The beginning of World War 1 was a nightmare of alliances. Three empires - Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary - were trying to hold on to their power, and the German Empire had recently come into ...

WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster? documentWW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster? The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the bloodiest day of World ...

The first battle between Germany and Britain in World War One took place not on the muddy fields of France but in the scrub land of Togo. Keen to compete with its European rivals, Germany acquired ...

"Right from the very start of the war and certainly from 1915 ... Grandfather spotted in iconic WW1 photo WW1: One of the last men to die The 299 pages that changed Britain "It was a necessary ...