Stephen McGinty: First World War history in making
BBC has launched 2,500 hours of broadcasting about the First World War to change people perception about the war, but as Stephen McGinty writes…
In WW1, Alvin York Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed
Alvin York almost captured 132 German soldiers during WW1 using a rifle and pistol. The Germans had 32 machine guns together with rifles and pistols.…
WW1 worst mass injury event – research
A research that was done recently shows that many deaths experienced in New Zealand during the WW1 should have been significantly reduced if not…
Remembering the War Horse Heroes
Horse and Country reminds us that November 10th is known as Remembrance Sunday. The Horse Trust is a leading equine charity that is remembering the…
The Solitary Mountains that Saw Bonaparte’s Rise and the Axis Powers’ Fall
Riley Arthur, a National Geographic grantee, traveled to Slovenia to do a documentation on the Erased, about 200,000 non-ethnic Slovenian residents who were not automatically…
Searching for the Untold Stories of the Sikh Soliders of WWI
The United Kingdom Punjab Heritage Association was granted £450,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. They were tasked with researching the regimental histories, dispatches, correspondences and…
Life on the Western Front captured in images and stories of WWI officer
The First World War was one of the most brutal struggle for power in the pages of history. But beyond the images of carnage and…
MP’s Offer for Help Over WWI Centenary Snubbed by Norfolk County Council
Chloe Smith, Conservative MP for Norwich North, was very saddened at the negative response she got from Norfolk County Council when she wrote to them…
History Repeats Doesn’t Always Repeat Itself: The Sad Thorne Brothers Story from WW1
The Thorne brothers, Marlborough and Cornelius, were both officers for the East Surrey Regiment. They served in the trenches of Fricourt in the Northern parts…
Australian War Memorial keeps Known unto God” on the tomb of an unknown soldier in Canberra
The Australian War Memorial has decided it will not push through its plans of replacing the inscription “Known unto God” on the tomb of an…
First Minister Disclosed Wales’ Plans for Honoring WWI Centenary
Wales’ First Minister Carwyn Jones has disclosed that the country indeed has plans to commemorate First World War’s Centenary celebration this coming November 2014. He…