The first day of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army and one of the most infamous days of World War One. On 1 July 1916 ...

WWI Centenary: Here’s a look at the first world war in numbers Based on Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel of the same name, Steven Spielberg’s first film set during this era follows a ...

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 ...

The first world war saw the first widespread combat use of modern chemical weapons, starting with the 168 tonnes of chlorine released by the Germans over the trenches near Ypres. Officers hoped ...