13 Facts – The Battle Of The Somme – One Of The Bloodiest Battles In Human History
The Battle of the Somme is one of the bloodiest battles in human history. Lasting three and a half months, it was one of the…
The Naval Action at Gallipoli: So Little Achieved at So Much Cost
The Gallipoli Campaign is remembered mostly for the disastrous failure of the infantry landings. Huge numbers of British and colonial troops were lost in a…
Captain Albert Jacka – The First Australian VC In World War One
By Guest Blogger James Maloney Albert Jacka was the first Australian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War. As a result he…
The Assault On Messines Ridge – Flanders, 1917
During the First World War, Flanders became some of the most hotly contested ground in military history. Thousands upon thousands of men died in trench…
The Best Sniper Of World War 1 – Francis Pegahmagabow (Watch)
Francis Pegahmagabow is not a well-known name, but he was a Canadian First Nation sniper-hero of World War One and the most-awarded native soldier in…
“Attack on Orleans” – Review by Mark Barnes
By my reckoning this is the 125th book I have reviewed this year and how wonderful it is to find gems at this stage in…
The Great War – The Evolution Of An Iconic War Machine – Tanks In WW1 (Watch)
The history of modern warfare – and, in fact, the modern world in general – was irreversibly shaped and sculpted by the events of the…
Remembering A Rebellion With A Massive Model In Lego (Watch)
In 1916, while Europe was gripped by the horrors of the First World War, another conflict was about to change history in Ireland. On Easter…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When Peace Threatened To Break Out
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…
Family’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Solved As Lost First World War Submarine Wreck Is Found
British divers discovered the British submarine E5’s intact hull recently off the Netherland coast following an agreement that temporarily suspended the shipping lane under which…
Edith Cavell: The British Nurse Who Saved 200 Allies And Had A Huge Effect On WW1
Edith Cavell was a British nurse during World War I, with a history that was tragically cut short. Before her execution at the hands of…
Divers Disrespect Historic WW1 Shipwrecks By Illegally Taking Trophies
Robert Infante, a 48-year-old American and Gordon Meek, a 67-year-old dentist from Glasgow, Scotland, were recently exploring sunken ships from World War I. The ships…