Video Footage Shows Extent of Damage Caused by Fighting in WW1
We have all seen photos of the devastating damage left in the wake of the First World War. Cities that were reduced to rubble, large…
Warfare through the ages at the Tank Museum
Visitors to The Tank Museum can expect to be taken back in time, at the Warfare Through the Ages historical re-enactment event, on Saturday 6…
Battle of Jutland Commemorations Attended By German President Joachim Gauck
The Battle of Jutland in 1916 was the largest naval battle of World War I and the cause of many deaths on both sides. It…
The 100th Anniversary Of The Watery Grave of Lord Horatio Kitchener
June 5th, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Lord Kitchener One of the most iconic images from WWI is the recruitment poster…
The First Aircraft Carrier To Be Restored!
On August 10th 1918, Lieutenant Stuart Culley sat in the cockpit of his Sopwith Camel envisioning the raid upon which he was about to embark. Instead…
Harold Ackroyd – A Selfless WWI Medic with More than 20 Separate VC Recommendations
Life in war is never easy. Watching your fellow soldiers and friends fighting for their lives and suffering serious wounds – physically and mentally – can be…
First World War mystery of Kipling’s son solved
The rural English village of Burwash in the county of Sussex is well-known because of its association with Rudyard Kipling. The famous author of ‘The…
Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach
On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…
6 Brutal Forms of Military Discipline from History
However hard they are trained, all armies face some problems with discipline. Anything from shirking tedious duties to running on a bloodthirsty rampage can undermine…
Top 10 Horribly Inaccurate War Movies
The majority of the people do not directly take part in the wars going around the world. Therefore, it is very significant that the people…
SERBIA AND THE BALKAN FRONT, 1914 – The Outbreak of the Great War – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is an accessible, detailed, readable and thoroughly researched book. It is a clear analysis of the Serbs in 1914 and of their early war…