A phenomenon of the First World War, Britain's so-called Pals' Battalions arose purely from the country's unsatiated requirement for men to despatch...
.... there are many "Armchair Generals " with opinions of the Somme .... much has been written and discussed about that terrible first day of that...
The battle of Fromelles, 19-20 July 1916, was a minor British attack launched close to Aubers Ridge in order to prevent the Germans moving troops...
Feels a bit like deja vu ....... :rolleyes: But Happy Birthday Geoff !! ... hope you have a great day !! Annie :)
Heres what they looked like ........ :rolleyes: ... and I don't really think they were what you'd call - really effective ...... !
72 ships ........ what a waste !! :eek: Having surrendered at the end of the First World War, the Imperial German High Seas Fleet lay at anchor...
On Monday 5th June 1916, about 1 to 1/2 miles off Marwick Head in Orkney, by 7.50 pm H.M.S. Hampshire had struck a German mine and sunk. According to...
The first battle of Artois, 27 September-10 October 1914, was part of the Race to the Sea, a series of encounter battles that set the line of the...
Madeley's VC - Major C.A.L. Yate Amongst the many names of the dead of the First World War on Madeley's War Memorial, including five who were...
Here's some interesting photographs !! http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/prisoners.htm Annie :)
Does anybody happen to know what happened here ?? .......... 7/5/15 MAORI (Cdr B W Barron) she and CRUSADER (Lt Cdr T K Maxwell) had been ordered...
Is there some kind of list for this medal at all ? how can you find out who was eligible for one ? and what was the difference ? The Allied...
The naval battle off the coast of central Chile, at Coronel, galvanised the British admiralty into action once news of the complete destruction of...
The "Hero of France" who became a convicted traitor and changed the course of history !... what a controversial figure ! Henri-Philippe Petain...
During the First World War Verdun was a fortified French garrison town on the River Meuse 200km east of Paris. In December 1915, General Erich von...
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, 'Your country needs you', as...
The tranquil Mediterranean Island of Malta became the last resting place for many Galliploli soldiers....
(15.11.1891 - 14.10.1944) place of birth: Heidenheim an der Brenz (Swabia) A future field marshal and the "Desert Fox" of the Second World War,...
How devastating this was ........ The morning of Wednesday June 13 1917 was hot, and the sky was hazy. Nevertheless, onlookers in London's East...
At the end of August 1914, the three armies of the German invasion's northern wing were sweeping south towards Paris. The French 5th and 6th Armies...
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