WWI ‘Canary Babies’ Were Born With A Yellow Tint To Their Skin Because Their Mothers Worked In Munitions Factories
The last surviving ‘Canary Babies’ have told their story of how their skin was tinged yellow after their mothers worked in explosives factories in the…
Dutch Company Accused of Profiting by Looting Warship Wreck From the Battle of Jutland
The Dutch salvage firm Friendship Offshore is under fire from Maritime heritage organizations in the UK and in Denmark which have accused the company of…
Top 5 Battles Where Fighting Spirit Overcame The Odds
Battles can be lost for a hundred different reasons. Poor numbers, unwise strategy, inferior weapons, the list goes on. But just occasionally, a fighting force…
Sergeant York – Captured 132 German Soldiers In WWI – Movie Scene
Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…
Civilian Fishermen, Father and Son, Captured By A German Submarine And Became Prisoners of War
Imagine the surprise when the mother of 17-year-old James Ritchie received a postcard from him months after he and fellow fishermen disappeared saying they were…
The Battle of Jutland – A Pyrrhic Victory For Germany In World War One
Even though Imperial German Navy was a well-prepared force during WWI, with a considerable amount of powerful vessels, it was still no match for the traditional…
This WW1 VC Charged The Enemy Trenches Captured 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry
Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in…
Incredibly Sad Rare German First World War Footage – In Color
This is a collection of rare WWI footage. In the video, you’ll see German soldiers march through the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, confident that the war will be…
6 Less Well Known Facts About The Infamous Battle of the Somme
1. The Battle of the Somme was originally meant to be predominantly a French offensive. The Battle of the Somme was first planned in late…
Encounters Between Enemies: 7 Peaceful Meetings Between the Opposing Sides of World War I
The First World War saw unprecedented death and destruction all along the Western Front. Despite this, soldiers from opposing sides managed to have friendly encounters,…
Friends in High Places – Battlefield 1 Trailer Shows Off Awesome Fighter Plane Gameplay!
Is it possible to make the horror of the First World War fun? Video game developers haven’t attempted it – until now. On October 21,…
Dutch divers of the North Sea identify British submarine from World War I
Divers in the North Sea have recently explored two British submarines from World War I. One of the wrecks has been identified as the…