100 Years On From The Battle Of The Somme (Watch)
On July 1, 1916, at 7:30 am, the British infantry began their advance toward the trenches of the Germans. For the first few hours, eight…
WW1 German U-Boat Discovered On The Seafloor – The Crew Said A Sea Monster Attacked Them
Scottish marine Engineers were laying undersea power cables when they came across the wreck of a World War I German U-boat sunk almost 100 years…
Henry Johnson, Known as the “Black Death” – America’s First World War Hero
Henry Johnson was a World War I soldier who singlehandedly beat back a German assault while critically wounded. He was a great American hero and…
World War I Soldiers’ Wills Digitised For The Web, Giving An Intimate Insight Into Soldiers’ Lives
The final concerns, wishes, and thoughts of over 230,000 soldiers killed on the front lines during the First World War are being made public online.…
Remains Of Two British WWI Soldiers Recovered After 100 Years
Privates William Marmon, 21, and Harry Carter, 20, were killed with six other soldiers when a 15-ton German underground mine exploded on November 22, 1915,…
100 years on – Looking Back at the Importance of the Battle of Jutland
Lasting roughly 36 hours on May 31st 1916, the Battle of Jutland changed the course of the First World War. It was the only major…
WWI Battle of Verdun: The Battle That Was Never “Won”
The president of France, Francois Holland, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the re-opening ceremony of the recently renovated museum that stands on the site…
Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun
In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre, we will take a look at the battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over…
Poppies Pour From Castle Windows As Part Of WW1 Commemorations
A multitude of red poppies, thousands of them, have been poured from the windows of a local castle in Wales as part of a show…
Some of the Most Effective Melee Weapons of WWI, The Bayonet Was Not One of Them
WWI was a terrifying fusion of old and new. An infantryman might have a slower-firing bolt action rifle, or he could find himself behind a…
Amazing Pictures – The Lost Tommies in Colour
In 2011 a team of researchers, led by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart, made an incredible discovery. They uncovered a collection of hundreds of photographs from…
Heritage Protection For Site Of WWI Munitions Factory Where Blast Killed 35 Women
The site of a First World War munitions factory at Leeds in England now has heritage protection. The qualification not only recognizes and memorializes the…