The deadly seas
One reason cited for the start of the First World War is the naval race between Germany and Britain, both countries aspiring to supremacy on the waves. Yet the greatest sea battle actually took place...
View ArticleLife in the trenches
During the war, more than 400 miles of land from Belgium to Switzerland were covered in a system of ditches and tunnels, where men lived and died.
View ArticleUp, up and away
Men didn’t just fight on the ground, the all-encompassing nature of the First World War took them into the air too.
View ArticleThe League of Nations is born
With peace came hope, and with hope came the creation of the League of Nations - a hugely ambitious attempt to maintain harmony across an embattled world.
View ArticleThe ultimate help for heroes
Soldiers returning from war would find sanctuary in an ambitious new organisation - the Royal British Legion.
View ArticleSearching For History
Few people in the UK today do not have an ancestor who was affected by the Great War – and it’s time we knew what they did.
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