Actors and Director of “The Hobbit” Have Links to the Great War
Military records reveal that it was not only JRR Tolkien, the author of “The Hobbit”, who has Great War ties; the actors and even director Peter Jackson…
Ten Great War Tours to Go to and Pay Respect to Those Who Have Fallen
Here are ten great war tours to go and visit if this year’s commemoration of the 100th-year of the Great War’s outbreak have inspired you to…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: Tells us more………….
It’s great to be joining War History Online as a blogger – War History Online are a social media phenomenon! They have realised the massive…
RAF Museum’s “First World War in the Air” Puts Emphasis on WWI Aviation
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, officially opened RAF Museum’s “First World War in the Air” exhibit which puts emphasis on the role and development…
Drunk Actor Gerard Depardieu “Scandalizes” A Supposed Solemn WWI Commemoration
Hollywood actor Gerard Depardieu ruined the solemn air in a WWI commemoration when he turned up “scandalously drunk” and shambled his way to his performance. Movie…
Brotherly departure
Death of Jefferson City twins serves as reminder of WWI sacrifices By Jeremy P. Amick With an estimated 4.5 million Americans serving in uniform during…
Animal casualties of war
It wasn’t only humans who experienced pain and suffering during WWI. Animals, including dogs, horses, and other equines, became casualties as well. War Horse, a…
Not-Before-Seen Pictures of WWI Explosion in Halifax Revealed
Previously unseen pictures of the WWI explosion in Halifax, then the world’s biggest explosion, were recently revealed and released. The said photos were taken by a Somerset…
TV’s Dan Snow discovers his great-grandmother was a WWI volunteer orderly
After Dan Snow, historian and presenter from The One Show, discovered that his great-grandmother, Lady Olwen Carey Evans, worked as a volunteer aid helping wounded…
War trench replicated at Heslington school
Lord Deramore’s School, a primary school located in Heslington, York, has created a replica of a war trench and bunker as part of its Armistice…
WWI Soldiers bedroom maintained for 100 years
After Hubert Rochereau lost his life fighting for his country during WWI, his devastated parents kept his bedroom exactly the same as the last time…
Bernard Green: From Ypres, Somme and Passchendaele to the Great Escape
Get to know Bernard Green, a man who served in some of the Great War’s most brutal battles and was able to survive The Great Escape. Bernard…