Canada: Local Historians Uncover Victoria’s Secret WWI History
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – A team of archeologists and local historians in Victoria in Vancouver Island sought to uncover the place’s WWI history which…
HMS Royal Oak
The HMS Royal Oak was one of five of the Royal Sovereign class battleships built at the HM Dockyard in Devonport laid down in January…
Remembering the Teenage Soldiers of the Great War
As much as 250,000 young boys with ages under 18 enlisted in the British Army and fought in the front lines of the Great War.…
The rise of virulent aboriginal Canadian snipers in World War I
Today no country can think of declaring war without having its snipers. They are now an inevitable part of any war. Most of the top…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 6 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes relives his climb from Anzac to Lone Pine via Plugge’s Plateau Within two hours of getting ashore on the 25th of April the…
Five amazing occasions when enemies in war worked together
Photo story: (1) B-17 Flying Fortress bomber (2) 2nd Lt. Charles Brown (3) Notre Dame Class ring (4) Prisoners of war were forced into the…
First World War: The Tragic Moment a Man Was Ordered To Kill His Best Friend
Private Jimmy Smith joined the British army to fight and protect his country. But after fighting gallantly at Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and the Battle…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 5 By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes arrives at Anzac Cove. There is little doubt that Anzac is the place most people identify with the Gallipoli campaign. Many accounts suggest…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 4 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his adventures in Turkey beginning with a look at the remains of a French artillery position just inland from Cape Helles. A…
Alfred Brooks: How WWI Soldier Signed Up for War Underage to Get Away from Correction Ship
Get to know the story of one WWI soldier, Alfred Brooks, and how he signed up for war, though he was underage just so he…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 3 – by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his Dardanelles travelogue. We have already seen the carnage on ‘V’ Beach but misfortune was not exclusive to that short strip of…