The sinking of the Llandovery Castle is considered one of the worst atrocities of the war. She was employed as a hospital ship and had her cross...
Troop transports were requisitioned by the Commonwealth governments for the purpose of transporting the overseas but in addition to carrying troops,...
Until the late 1890s Germany relied on his large German Army for defence. However, in 1897, Germany's new head of the Imperial German Navy, Admiral...
The Sopwith Camel was produced by Thomas Sopwith and his Sopwith Aviation Company in 1916. Designed by Herbert Smith, the Camel was the first British...
Amid the European alliances of 1914, Greece found itself in a quandary. It had a number of reasons for opposing the Central Powers. First, the...
Serbia was the country attacked first in world war one. On July 29th 1914 forces of the Austria-Hungarian Empire began bombarding the Serbian capital...
In 1914 Roman Dmowski - the main leader of the Polish nationalist movement - believed the best way to achieve a unified and independent Poland - was...
On 7th August, 1914, President de Arriaga of Portugal declared his support for the Allies. At this time, Portugal had over 33,000 men in its army. By...
The tiny mountain kingdom of Montenegro was the smallest of all combatants in the Great War. The population of the Balkan country was placed at some...
Romania's peacetime army was manned by limited conscription, and all adult males spent time in the territorial reserve. This gave it a regular...
The South African Army was formed in 1912. It had five regular mounted regiments and a small artillery section. Conscription was also introduced in...
With growing numbers of men joining the British armed forces during the First World War, the country was desperately short of labour. The Government...
At the beginning of the war the British Army owned 25,000 horses. This was not considered enough and during the next two weeks a further 165,000 were...
The Irish infantry regiments of the British Army whose territorial and recruiting affiliations lay in the new Irish Free State were disbanded in...
You’re walking down the street and you see this girl. And you look at her, and she looks at you… So you smile at her and she smiles at you. You...
Advancing troops were not allowed to stop and care for wounded soldiers. All men carried an emergency field-dressing and if possible attempted to...
Lord Kitchener was appointed Secretary for War in August 1914. His main task was to persuade men to join the British Army. At a meeting on the 19th...
Victor Silvester, a fourteen year old schoolboy, ran away from Ardingly College in 1914 to join the army. The recruiting officer accepted Victor's...
Can I please ask a question ? .... what exactly did a Picket Boat do ? I know a lot of ships carried them ... but what was their purpose ?...
Some interesting information here ... makes you think ! Since it had come under the protection of the Great Powers, Belgium had developed into one...
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