All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

A young British soldier who died fighting for his country in 1917 and lay in an unnamed grave has now finally been honoured ...

Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war trophies” after the First World War. Almost all have disappeared. But more than a century later, one has turned up three metres ...

'A war to end all wars' The First World War was the first truly global conflict – the battle raged not just in the trenches of the Western Front but in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

The war was a time of change for the treatment of injuries and illness. Injured and sick soldiers needed to be treated quickly so they could go back to fighting as soon as possible. Casualty ...

BBC Documentaries marking the centenary of World War One. BBC One Opening the World War One commemoration season on the BBC and produced in partnership with the Open University, landmark new ...

the artillery became more prestigious than the infantry and cavalry, because it required educated officers who could ...