This course examines the social and military history of the First World War. It focuses on the tactics and technology used during the conflict and on the war's impact on society, culture, politics and ...

On 19th October 1926 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), unveiled a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Million Dead of the First World War. It was presented to the Abbey ... memory of One ...

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on ... barbed-wire fences moved very little between 1914-1918, despite attempts on both sides to break ...

The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa. By 1914 the German Empire has four ... The fighting ceases at 11am on 11 November 1918, which for Britain, France and America becomes the ...

John, Richard R. and Laborie, Léonard 2019. ‘Circuits of Victory’: how the First World War shaped the political economy of the telephone in the United States and France. History and Technology, Vol.

Some 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One Approximately 1.3 million ... Of all the Indian troops who fought between 1914 and 1918 - there were four times as many as those from ...

It's not hard to see the comparisons with the grim struggles of the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 five major battles were fought for control of Ypres. Troops on the ground sheltered in ...

Between when the First World War started in August 1914 and the end of the year ... with a fifth being raised in 1918. At the outbreak of the Great War on 4 August 1914, the unit was made up ...

WWI historian Alexander Watson rates six First World War battle scenes from movies and TV shows for realism. He discusses the accuracy of the trench warfare and military strategy portrayed in ...