The Day The War Stood Still And The Most Emotional Football Match In History
That morning the sky was cloudless and snow was covering the grounds. A perfect day for peace and celebration, you would have thought. 5…
WWI nurse Mabel’s diaries reveal lives of gruesomely injured soldiers
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) WWI nurse Mabel Earp married George Leach, the wounded soldier who was discharged from the Army in 1918…
Parish to make “Peace Wood” in tribute to WWI hero
‘Peace Wood’ in tribute to a Burton war hero gets underway. The work is expected to start by next month. The project in creating a…
The nasty trade of WWI grave robbery is growing as centenary approaches
The detestable act of uncovering a grave to steal relics or personal souvenirs is called tomb raiding or grave robbery. The stolen artifacts are…
Surrendered Telegrams May Change Course of WWI History
A stash of 66 telegrams which were sent to the German High Seas armada in 1918 may compel historiographers to make some revisions on the…
WWII German U-boat wreck with skeleton crew found off coast of Indonesia
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Wreckage of WWII Nazi U-boat U-168 found by Indonesian divers off the coast of Indonesia on 9th November…
Is That Really Adolf Hitler in the Crowd?
The picture shows a gathering in Munich, the crowd in a happy disposition. This is a very familiar photo showing how the people gathered in…
The Unlikely Animals of WWI
As World War One seethed through for years, British Armed Forces had bought most of the horses and shipped them off to the Western Front…
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…