Aviation was one of the most romanticised elements of the First World War. ‘Air aces’ in particular achieved celebrity status both during and after the…
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The outbreak of war in 1914 brought many new rules and regulations to Laws Britain. The most important of these was the Defence of the…
Every volunteer had to undergo a series of medical and fitness tests before being accepted as a soldier World. New recruits were then given months…
In late February 1917, having suffered heavy losses in the protracted battles of the previous year, the German Army on the arras Western Front withdrew…
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After Soldier the outbreak of war in August 1914, Britain recruited a huge volunteer citizens’ army. In just eight weeks, over three-quarters of a million…
Harry Patch took part in the Third Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele, but for decades, he did not speak of his service and what he had…
Carrier pigeons were used during the First World War to relay information when other methods of communication were not possible. Pigeons were used on land, sea and…
Pals battalions were a uniquely British phenomenon. Britain was the only major power not to begin the First World War with a mass conscripted army.…
For the French it’s Verdun, the Australians and New Zealanders it’s Gallipoli. For the British, however, the single battle that defines the bloody attritional nature…