remember, a campaign which aims to build a memorial for 96,000 Chinese workers who worked in UK’s…
Diary of WWI Hero George Beck on Life in the Front Line and the Christmas Truce
How life was while in the front line as well as the events of the Christmas Truce in December 1914 were revealed in the handwritten…
Titanic’s Father Browne Also Served in the Great War
From escaping the ill fate of the supposed unsinkable ship Titanic, Father Browne went on to serve in the Great War with great distinction. Upon his death, Father…
The Women Fighters of WWI
The female population had many roles during the Great War except women fighters. Women nurses, factory workers, drivers and even land workers were acceptable, but women fighters were a…
Desperate Letter Lord Kitchener sent Churchill during the Great War Surfaces
The 100-year-old desperate letter Lord Kitchener sent to Churchill during the outbreak of the Great War recently surfaced and showed how vulnerable Britain was that…
Viewer Power for an Interactive Episode in BBC’s ‘Our World War’
The BBC drama series Our World War launched an interactive episode, which gave viewers the power to control how the plot will go. The edition of Our World War,…
WWI’s Cuddly Yet Brave ‘Soldiers’ – Cats
It was not only the men who went into service when the Great War broke out in 1914; cats did, too. These lovable and very…
Lord Brothers Survive First World War
During the First World War, there were eight brothers in the Lord family. Hailing from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, these eight siblings all found themselves…