Fromelles: The Worst 24 Hours In Australia’s Entire History – July 19th 1916
Horrifying loss was the defining feature of the First World War. For much of 1916, the focus of that horror on the Western Front was…
8 Great WWI Movies in Honor of the Great War’s Centenary
Here are 8 great war movies in honor of the Centenary of the First World War. 1. J’accuse (1919) The first in our list of…
9 Reasons World War I Became Inevitable
The First World War was a conflict of unprecedented scale and destructiveness. Though its impact was unexpected, the arrival of war itself was not. Though…
The Man Who Spared A Wounded Hitler’s Life In WWI – And Changed The World Forever
The History of War will always be about that which we know for certain, that which we have reason to believe, and that which will…
4 Great British doctors of the First World War
Success in war is as much about avoiding death as about inflicting it. In modern warfare, doctors, nurses and field medics are as vital to…
12 Little Known Facts about WWI
The Great War may have fascinated us with its bloody bloodbaths and trench warfare, but these 12 little-known facts about tell us that there was more…
The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen
The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen was born on 2 May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at the age…
As a 16 Year Old Kid, Young Jack Faced Off with the German Fleet and Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
It is estimated that up to one-third of British Sailors in World War I was under the age of 18. Many lied about their age…
Operation Michael Germany’s Last Chance to Win WWI Before the Americans Arrived
By late 1917, the German Empire’s High Command knew they had to turn the war around quickly. Progress against the Allies was slow and they…
Ticking Time Bomb? The Mines At Messines -Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives-, 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting…
In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…
The Youngest Soldier In WWI Was A Serbian Boy, Aged 8
Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier in the First World War. He was born in May 1st, in 1906 in a village near the town of Loznica in…
First Indian Army Soldier To Be Awarded VC Was The Only Man of His Team to Survive the German Onslaught at Ypres
It is a scene often played out in the movies. Wounded and overrun by superior enemy numbers, the only option was to feign death and…