Was Germany Justified in WWI?
Many feel that Germany was just as ruthless and nationalistic in WWI as they were in WWII, but not all agree with this sentiment. Some…
WORLD WAR I IN CARTOONS – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
I’ve always been a big lover of cartoons and, indeed, there was a time when I nearly got myself a career drawing for a newspaper,…
One in Five Britons Believes UK Fought Hitler During WWI
18% of Britons believe the country fought Hitler and Nazi Germany during the Great War which is WWI. If that is translated into numbers, one…
A NURSE AT THE FRONT – Shocking Accounts of WWI Nurse Edith Appleton on the Battle of Somme
A Nurse at the Front, a compilation of the diaries kept by WWI nurse Sister Edith Appleton throughout the Great War reflects the gruesomeness prevalent…
EU Leaders Commemorate WWI Centennial in Ypres
EU leaders – from Germany, Britain, France and other European countries – marked the centenary of the Great War in the Belgian city of Ypres where once,…
The Little Things that Changed the Course of History (From Wars to the Sinking of the Titanic)
From the length of Cleopatra’s nose and its effect on the Roman Empire to the mistranslated word that caused one of the biggest bombings the world…
Comic Writer about Great War: “It was the world’s first sci-fi war”
Comic writer Pat Mills who wrote Charley’s War, a WWI-centered comic strip which ran from the 1970s up to the late 1980s, believe that that…
War Journals of Lewis Harcourt Made Available
Lewis Harcourt was a member of the British Cabinet who kept war journals during the First World War that have never before seen the light…
Original WWI Film Discovered in a Garden Shed in Long Eaton
An original WWI film showing a Chilwell ammunition factory with its workers – mostly women – busy at work was discovered in a leaky garden shed in…
German U-26 Submarine Which Sank Almost a Century Ago Found
The German U-26 submarine, the pride of the German Navy at the start of WWI which disappeared almost 100 years ago, was found by a group…
France: Remains of Five WWI Soldiers Unearthed
Remains of five WWI soldiers along with several WWI relics were unearthed in a forest near the town of Luneville which is in the eastern…
First World War POWs: Forgotten Victims
Britian’s PoWs from the First World War suffered more atrocities than their Second World War brethren; however, their stories are not talked about, much less…