World war 1 | War History

WW1 Graffiti drawn by Conscientious Objectors to be Preserved

The British army at the outbreak of World War 1 was made up of men who wanted a life in the military and they marched…

In WWI, Tommies Spent Half Their Time On The Frontline And Came Under Fire Once Every Five Days

Operation War Diary is a project, started three years ago, by the National Archives in Britain. The aim of the project is to digitise the…

Town Council Votes on Controversial WWI Monument – “Separate but equal is not considered honorable,”

The Florence, South Carolina city council meeting was forced into a tense, emotional and deeply personal discussion over plans to move a controversial World War…

Top 9 Facts about World War 1

The top 9 facts about WWI, how did it start, what was the impact on women, facial masks and a lot more! 1 How the…

NEATH VERDUN – Review by Chris Buckham

This book is a reproduction of the author’s diary running for the first few weeks of World War 1    (25 August – 4 October, 1914).…

A Gallipoli Gunboat Is To Be Opened To the Public for a Centennial Commemoration

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Gunboat

The only boat to have survived the battles in Gallipoli, a British vessel, is to be unveiled and open to the public for the very…

Three Cheers for Blyth Spartans Munitionettes

The ladies of Britain took the field to keep the public in good spirits while the men of Britain were off fighting during the First…

World War 1 Was Not Inevitable

Ian Harvey

20 million people lost their lives in the First World War, while a whole generation of young soldiers of Europe perished in the terrible massacre…

Melting Northern Italy Glaciers Reveal White War Soldiers’ Remains

  Glaciers of the Italian Alps slowly melt down uncovering what lies underneath – horrors of WWI’s White War…remains of soldiers who fought in that…

Robert Collie: One Man’s Will to Live – Surviving Both Ypres AND the Somme!

                  Robert Collie was a soldier during the First world War. He had survived the Somme and…

The Youngest British WWI Soldier was Only 12 Years Old!

The youngest soldier to fight for the British during WWI was a schoolboy merely 12 years old! This said 12-year-old lad lied about his age…

Germany remembers – 18th of November 2012 – Volkstrauertag by Rob Schäfer

Today is Volkstrauertag on which germany remembers those who were killed in war.  Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden, Einen bessern findst du nit. Die Trommel schlug zum…